Arthropod Adventures
The process of chanigng as an animal grows.
What is metamorphosis?
An animal blends in to its surroundings.
What is camouflage?
This section of an insect's body holds its eyes, mouth, and antennae.
What is the head?
The two main types of eyes insects can have.
What are simple and compound eyes?
What is an exoskeleton?
Egg, larva, pupa, adult
An animal looks like another organism to fool predators.
What is mimicry?
This section of the insect's body holds its food storage.
What is an abdomen?
These types of eyes are made up of many tiny lenses.
These are the body parts on an insect that you can see.
What is external?
These are the three stages of INCOMPLETE metamorphosis.
Egg, nymph, adult
A green insect may hide on a green leaf because...
What is blending in/using camouflage/avoiding predators?
What is a thorax?
These types of eyes help insects detect light and darkness.
What are simple eyes?
True or False: Spiders, crabs, and insects are all arthropods.
True
A caterpillar turns into a butterfly. The butterfly has a...
What is complete metamorphosis?
A harmless insect looks like a bee to scare away predators. This insect is using...
What is mimicry?
These two parts of an insect's body are attached to their head and allows them to sense its surroundings.
What are eyes and antennae?
These types of eyes help insects notice movement in many directions.
What are compound eyes?
A butterfly has jointed legs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton. What is it?
What is an arthropod?
A grasshopper hatches from an egg and looks like a smaller version of an adult. It grows by molting. The grasshopper has a...
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
A walking stick insects looks like a small tree branch. This insect is using...
What is camouflage?
An insect has three main body sections. Name all three in order.
What are the head, thorax, and abdomen?
An insect has two large eyes made of thousands of tiny lenses. What are these eyes called, and what is one benefit they provide?
What are compound eyes?
They help detect movement and see wide areas.