order of insects that includes beetles
coleoptera
order of insects that includes social insects (bees, wasps, ants)
hymenoptera
egg-laying female in a colony of bees or ants
queen
what does the swim bladder in a fish do?
controls buoyancy
spiders, ticks, scorpion, daddy longlegs
arachnids
order of insects that includes butterflies and moths
lepidoptera
order of insects that includes the true bugs
hemiptera
projections from the front of the gill arches that strain debris from the water
gill rakers
group of unusual cartilaginous fish that includes the ratfish and elephant fish
chimaeras
front body segment of a spider or crustacean
cephalothorax
order of insects that includes crickets, grasshoppers, roaches, and mantids
orthoptera
small, bony plates in a fish's skin that provide the fish with a protective covering
scales
fish's heart has how many chambers?
two
cartilaginous fish that lack jaws
lampreys and hagfish
leglike appendages on either side of a spider's mouth
pedipalps
order of insects that includes dragonflies and damselflies
odonata
organs that allow a fish to extract oxygen from the water
gills
organ of a fish that allows it to detect vibrations and pressure changes
lateral line
in scientific usage, the term bug means
any insect with piercing-sucking mouthparts
respiratory organs found in spiders but not in insects
book lungs
order of insects that includes flies, mosquitoes, and gnats
diptera
animals without backbones
invertebrates
sharks, rays, eels, seahorses, chimaeras, lampreys, coelacanths
lobsters, crayfish, shrimp
crustaceans and arthropods
silk spinners
spinnerets