Characteristics of Insects I
Animals with backbones.
What are vertebrates?
The scientific group insects belong to
What is Arthropods
Eyes which enable an insect to see in almost all directions at once.
What are compound eyes?
What is a thorax?
An animal that captures and eats other animals.
What is a predator?
Animals without backbones.
What are invertebrates?
A sensible prediction or guess that scientists make based on observation.
What is hypothesis?
"Feelers", branch out from an insect's head.
What are antennae?
A young insect which looks almost like an adult.
What is a nymph?
To spend the winter sleeping.
What is hibernate?
The hard coat of armor that protects the tiny body parts of insects.
What is an exoskeleton?
First stage of an insects life cycle
What is an egg
Spiders use these to spin webs
What are spinerettes?
A trait that we get from our parents.
What is an inherited trait
Insects that live and work together in communities.
What are social insects?
What is molting?
Name of the four stages of an insects life cycle
What is egg, larva, pupa, adult
Name three different kinds of defenses an insect could have
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A disguise that allows a blending in with the surroundings.
What is camouflage?
Give an example of a parasite (an insect that attaches itself to another plant or animal to feed on it)
3 body parts of an insect.
What is head, thorax, and abdomen?
What is it called when an insect changes body forms during its life cycle?
What is Metamorphosis?
The name for a disguise that makes a harmless animal look like a harmful one.
What is mimicry?
A word describing animals which are most active after dark.
What is nocturnal?
How many legs does an insect have?
What is six