Word/Front-side | Definition/Back-side |
crustacean | has 2-3 bady sections, 5 or more pairs of legs, 2 pair antennnae |
arachnids | has 2 body sections, 8 legs, no antennae |
centipedes | has 2 body sections with 2 pairs of legs per segment; predator |
millipedes | has 2 body sections with 1 pair legs per segment; scavenger |
molting | process of shedding the outgrown exoskeleton |
metamorphosis | life cycle process where larva undergo dramatic changes to develop into an adult |
gills | organs that remove oxygen from the water |
cilia | tiny hair-like structures that move water over the gills |
radula | flexible ribbon of tiny teeth |
cephalopod | the most intelligent mollusk with a complex nervous system |
bivalve | filter feeder with 2 shells |
gastropod | has a single shell or no shell w/ a broad foot |
decomposer | eats waste & dead org. |
food chain | series of events where one org. eats another |
echinoderm | has 5-part radial symmetry |
water vascular tube system | fluid-filled tubes for movement and getting food |
endoskeleton | internal support to the body |
Ex. of insects (3) | beetles,butterflies, cicadas |
Which body section are insect wings attached to? | thorax |
1LC- Insect life begins as a tiny, hard-shelled, fertilized ______. | egg |
2LC- Immature form of the insect that looks very diff. from the adult is a _____. | larva |
3ILC- The insect is enclosed in a protective covering. The insect at this stage is called a _____. | pupa |
4ILC- When its development is complete, the _______ leaves the pupal case. It feeds and finds mates. | adult |
In gradual meta., the egg hatches into a _______ , which looks much like a small adult. | nymph |
3 classification groups of mollusks | gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods |
4 major classification groups of arachnids | spiders, mites, scorpions, ticks |
A pill bug belongs to which arthropod group? | crustacean |
4 major groups of enchinoderms | sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers |
biological control | natural predator or disease released into an area to fight a harmful insect (ladybugs for aphids) |
ecology | study of food chains/other ways that org. interact w/ their env. |
complete meta. | egg, larva, pupa, adult |
gradual meta. | nymph - molts - adult |
antenna | appendage attached to the head that contains sense organs |
exoskeleton | outer skeleton (support) |
arthropods | invert., exoskeleton, segm. body, appendages, bilat. symm., open circ. sys., 2-way digestive sys., most sexual reprod. |
mollusks | invert., soft/unsegm. bodies usually covered by shell, mantle w/ foot organ |