Insect Structures
This is the hard outer covering that protects an insect from predators
What is an exoskeleton?
The four stages of complete metamorphosis
What are egg, larva, pupa, and adult?
Small tube in an insect's head used to suck liquids
What is a proboscis?
The type of ants gather food to feed the larvae
What are worker ants?
What type of metamorphosis do both butterflies and moths go through?
What is complete metamorphosis?
The three characteristics make insects arthropods
What are jointed legs, an exoskeleton, and body sections?
Two stages are found in complete metamorphosis but not incomplete metamorphosis
What are larva and pupa?
The type of mouthparts insects use when drinking liquids from plant leaves
What are piercing-sucking mouthparts?
An Insect that communicates by using vibrations
What are termites?
What type of mouthparts do both butterflies and moths have?
What are siphoning mouthparts?
Two body structures help insects gather information about their environment
What are antennae and eyes?
The name of the stage between egg and adult in incomplete metamorphosis
What is a nymph?
Type of mouthparts insects use when eating nectar from flowers
What are siphoning mouthparts?
Insects that break down dead trees and turn them into rich soil
What are decomposers?
What type of eyes do both butterflies and moths have?
What are compound eyes?
This is how insect wings and feet help an insect escape from predators
What is by providing speed?
Name of the covering around a moth during the pupa stage
What is a cocoon?
Two types of eyes insects have
What are compound eyes and simple eyes?
How are social insects different from other insects?
What is that they live and work together in colonies?
What are three characteristics of moths?
What are thick and feathery antennae, a cocoon covering during the pupa stage, and flying and feeding at night?
Name for when a harmless insect looks like a harmful insect
What is mimicry?
Name of the covering around a butterfly during the pupa stage
What is a chrysalis?
The three differences between compound eyes and simple eyes
What are the number of lenses, the area that can be seen, and the number of pieces in the image?
How did God design termites to work together?
What are instincts that make them behave in certain ways, work together, and accomplish things they could not do alone?
What are three characteristics that both butterflies and moths share?
What are compound eyes, complete metamorphosis, and siphoning mouthparts?