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