Science Ch 2 (Insects) - Vocabulary

Question 1

What is a vertebrate?

Answer 1

an animal with a backbone

Question 2

What is an invertebrate?

Answer 2

an animal without a backbone

Question 3

What is an exoskeleton?

Answer 3

the hard outer covering of an insect

Question 4

What is moulting?

Answer 4

shedding the outer covering

Question 5

What is an ovipositor?

Answer 5

an insect’s egg-laying organ

Question 6

What are spiracles?

Answer 6

holes in an insect’s body for breathing

Question 7

What is metamorphosis?

Answer 7

a change in form

Question 8

What is a larva?

Answer 8

a caterpillar, maggot, or grub

Question 9

What is a chrysalis?

Answer 9

a hard shell covering made by a butterfly larva

Question 10

What is a pupa?

Answer 10

an insect in the stage between larva and adult

Question 11

What is a cocoon?

Answer 11

a silk case made by a moth larva

Question 12

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 12

a reasonable or sensible explanation based on observation

Question 13

What is an experiment?

Answer 13

a planned way to test a hypothesis

Question 14

What are sensilla?

Answer 14

tiny hairs for hearing and sensing

Question 15

What are compound eyes?

Answer 15

large eyes made up of many small eyes enabling insects to see in almost all directions at once

Question 16

What is a nymph?

Answer 16

a young insect that looks almost like the adult

Question 17

What is a predator?

Answer 17

an animal that captures and eats other animals

Question 18

What is camouflage?

Answer 18

a disguise that causes people or animals to blend in with their surroundings

Question 19

What is mimicry?

Answer 19

when a harmless animal looks like a harmful one

Question 20

What does it mean to hibernate?

Answer 20

It means to spend the winter sleeping.

Question 21

What is a parasite?

Answer 21

a plant or animal that lives off another