Arthropods
This group of invertebrates means "jointed foot."
What is arthropod?
These are the three main structures of an insect's head.
What are antennae, eyes, and mouth?
This is a coloring or pattern that hides an organism in its surroundings.
What is camouflage?
What are butterflies and moths?
Termites break down dead trees and turn them into rich soil, making them this type of insect.
What are decomposers?
This is the hard outer covering that makes the insect harder for a predator to eat.
What is an exoskeleton?
This body section holds the legs and wings of an insect.
What is the thorax?
Some insects release this so predators won't want to eat them.
What is a foul odor?
This is a shared type of eyes for both butterflies and moths.
What are compound eyes?
These insects survive by living and working together in colonies.
What are social insects?
This is the term used for when the arthropod sheds it's exoskeleton.
What is "molt?"
These structures aid an insect in gathering information about its environment.
What are antenna and eyes?
What is mimicry?
Butterflies and moths both have this type of mouthparts.
What are siphoning mouthparts?
This is the main bee...her job is to supply baby bees to keep the hive going!
What is the queen bee?
Insect wings and feet provide escape from predators by doing this.
What is providing speed?
These are the three body sections of an insect.
What are head, thorax, and abdomen?
What are the insects wings?
True or false--both moths and butterflies transform in a chrysalis.
What is false?
A colony of ants may build this home structure in trees, underground, or even inside ant plants.
What is a nest?
This is an arthropod with three body sections and six legs.
What is an insect?
This is the section where insects digest food. Some of them have stingers here, too.
What is the abdomen?
This is the small tube in an insect's head that is used to suck liquid.
What is the proboscis?
This is the name for the process of changing both moths and butterflies go through.
What is metamorphosis?
This insect has the longest life span of any insect in the world. Some of them live between 30 and 50 years!
What is a termite queen?