INSECT PARTS
This is the number of legs found on an insect.
What is six?
This part of the plant absorbs the sun's energy in a green pigment called chlorophyll
What are the leaves?
What is one way a species can become invasive?
What is moving to a new environment?
This is what we call insects who live in groups
What is a colony?
This creature has eight legs and is not an insect
What is an arachnid?
This is the main function of the antennae.
What is to help navigate their environment?
This part of the plant is the first to grow from a seed.
What are the roots?
This invasive species has conquered every continent on earth
What are humans?
This is the group of insects that breaks down dead organic matter.
What are decomposers?
This is the main part of the body that puts something in the category of vertebrate.
What is a spinal cord?
This part of the body is where the legs and wings are attached.
What is the Thorax?
This part of the plant is what produces fruits
What is the flower?
This is the biggest reason why humans are concerned about the spread of invasive species.
What is economic loss?
This is the group of insects the visits flowers and helps the flowers exchange genetic information.
What are pollinators?
This is the name of the process that insects use to breath using the holes in their exoskeleton.
What is diffusion?
This part of the body is where pheromones are stored and released.
What is Abdomen?
What are the roots?
This is what invasive species do not have enough of in their new environment.
What is natural predators?
This is the kind of structural support system that insects have.
What is an exoskeleton?
This is the organism that leafcutter ants feed leaves in order to produce food in their underground farms.
What is fungus?
The mouth parts and antennae both evolved from this basic body part.
What are Legs?
This part of the plant acts as natural antifreeze to prevent damage during the winter.
What is sap?
This is the best way for humans to fight the spread of invasive species.
What is prevention?
This species of insect is a vector for deadly viruses and needs to be in water during a portion of its life cycle.
What are mosquitos?
Some kinds of this organism can take control of the minds of many different kinds of insect's and force them to go to strange places.
What is fungus?