Which of the following statements is true? Question 5 options: Endoskeleton is a skeleton inside the body, like yours. An exoskeleton is outside the body, like a grasshopper's. All skeletons are made mostly of cartilage. Exoskeleton is a skeleton inside the body, like yours. An endoskeleton is outside the body, like a grasshopper's. An exoskeleton is usually made of bone or cartilage, but an endoskeleton is made of a different substance called chitin.
A is true, B is false and cartilage is used between bones to reduce friction, C is opposite of A and thus wrong, and D is the opposite. The protein chitin is an exoskeleton and what gives a 'crunch' sound when you crunch a Animeroach, for instance.
Exo means out and endo means in, and this is applicable to anything from chemistry to mathematics.
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