Chapter 45, Problem 1S

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Whether it would be better to make a space-exploration vehicle with a hydrostatic skeleton or an exoskeleton for a planet with gravity greater than Earth and why.

Introduction:

In hydrostatic skeleton, the animal’s body has a fluid-filled cavity. Contraction of this cavity helps in locomotion like in earthworms. However, in the animals with an exoskeleton, the body has a hard protective outer layer made of chitin called the exoskeleton like in insects.