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Ch 16 Science Vocab
Chapter 16 Vocabulary Quiz
Question | Answer |
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a hard non-living outer covering that supports and protects the animal | exoskeleton |
if you examine an insect's eyes with a hand lens, you will notice that they have thousands of small sections | compound eye |
a fluid tissue is made up of, cells floating in liquid; it carries substances to and from all parts of the body | blood |
is a muscular organ that pumps blood to all body cells | heart |
when the hearts contract, the slits close and the blood is pumped forward through this...they are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart | artery |
the blood does not remain in blood vessels | open circulatory system |
insects receive oxygen and release carbon dioxide through this. They are tiny elastic tubes that branch throughout the insect | tracheae |
a thread-like tube that extracts wastes from an insects blood and empties them to the intestine | excretory tubules |
occurs when insects sheds their old exoskeletons and replace them with new ones | molt |
insect metamorphosis that includes three stages: egg, nymph, and adult | incomplete metamorphosis |
a changing of an animal's shape or form as the animal develops from an egg to an adult | metamorphosis |
the immature stage of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis | nymph |
involves 4 stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult | complete metamorphosis |
is usually one of the most active stages. The _________ of moths and butterflies are caterpillars. | larva |
is often a resting stage during which the larva uses the food it has eaten to change into the body shape of the adult insect | pupa |
a series of canals and tules in echinoderms; used for movement and feeding | water-vascular system |
small tubular structures of echinoderms; used for locomotion and feeding | tubefeet |
In what phylum do clams, snails, slugs, and octopuses belong? | Mollusks |
Give an example of a univalve. | snails |
How do clams obtain their food? | It sends 2 siphons deep into the sand where the water is - 1 tube draws in water and sends out food particles, 1 sends water away from the clam to remove wastes |
What type of skeleton do insects have? | exoskeleton |
How do insects breathe? | tracheae |
What type of circulatory system does an insect have? | open |
What are male bees called? What is their only known function in the hive? | drones, fertilize the queen |
What starfish characteristic does the term echinoderm describe? | similar organisms |
What animal has tube feet? | starfish |
Which of these is not a mollusk? slug, octopus, jellyfish or oyster | jellyfish |
All mollusks live in the water. True or False | False |
Which of these has a foot? clam, oyster, snail, octopus | clam |
An exoskeleton with jointed appendages is characteristic of phylum _______________________. | Arthropoda |
The grasshopper has an open circulatory system. True or False | True |
Which stage is associated with incomplete metamorphosis? | nymph |
You would probably find the greatest number of legs on a _____________________. | millipede |
Radial symmetry is typical of ____________________. | echinoderms |
The water-vascular system is important for ___________________. movement, predation, both movement and predation or none | both movement and predation |
Which of these is not an echinoderm? sea urchin, starfish, sand dollar or squid | squid |
centipedes | 100 legs |
milipedes | 1000 legs |
centipedes | carnivores |
milipedes | herbivores |
Remaining arthropods | 5 pairs of legs |