Observing God's World Test 3 Flashcards
an invertebrate that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages
arthropod
the tough material from which the external skeleton is made
chitin
a transformation in appearance which most insects to through
metamorphosis
the process in which an insect sheds its external skeleton
molting
an animal that is active at night
nocturnal animal
the tiny sensitive hairs on a spider’s body
setae
scientists who study insects
entomologists
the process of arranging animals or other things into groups according to their similarities
classification
the percent of arthropods that belong to the class of insects
90%
the number of distinct body regions of an insect
three
the tublike structures with which spiders squirt out long, thin streams of liquid silk
spinnerets
helps the insect feel, hear, and taste
antennae
the number of pairs of jointed legs that an insect has
three
the name of the insect when it is resting in its chrysalis or cocoon
pupa
the stages of incomplete metamorphosis
egg, nymph, and adult
the two classification names that are used in an animal’s scientific name
genus and species
useful arachnid with one body section; eight long, scrawny legs; and an appetite for plant lice and other insect pests
daddy longlegs
a parasite that may cause mange in animals or scabies in humans
mite
an arachnid that has a long tail with a poisonous, needlelike point on the end
scorpion
order name of the beetle
coleoptera
order of the true bug
Hemiptera
order of the social insect
Hymenoptera
order of the butterfly
Lepidoptera
order of the moth
Lepidoptera
order of the dragonfly
Odonata
order of the fly
Diptera
number of legs of a spider
eight
the two distinct body regions of a spider
abdomen and cephalothorax
the means by which spiders breathe
book lungs
the practice of young spiders leaving the nest by sailing away on silk strands
ballooning
the spider that weaves a sheet web on a small portion of the ground
platform spider
the spider that makes a net small enough to hold between its legs
ogre-faced spider
the spider that sometimes digs a hole in the ground, lines it with silk, and builds a trap door for it
trap-door spider
the spider that spends its entire life underwater
water spider
the spider that is the largest in the world
tarantula
the very poisonous spider with a dark violin-shaped mark on its body
brown recluse
