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40 Cards in this Set
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A fused head and thorax region present in some arthropods |
Cephalothorax |
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An air filled chamber containing leaf like plates that serve for gas exchange |
Book lung |
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Any structure such as a leg or antenna that grows out of an animals body |
Appendage |
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Branching networks of hollow passages that carry air throughout the body |
Tracheal tubes |
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Chemical odor signal given off by an animal |
Pheromone |
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Form of asexual reproduction in which an organism forms from an unfertilized egg |
Parthenogenesis |
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Moveable structure uses by a spider to spin silk |
Spinneret |
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Openings through which air enters and leaves the tracheal tubes |
Spiracles |
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Spider appendages that function as sense organs |
Pedipalps |
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The excretory organ of terrestrial arthropods |
Malpighian tubules |
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The jaw of an arthropod |
Mandible |
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The shedding of an old exoskeleton |
Ecdysis (molting) |
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What does arthropod mean |
Jointed foot |
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Jointed allow an appendage to be more... |
Flexible |
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What percent do arthropods make up of all animals? |
80 % |
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A group of honeybees living together |
Colony |
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A bees home |
Hive |
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A moly yellow syrup that is very high in protein and is fed to larvae |
Royal jelly |
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A sweet liquid secreted by glands in the flowers of plants |
Nectar |
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The offspring produced by the colony |
Brood |
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Besides the queen these are the only female bees that live in a beehive |
Worker bees |
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Six sided cells of wax |
Honeycomb |
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Yellow powdery substance produced by flowers |
Pollen |
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Bee food made from nectar and pollen |
Beebread |
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A male honeybee that does not have a stinger and gathers no honey |
Drone |
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An area on the hind legs of honeybees used to transport pollen |
Pollen basket |
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The way bees communicate where flowers are located |
Waggle dance |
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Sensitive feelers on the bees head used to detect odor and movement |
Antenna |
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Bees use this part of their body to defend against intruders |
Stinger |
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A great number of bees and a queen looking to start a new hive |
Swarm |
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An insect with 6 legs and 4 wings and a honey stomach |
Honeybee |
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Changes of an insect egg larva pupa adult |
Metamorphosis |
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Group of bee colonies kept in one location |
Apiary |
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An animal with a head a thorax an abdomen and 6 legs |
Insect |
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A person who keeps honeybees |
Bee keeper |
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A mates female bee that lays all the eggs in the colony |
Queen |
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The carrying of pollen from one flower to another for seed |
Pollination |
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Is the nervous system complex |
Yes it contains the brain |
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Does the head vary sensory organs? |
Yes |
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What kind of eyes do they have |
Simple |