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Largest class in Kingdom Animalia is ________ |
Class Insecta |
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4 characteristics of insects: |
3 pair of walking legs, wings at some point in their lives, one pair antennae, 3 part segmented body (head, thorax, and abdomen) |
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In insects, air enters the exoskeleton through aslit in the abdomen called ___________ . |
spiracles
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in insects, air travels from the spiracles, air travels through a complex network of _______________ |
tracheas |
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In development, insects either go through __________ ________ or ___________ ___________ |
complete metamorphosis or incomplete metamorphosis |
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4 stages of insect development with complete metamorphosis: |
egg, lava, pupa, adult |
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larva:
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wormlike insect that eats and molts
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pupa:
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forms a case around itself so organs and structures can transform.
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Stages of incomplete metamorphosis |
egg, nymph, adult |
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Nymph |
insectlooks like a small version of the adult form.
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Bombardier beetles are fully equippedwith __________ _________ a as a defense mechanism.
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chemical weapon
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List the 4 types of wings: |
Membranous Scaled Leather-like Horny |
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membranous wings:
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thin transparent detailed network of veins; Class: Diptera Ex: Flies, gnats
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Scaled wings:
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- delicate scales cover the wings, not transparent and rubs offlike powder;
Class:Lipidoptera Ex: Butterflies,Moths |
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Leatherlike wings
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appear to be part of the exoskeleton. Covers a 2ndpair of membranouswings; Class:Orthroptera Ex: Grasshopper
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Horny wings:
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like leather like, but a lot tougher. Also cover the entire body of the insect.
Class:Coleoptera Ex: Beetles |
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Give an example of an insect with membranous wings: |
Flies or gnats |
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Give an example of an insect with scaled wings: |
Butterflies or moths |
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Give an example of an insect with leather-like wings: |
Grasshopper |
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Give an example of an insect with horny wings: |
Beetles |
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Hymenoptera is the class of insects thatis the ____________ insect class. They have membranous wings. Ex: Bees and Ants |
social |
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An example of an insect in the hymenoptera (social) class is ___________________ |
bees or ants |