click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Insects
Key Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Insect | an arthropod with three body sections, six legs, one pair of antennae, and wings. |
| Complete Metamorphosis | a type of metamorphosis characterized by four dramaticall different stages. |
| pupa | the third stage of complete metamorphosis in which an insect larva changes to an adult. |
| gradual metamorphosis | a type of metamorphosis in which an insect larva changes to an adult. |
| nymph | a stage of gradual metamorphosis that usually resembles the adult. |
| water vascular system | a system of fluid-filled tubes in an echinoderm's body. |
| consumer | an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
| echinoderm | an invertebrate with radial symmetry that lives in the ocean and has an endoskeleton. |
| endoskeleton | an internal skeleton |
| arachnids | an arthropod with two body sections, four pairs of legs, and no antennae. |