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5/6 Science 2.1-2.6
Observing God's World 5/6 Science Chapter 2 (2.1-2.6)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the process of arranging animals or other things into groups according to their similarities? | Classification |
| What are animals with backbones called? | Vertebrates |
| What 2 groups are used to get the scientific name? | Genus and Species |
| What are animals without a backbone called? | Invertebrates |
| What are invertebrates that have external skeletons, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies called? | Arthropods |
| What is the tough material used to make the exoskeleton? | Chitin |
| What percentage of arthropods are insects? | 90% |
| What are an insects 3 distinct body regions? | Head, thorax, and abdomen |
| What helps an insect feel, hear, and taste? | Antennae |
| How many pairs of jointed legs do insects have? | 3 |
| How many pairs of wings do insects have? | One or more |
| What is a startling transformation in appearance? | Metamorphosis |
| What are the 4 stages in complete metamorphosis? | Egg, larva, pupa, and adult |
| What are the 3 stages in incomplete metamorphosis? | Egg, nymph, and adult |
| What is it called when an insect sheds its external skeleton? | Molting |
| What are scientists who study insects? | Entomologists |
| Crickets, grasshoppers, locusts, and cockroaches belong to what order? | Orthoptera |
| Dragonflies and damselflies belong to what order? | Odonata |
| Beetles belong to what order? | Coleoptera |
| Aphids, tree hoppers, leaf hoppers, cicadas, scale insects, and the lac insect belong to what order? | Homoptera |
| Bees, ants, and wasps belong to what order? | Hymenoptera |
| Butterflies and moths belong to what order? | Lepidoptera |
| True bugs belong to what order? | Hemiptera |
| Flies, gnats, and mosquitoes belong to what order? | Diptera |
| What class do spiders belong to? | Arachnids |
| What body region do spiders have that insects don't? (Head and Thorax) | Cephalothorax |
| What are sensitive hairs that allow spiders to feel? | Setae |
| Special organ made of several tissues that allow spiders to breathe? | Book Lung |
| What is it called when silk strands carry young spiders from place to place? | Ballooning |
| What are special tubelike structures that allow spiders to produce silk? | Spinnerets |
| What spider covers a small section of ground with a sheet web? | Platform spider |
| What spider shapes its web like a funnel wih the opening facing downwards? | Funnel weaver |
| What spider weaves cobwebs in the corners of your house and destroys many household pests? | House spider |
| What spider holds a tiny web between its legs and uses it to trap insects? | Ogre-faced spider |
| What spider digs a hole in the ground and covers it with a trapdoor? | Trap-door spider |
| What spider spits out strong sticky threads at its prey before atracking? | Spitting spider |
| What spider relies on keen eyesight to hunt? | Jumping spider |
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