Which of the following groups would an animal with an exoskeleton, segmented body, and jointed appendages belong to

The correct answer is Arthropods.

Arthropoda is one of the phyla of invertebrate organisms, which possesses a chitinous external skeleton, a segmentation in their body, and paired jointed appendages. It accounts for the maximum diversity present on the earth.

Example of arthropods- Insects like butterfly.

Thus, arthropods is the correct answer.

the sugar-phosphate backbone forms the structural framework of nucleic acids, including dna and rna. this backbone is composed of alternating sugar and phosphate groups, and defines directionality of the molecule.

thinking it would be physical characteristics