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| the back side |
dorsal |
| the belly side |
ventral |
| the amount that you can see when you look into a microscope, portrayed as a circle on paper |
field of view |
| a lens that curves outward |
convex |
| a lens that curves inward |
concave |
| inventor of the light microscope, described and illustrated many objects in his book Micrographia, coined the term "cell" |
Hooke |
| improved the lenses of microscopes to produce images free of distortion, thought to discover bacteria |
Leeuwenhoek |
| organisms with three body sections, six legs, antennae, eyes and an exoskeleton |
insects |
| an organism that obtains its nutrients from another organism while damaging it in the process |
parasite |
| ways parasitic wasps are helpful |
can keep populations of pesty insects from getting too high |
| a small parasitic wasp, Melittobia digitata |
WOWBug |
| the most anterior body section of an insect |
head |
| the middle body section of an insect |
thorax |
| the most posterior body section of an insect |
abdomen |
| the tough outer covering of all arthropods (including insects) |
exoskeleton |
| the number of legs an insect has |
six |
| a scientific word for jaw |
mandible |
| body parts that stick out of main body sections (legs, antennae, etc.) |
appendages |
| appendages for sensing, stick off the head of most insects |
antennae |
| appendages for flying, stick off the thorax of most insects |
wings |
| Magnification from 40 - 1000. Works by shining light through the specimen and focusing convex lenses. |
compound light microscope |
| Magnification from 15-20,000. Works by bouncing electrons off the surface of the specimen to get detailed 3D image |
scanning electron microscope |
| the "head" end |
anterior |
| the "tail" end |
posterior |
| Who discovered and works with WOWBugs? |
Dr. Matthews |
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