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Insects
Key Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Insect | an arthropod with three body sections, six legs, one pair of antennae, and wings. |
Complete Metamorphosis | a type of metamorphosis characterized by four dramaticall different stages. |
pupa | the third stage of complete metamorphosis in which an insect larva changes to an adult. |
gradual metamorphosis | a type of metamorphosis in which an insect larva changes to an adult. |
nymph | a stage of gradual metamorphosis that usually resembles the adult. |
water vascular system | a system of fluid-filled tubes in an echinoderm's body. |
consumer | an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
echinoderm | an invertebrate with radial symmetry that lives in the ocean and has an endoskeleton. |
endoskeleton | an internal skeleton |
arachnids | an arthropod with two body sections, four pairs of legs, and no antennae. |