Review Sheet 1 Flashcards
What is science
A search for the laws of nature and for ways to use them
What is pollen
The yellow dust that flowers use in producing seeds
What is nector
A sweet liquid in order to attract insects
What does hibernate mean
To sleep through the winter
What does migrate mean
To move from one place to another with the changing seasons
What is a predator
An animal that captures and feeds upon another living animal
Larva
An immature insect that does not look like the adult
What is mimicry
The close resemblance between two plants or animals
What is a food chain
A series of plants or animals each depending on the other for food
What is an invertebrate
An animal without a back bone
What does camouflage mean
The ability to blend in with the background
What is oviposter
An eeg-laying body part
What are maggots
Larva of flies
What is a golden rod
An flowering plant often mistaken for a ragweed
What is a composite
The largest family of flowering plants
The butterfly that mimics the monarch
Viceroy
An invertebrate with eight legs and two body parts that lays its eggs in a silken sack
Spider
A female bee that does not lay eggs
Worker
It has only one pair of wings which it holds slightly out to its sides when it rests, and its antennae are sorter than its head
Flies
An inspect that makes a paper nest underground
Yellow jacket
The larvae of flies
Maggot
A female bee that does lay egg
Queen
A bird that makes its nest of thistle down
Goldfinch
Immature insects that look just like the adults
Nymph
