10 million Designs. 2.1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What does vertebrate mean? | an animal with a backbone
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| What does invertebrate mean? | an animal without a backbone
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| What is an exoskeleton? | the hard outer covering of an insect
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| What is molting? | shedding the outer covering
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| What is an ovipositor? | an insect's egg-laying organ
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| What are spiracles? | holes in an insect's body for breathing
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| Name the three special characteristics of insects. | An outside skeleton (exoskeleton)
three body parts
six jointed legs
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| Name the two main groups of animals. | vertebrates and invertebrates
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| What does the prefix exo mean? | outside
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| Is an insect's exoskeleton stronger or weaker than bone? | lighter and stronger
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| What is a scientist who studies insects called? | an entomologist
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| Name three insects that have stingers for protection. | honeybees, hornets, yellow jackets, bumblebees, wasps
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| What is a hypothesis? | a reasonable or scientific explanation of something based on observations of that thing
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| What is an experiment? | a planned way to test a hypothesis
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| What is the law of biogenesis? | life can only come from life
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| Who performed many experiments to test the hypothesis of spontaneous generation? | Francesco Redi
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| What kind of insect did Francesco Redi use in his experiments with raw meat? | housefly
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