Characteristics of Insects I
Animals with backbones.
What are vertebrates?
The breathing holes of an insect.
What are spiracles?
Eyes which enable an insect to see in almost all directions at once.
What are compound eyes?
What is a thorax?
An animal that captures and eats other animals.
What is a predator?
Animals without backbones.
What are invertebrates?
A sensible guess based on observation.
What is hypothesis?
"Feelers", branch out from an insect's head.
What are antennae?
A young insect which looks almost like an adult.
What is a nymph?
To spend the winter sleeping.
What is hibernate?
The hard coat of armor that protects the tiny body parts of insects.
What is an exoskeleton?
The long, narrow, egg-laying part of a female cricket.
What is an ovipositor?
Eye with only one lens that is designed to sense light and movement.
What are simple eyes?
A God-given ability or behavior that is inherited rather than learned.
What is instinct?
Insects that live and work together in communities.
What are social insects?
What is molting?
What is complete metamorphosis?
Tiny hairs for hearing and sensing.
What is sensilla?
A disguise that allows a blending in with the surroundings.
What is camouflage?
A plant or animal attaches itself to another plant or animal to feed on it.
What is a parasite?
3 body parts of an insect.
What is head, thorax, and abdomen?
The three stages consist of egg, nymph, and adult.
What is incomplete Metamorphosis?
The name for a disguise that makes a harmless animal look like a harmful one.
What is mimicry?
A word describing animals which are most active after dark.
What is nocturnal?
A chemical used to kill insects.
What is insecticide?