Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Insects
Life Cycle
Parts of the Insect
100

The specific environments in which plants and animals live and thrive.

a. Microscopic

b. Social 

c. Habitats

c. Habitats

100

Very small

a. Habitats

b. Microscopic

c. Solitary

b. Microscopic

100

-lives in colonies

-lots of teamwork

-super strong

a. grasshopper

b. ant

c. honey bee

d. wasp

b. ant

100

The Immature stage of an insect's metamorphosis

a. Molt

b. Exoskeleton

c. Larva

c. Larva

100

The very front of the insect containing the eyes and mouth

a. Thorax

b. Head

c. Antenne

b. Head

200

to work together for the good of everyone

a. Cooperate

b. Solitary

c. Social


a. cooperate

200

To share or exchange information

a. Communicate

b. Social

c. Bioluminescence

a. Communicate

200

-lives in a hive

-has a queen

-collects pollen

a. honey bee

b. grasshopper

c. aphid

d. mosquito

a. Honey bee

200

a connected series of events

a. Progression

b. Adaptation

c. Extinction

a. Progression

200

Feelers on the head of the insect

a. Legs

b. Eyes

c. Antennae

c. Antennae

300

Empty, enclosed spaces or rooms

a. Colonies

b. Chambers

c. Cocoon

b. Chambers

300

Causing a large amount of damage or harm

a. Mimicry

b. Adapt

c. Destructive

c. Destructive

300

-powerful back legs for jumping

-short antene

-green or brown for camouflaging into grass

a. lady bug

b. mosquito

c. beetle 

d. grasshopper


d. grasshopper

300

To shed skin, scales, hair, or feathers; making way for new growth

a. Progression

b. Nymph

c. Molt

c. Molt

300

the middle part of an insect's body between the head and the abdomen 

a. Heart

b. Thorax

c. Legs

b. Thorax

400

Enemy or opponent

a. Solitary

b. Foe

c. Exoskeletons

b. Foe

400

living together in organized communities

a. Solitary

b. Social

c. Foe

b. social

400

-can carry diseases

-suck your blood

-can fly extremely fast

a. Mosquito

b. aphid

c. ant

d. fly

a. Mosquito

400

The inactive immature stage of an insect in-between larva and adult

a. Larva

b. Pupa

c. Cocoon

b. Pupa

400

The end part of an insect that contains the digestive and reproductive structures

a. Head

b. Thorax

c. Abdomen

c. Abdomen

500

The close resemblance of one plant or animal to another

a. Mimicry

b. Progression

c. Aggressive

a. Mimicry

500

light given off by some plants and animals, such as fireflies, caused by a biochemical reaction

a. Lanterns

b. Pesticides

c. Bioluminescence

c. Bioluminescence 

500

-long antene

-pincher at the end of their abdomen

-about 1 inch long

a. fly

b. flea

c. earwig

d. beetle

c. earwig

500

The immature stage of an insect that does not undergo a complete metamorphosis

a. Nymph

b. Larva 

c. Progression

a. Nymph

500

the hard body coverings of insects

a. Exoskeleton

b. Bioluminescence 

c. Thorax

a. Exoskeleton

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