As you rest on a rock in a subalpine meadow in Olympic National Park,you see a small,hard-bodied animal next to your rock.On closer examination,you see that it has a hard,jointed exoskeleton and four pairs of jointed legs.It is a(n)

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The description matches that of an arthropod, which is a group of animals with a hard exoskeleton and jointed legs. Insects are a type of arthropod, but the description does not provide enough information to determine whether the animal is specifically an insect. Mollusks and annelids are both invertebrates, but they do not have hard exoskeletons or jointed legs.

As You Rest on a Rock in a Subalpine Meadow