While watering the garden, Renu spotted a shiny black ant dragging a crumb almost twice its size. She noticed its segmented body, six jointed legs and a tough outer covering that glistened in the sunlight. Curious, she followed the ant as it rushed back towards its anthill.

(a) Name the phylum to which this organism belongs.

(b) What are the three body segments found in black ants ?

(c) What is the hard outer covering made of ?

(d) Give two more examples of organisms from the same phylum.

(e) What are the sensory structures present on the ant's head called ?

(a) The black ant belongs to the phylum Arthropoda.

(b) The three body segments are head, thorax and abdomen.

(c) The hard outer covering is made of chitin, that forms the exoskeleton.

(d) Two more examples of organisms from the same phylum are spider and butterfly.

(e) The sensory structures present on the ant's head are called antennae.