Chapter 1&2
The study of animals God made
What is zoology?
When an insect sheds its exoskeleton it is called this...
What is molting?
When an animal is more active at night and rests during the day.
What is nocturnal?
This is the most general group of the taxonomy and includes Animalia and Plant.
What is Kingdom?
When an animal eats both plants and animals, it is called this.
What is an omnivore?
The study of insects is called this.
What is entomology ?
The chewing mouth of an insect is called this...
What is a mandible?
A group of animals that live in close community with one another.
What is a colony?
Name the 7 groups of taxonomy.
What is Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
When an animal lives alone and not in a colony.
What is solitary?
Outside skeleton on an insect is called this.
What is an exoskeleton?
The moving of pollen from female part of flower to male part.
What is pollination?
Insect development that includes egg, nymph and adult, but not a pupal stage.
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
This order of insects contains butterflies and moths
What is Lepidoptera?
An animal that only eats plant matter.
What is an herbivore?
Built in behavior that helps an animal survive
What is instinct?
This word means "to transform"
What is metamorphosis?
The juvenile form of an insect during incomplete metamorphosis.
What is a nymph?
This order of insects includes ants, bees, wasps.
What is hymenoptera?
The thin body part that connects the thorax and abdomen of insects like ants and wasps.
What is a petiole?
When an animal species no longer exists because all of that species dies.
What is extinct?
The travel of animals to warmer climates in the fall and winter.
What is migration?
Greek word meaning wings
What is ptera?
This order of insects includes termites.
What is isoptera?
A place where bees are kept or a collection of hives.
What is an apiary?