Vocabulary
What does molt mean?
What is it called when an insect goes from egg, to larva, to pupa, to adult?
Metamorphosis
What are the main parts of an insect's body?
Head, Thorax, Abdomen
What is a social insect?
A social insect is an insect that works with other insects
What is a vocabulary word for an insect community?
Colony
What does destructive mean?
What is complete metamorphosis?
When an insect/creature is born it looks different from an adult
What does an insect use to sense it's surroundings?
Antennae
What is a solitary insect?
An insect that is alone
Insects skeletons are called...
exoskeletons
What does microscopic mean?
Very small
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
When an insect/creature is born it looks like a mini adult
How many legs do insects have?
6 legs
Insects do not live in the...
ocean
A vocabulary word for home is...
habitat
What does bioluminescence mean?
a chemical reaction that causes light
Do butterflies go through complete or incomplete metamorphosis?
Complete metamorphosis
What makes an insect a beetle?
Armor and 2 pairs of wings
Beetles
If you work together you are...
What does entomologist mean?
A person that studies insects
Do humans go through complete or incomplete metamorphosis?
Incomplete metamorphosis
Describe an insect's skeleton
Hard and on the outside of its body
Crickets communicate by...
Singing
An enemy is a...
foe