The tiny openings in the insect’s abdomen through which air enters the breathing tubes
Spiracles
100
Sensitive hairs found on a spider’s body that give the spider its sense of touch
Setae
100
An arachnid with a long tail that has a poinous needelike point
Scorpion
100
Butterflies, moths
Lepidoptera
100
How many legs does a spider have?
Eight
200
Invertebrates that have external skeletons, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies
Arthropods
200
The method by which young spiders sail through the air on silk strands that carry them away from their place of birth
Ballooning
200
An arachnid with a round body made up of only one section and eight long legs
Harvestman
200
Flies, gnats, mosquitoes
DAILY DOUBLE: all beetles
Diptera
DAILY DOUBLE: Coleoptera
200
What are the two body regions of a spider?
Cephalothorax and abdomen
300
A scientist who studies insects
Entomologist
300
The body region of a spider that is like a head and and thorax combined
Cephalothorax
300
An arachnid that feeds on the blood of living creatures
Tick
300
Aphids, treehoppers, leaf hoppers
Homoptera
300
What are the three body regions of an insect?
Head, thorax, abdomen
400
The process of arranging things into groups according to their similarities
Classification
400
Tubelike structures in a spider’s abdomen that the spider uses to make silk threads
Spinnerets
400
A spider that makes a tiny silk net to catch insects
Ogre-faced spider
400
Dragonflies, damselflies
Odonata
400
What are the two kingdoms of classification in Linnaeus’ system of classification?
Animal and plant
500
A tough material that helps make up an arthorpod’s external skeleton
Chitin
500
The breathing organ of a spider
Book lung
500
A poisonous spider recognizable by a red, orange, or yellow hourglass on its abdomen
DAILY DOUBLE: a spider that blankets a small section of the ground with a sheet web