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7 Science Chapter 10

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Term
Definition
protein & chitin   exoskeletons are made primarily of these 2 substances  
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Jean-Henri Fabre   he was considered the world's greatest entomologist  
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insects   only group of invertebrates that can fly  
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labrum   upper lip of an insect  
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labium   lower lip of an insect  
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mandible   side to side jaws of an insect  
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maxillae   type of jaw an insect would use to hold food  
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palps   sensory organs used to feel and taste the insect's food  
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Orthopterans   crickets, grasshoppers, katydids, locusts, mantises and cockroaches all belong to this group  
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Orthopterea   straight wings  
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paper wasps, hornets, yellow jackets   three (3) types of social wasps  
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atlas moth   largest lepiopteran  
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calcium carbonate   substance that hardens a crustacean's exoskeleton  
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true spiders   spiders with side to side movement of the chelicerae  
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mygalomorphs   spiders with chelicerae that move up and down  
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chelicerae   pair of appendages which are used for seizing and crushing prey  
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90   percent of animals species that are arthropods  
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head of insect   first body region; eyes, antennae, mouthparts  
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thorax of insect   middle region; legs, wings  
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abdomen   hindmost region; spiracles, sometimes special appendages  
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simple eye   insect eye with only one lens  
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compound eye   insect eye with more than one lens  
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Hemiptera   order of insects with wings that form an X on their backs (true bugs)  
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Coleoptera   largest order of insects  
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complete metamorphosis   egg, larva, pupa, adult  
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Hymenoptera   order that most social insects belong to  
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ovipositor   female insect's egg laying organ  
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spiracles   openings that allow air to enter into an insect's respiratory system  
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tracheae   tubes connected to an insects spiracles  
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molting   process through which an insect sheds its external skeleton  
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exoskeleton   outside skeleton of an arthropod  
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proboscis   used by moths to drink water  
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nymph   immature form of an insect that resembles the adult but has different body proportions and lacks wings  
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cocoon   structure that moths spend their pupal state in  
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antennae   an insect's "feelers"  
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elytra   a beetle's hardened forewings  
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sensilla   little sense organs  
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larva   the wormlike growing stage of complete metamorphosis  
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Lepidoptera   scaled winged insects (butterflies and moths)  
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Diptera   two winged insects like flies and mosquitoes  
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Neuroptera   lacewings and ant lions  
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Odonata   dragonflies and damselfies  
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Homoptera   same winged insects such as cicadas and leafhoppers  
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scare predators   purpose of eyespots on the luna moth  
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drones   male bees  
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two   number of pairs of wngs that most insect have  
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moths   lepidopterans that are usually nocturnal  
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carapace   the hard shell that covers the cephalothorax of some crustaceans  
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chelipeds   crustacean's claw tipped legs  
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arachnids   group including spiders  
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millipede   wormlike arthropod that has many body segments with 2 pairs of leg on every segment  
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book lungs   respiratory structure of arachnids that with "pages" that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide  
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