Classification
The process of arranging animals or other things into groups according to their similarities is called?
Classification
Most insects undergo a transformation in appearance known as?
metamorphosis
Spiders have __________ legs?
eight
The spider that spends its entire life underwater is the?
water spider
Insects have how many body regions?
six
What two languages were used for classification?
Latin and Greek
What percent of arthropods are insects?
90%
Many young spiders leave the nest by sailing away on silk strands, a practice called?
balooning
The spider that makes a net small enough to hold between its legs is the?
ogre-faced spider
An insects _____________ help it feel, hear, and taste.
antennae
An invertebrate that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages is an?
arthropod
The process in which an insect sheds its external skeleton is called?
molting
Spiders have two distinct body regions, an abdomen and a?
cephalothorax
The spider that weaves a sheet web on a small portion of the ground is the?
platform spider
Insects have _________________ pairs of jointed legs.
three
An animal that is active at night is called?
Nocturnal
The tough material from which the external skeleton is made is called?
The tubelike structures with which spiders squirt out long, think streams of liquid silk are called?
spinnerets
The spider that sometimes digs a hole in the ground, lines it with silk, and builds a silk trap door for it is the?
trapdoor spider
The stages of incomplete metamorphosis are egg, ____________, and adult.
nymph
The scientific name of an animal uses both the genus and the ___________ names.
Scientists who study insects are called?
entomologists
The tiny hairs on a spider's body that are very sensitive to vibrations are called?
setae
The very poisonous spider with a dark violin-shaped mark on its body is the?
brown recluse
An insect resting in a chrysalis or cocoon is known as a?
pupa