Chap 9 Flashcards
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Invertebrates with external skeletond and jointed appendages
Arthropods
Strong light weight outer skeletons
Exoskeleton
They will grow out of their exoskeleton
Arthropods
Shedding of the exoskeleton
Molting
Have an open system of circulation
Arthropods
Zoologist who studied insects
Entomologist
World’s greatest entomologist
Jean Henri Fabre
They are 70%of all known animals and 90%of arthropods
Insects
Have at least 2 sets of wings
Insects
Only invertebrates that can fly
Insects
When an insect hatches from its egg and a larvae,worm-like growing stage
Complete metamorphosis
When an insect hatches from an egg as a nymph;an immature from of an insect
Incomplete metamorphosis
Have multiple lenses and project from the sides of an insects head
Compound eyes
Have one lens and detect only light and shadows
Simple eyes
Upper lip of an insect
Labrum
Lower lip of an insect
Labium
Side-to-side jaws of an insect
Mandibles
Paired jaws of an insect
Maxilla
An insects middle section
Thorax
The hind most part of an insect
Abdomen
The intake and outflow of openings for air located on there abdomen
Spiricals
Respiratory tudes
Trachea
The egg laying organ of some species of insects
Ovipositor
Sheathed-winged insects
Coleoptera