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Ch 16 Science Vocab
Chapter 16 Vocabulary Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a hard non-living outer covering that supports and protects the animal | exoskeleton |
| if you examine an insect's eyes with a hand lens, you will notice that they have thousands of small sections | compound eye |
| a fluid tissue is made up of, cells floating in liquid; it carries substances to and from all parts of the body | blood |
| is a muscular organ that pumps blood to all body cells | heart |
| when the hearts contract, the slits close and the blood is pumped forward through this...they are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart | artery |
| the blood does not remain in blood vessels | open circulatory system |
| insects receive oxygen and release carbon dioxide through this. They are tiny elastic tubes that branch throughout the insect | tracheae |
| a thread-like tube that extracts wastes from an insects blood and empties them to the intestine | excretory tubules |
| occurs when insects sheds their old exoskeletons and replace them with new ones | molt |
| insect metamorphosis that includes three stages: egg, nymph, and adult | incomplete metamorphosis |
| a changing of an animal's shape or form as the animal develops from an egg to an adult | metamorphosis |
| the immature stage of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis | nymph |
| involves 4 stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult | complete metamorphosis |
| is usually one of the most active stages. The _________ of moths and butterflies are caterpillars. | larva |
| is often a resting stage during which the larva uses the food it has eaten to change into the body shape of the adult insect | pupa |
| a series of canals and tules in echinoderms; used for movement and feeding | water-vascular system |
| small tubular structures of echinoderms; used for locomotion and feeding | tubefeet |
| In what phylum do clams, snails, slugs, and octopuses belong? | Mollusks |
| Give an example of a univalve. | snails |
| How do clams obtain their food? | It sends 2 siphons deep into the sand where the water is - 1 tube draws in water and sends out food particles, 1 sends water away from the clam to remove wastes |
| What type of skeleton do insects have? | exoskeleton |
| How do insects breathe? | tracheae |
| What type of circulatory system does an insect have? | open |
| What are male bees called? What is their only known function in the hive? | drones, fertilize the queen |
| What starfish characteristic does the term echinoderm describe? | similar organisms |
| What animal has tube feet? | starfish |
| Which of these is not a mollusk? slug, octopus, jellyfish or oyster | jellyfish |
| All mollusks live in the water. True or False | False |
| Which of these has a foot? clam, oyster, snail, octopus | clam |
| An exoskeleton with jointed appendages is characteristic of phylum _______________________. | Arthropoda |
| The grasshopper has an open circulatory system. True or False | True |
| Which stage is associated with incomplete metamorphosis? | nymph |
| You would probably find the greatest number of legs on a _____________________. | millipede |
| Radial symmetry is typical of ____________________. | echinoderms |
| The water-vascular system is important for ___________________. movement, predation, both movement and predation or none | both movement and predation |
| Which of these is not an echinoderm? sea urchin, starfish, sand dollar or squid | squid |
| centipedes | 100 legs |
| milipedes | 1000 legs |
| centipedes | carnivores |
| milipedes | herbivores |
| Remaining arthropods | 5 pairs of legs |
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