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Anthropods:Overview
Chapter 20.1 of Biology: God's Living Creation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Invertebrates | Animals without backbones |
| Arthropods | Invertebrates with jointed apendages |
| Exoskeleton | External skeleton |
| Chitin | A substance that is chemically similar to cellulose or starch |
| Entomologists | Scientists who study insects |
| Metamorphosis | The process by which insects mature, may be complete or incomplete |
| Incomplete Metamorphosis | A metamorphosis process in which the egg hatches into a nymph, an incomplete form of it's adult form, which slowly grows it's adult parts |
| Complete Metamorphosis | A metamorphosis process in which the egg develops into a larva, which then transforms into a developing pupa, then it's adult form |
| Compound Eye | An eye that is composed of many independent lenses and "retinas" |
| Thorax | The middle part of the grasshopper's body |
| Abdomen | The rearmost portion of the grasshopper's body |