Adaptations & Physical Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
Special colors and shapes to help an animal blend in.
Camouflage
This is the type of skeleton structure that is on the outside of a bug's body.
Exoskeleton
Strong, paired parts of a bug's mouth that help it eat
Mandible
Physical characteristics are ______ features of an animals body.
Visible
This animal blends into it's surroundings that look like flowers in order to attack it's prey.
Orchid Mantis
An exoskeleton does not grow with a body. Bug's have to do this ...
Shed them
Sometimes a bug will lose it's mandible and it will become this in order to suck nectar
Proboscis
This is an example of a physical characteristic on bugs.
Camouflage
Mimicry
Exoskeletons
Mandibles
Proboscis
These are all synonyms of camouflage
Masking
Disguise
Mimicry
These are synonyms of an exoskeleton
outer shell
armor
external
These are synonyms of mandibles
jaws
mouth parts
pincers
This is a synonym of a physical characteristic ...
feature
trait
attribute
These are all antonyms of camouflage
expose
stand out
reveal
These are antonyms of exoskeleton
Endoskeleton
inner
internal
These are antonyms for mandible
soft-mouthed
non-biting
Physical characteristics and adaptations help bugs survive in their ______.
Ecosystems
Camouflage help a bug do this...
Survive in it's ecosystem
We learned about this bug which has a structure on it's exoskeleton that acts as a siphon and helps it breathe while underwater
water scorpion
Mandibles and Probisces help a bug survive here...
In it's ecosystem