Vocabulary
Insects
What's That?
All in the Family
Winging It
100
It's the foot of a cat, dog, or bear.
What is a paw?
100
The larva of a fly that lives on decaying objects.
What is a maggot?
100
An organism that lives on or in another.
What is a parasite?
100
A jackal, dog and wolf are from this family.
What is a canine?
100
The largest bird at 9 feet tall, 345 pounds and can run 60 mph.
What is the ostrich?
200
It is a den, where an animal lives. Crocodiles and lions are an example of some animals that have one of these.
What is a lair?
200
A larvae that resembles an adult bug.
What is a nymph?
200
It's an animal that has many different cells.
What is a metazoan?
200
A lion, cat, and cougar are from this family.
What is a feline?
200
It's the smallest bird with a wingspan of 4 inches and weighs no more than 1/10 of an ounce.
What is a bee hummingbird?
300
It is what fish use to breathe.
What are gills?
300
A worm-like larva.
What is a grub?
300
An animal that has a backbone is called a vertebrate. There is another word for that.
What is a chordate?
300
A monkey, gorilla, and ape are from this family.
What is primate?
300
They have oiled feathers to make them waterproof and use their wings as paddles.
What is a penguin?
400
This is another word for a feather. You also find them on porcupines.
What is a quill?
400
It is a case for a pupa.
What is a cocoon?
400
It lives on land and in water. Don't say frog.
What is an amphibian?
400
Camels, llamas and alpacas are classified in this family.
What is a camelid?
400
Parrots are beautiful colors, and seem to be able to talk, but really they are....
What is imitating?
500
To sleep during the winter.
What is hibernate?
500
It is an insect that lives in a colony
What is a social insect?
500
An anthropod like the spider.
What is an arachnid?
500
Elephants, rhinos and hippos are from this family.
What is a pachyderm?
500
The difference between this part of the body on a bird from a human is that birds have a bone in theirs.
What is a tongue?
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