Vocabulary
transformation of an immature form such as a nymph or larva into an adult
What is metamorphosis?
egg laying female in a colony of bees
What is the queen?
front body section of the spider
What is the cephalothorax?
two body regions of the crayfish
What are the cephalothorax and abdomen?
largest group of arthropods
What are insects?
Faceted eye composed of many independent lenses and "retinas"
What is a compound eye?
Portion of insect's body that contains the digestive, respiratory, excretory systems, and the heart
What is the abdomen?
Two parasitic arachnids
What are ticks and mites?
extra hard outer shell of crustaceans
What is a carapace?
includes egg, larva, pupa, adult
What is complete metamorphosis?
invertebrate with jointed appendages
What is an arthropod?
Part of the body where wings and legs are attached in an insect
What is the thorax?
nocturnal arachnid with venomous stinger
What are scorpions?
crayfish abdominal appendages on the body segments of the abdomen; female attaches eggs to these
What are swimmerets?
arachnid that isn't a spider
What are ticks, scorpions, mites, or daddylong legs?
arachnid respiratory structure consisting of flat folds of tissue forming parallel air pockets
What is a book lung?
any insect with piercing-sucking mouthparts and a half-wing design
What is a bug?
Organ a spider uses to spin silk
behind the maxillipeds, a large pair of pincers which the crayfish uses for seizing prey and self defense
What are chilipeds?
name 2 characteristics of all arthropods
What is an exoskeleton?
What are jointed legs?
What is a segmented body?
What is a dorsal heart?
What is a ventral nervous system?
exoskeleton of an arthropod is made of this
What is chitin?
immature form of an insect that looks much like an adult by had different proportions and lacks wings
What is a nymph?
What are pedipalps?
excretory organs of a crayfish
What are green glands?
Tell me the order for either butterflies, flies, or beetles
What are Lepidoptera, Diptera, or Coleoptera?