Abeka 6th Grade, Science Test 3, (Ch.2 2.1-2.6)

the stages of incomplete metamorphosis

1. egg 2. nymph 3. adult

book lungs

what a spider breathes by

Be able to identify these insects.

1. beetle (Coleoptera) 2. true bug (Hemiptera) 3. social insect (Hymenoptera) 4. butterfly (Lepidopera) 5. moth (Lepidoptera) 6. dragonfly (Odonata) 7. fly (Diptera)

Explain why Greek and Latin are used for the scientific names of animals

See Sect. 2.1

mite

a parasite that may cause mange in animals or scabies in humans

harvestman or daddy longlegs

a useful arachnid with one body section; eight long scrawny legs; and an appetite for plant lice and other insect pest

three pairs

all insect's have this many pairs of jointed legs

three

all insects have ____ distinct body regions

nocturnal animal

an animal that is active at night

scorpion

an arachnid that has a long tail with a poisonous, needlelike point on the end

pupa

an insect resting in a chrysalis or cocoon

arthropod

an invertebrate that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages

antennae

help insects to feel, hear, and taste

ogre-faced spider

makes a net small enough to hold between its legs

metamorphosis

most insects undergo a transformation in appearance

entomologists

scientist who study insects

trap-door spider

sometimes digs a hole in the ground, lines it with silk, and builds a silk trap door

water spider

spends its entire life underwater

90% of all arthropods belong to

the class of insects

tarantula

the largest in the world

eight

the number of legs a spider has

molting

the process in which an insect sheds its external skeleton

classification

the process of arranging animals or other things into groups according to their similarities

genus and the species names

the scientific name of an animal uses both the

setae

the tiny hairs on a spider's body that are very sensitive to vibrations

chitin

the tough material from which the external skeleton is made of

spinnerets

the tubelike structures with which spiders squirt out long thin streams of liquid silk

cephalothorax and abdomen

the two distinct body regions a spider has

ballooning

the way many young spiders leave the nest by sailing away on silk strands

brown recluse

very poisonous spider with a dark violin-shaped mark on its body

platform spider

weaves a sheet web on a small portion of the ground