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89 Cards in this Set
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The digestive gland in a grasshopper is called ______________?
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The gastric caecum
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What is the function of Malphigian tubules?
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They are for excretion, which is liquid waste removal.
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What is another name for a socket?
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Coxa.
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What is the trochanter?
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It's the hole in femur.
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In a female grasshopper, what structure do they have to deposit eggs and what it's function?
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Ovipositor - "v" shaped for digging in dirt.
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All insects have what three things?
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3 body sections, 3 pairs of legs, and USUALLY 2 pairs of wings.
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What are the pads on insects' feet for?
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For climbing.
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In a crayfish, what is the last abdominal segment?
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Telson.
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What are the last abdominal appendages on a crayfish and what are they used for?
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Uropods - swimming.
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What is the structure for excretion in a crayfish?
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Green Gland.
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What structure covers the cephalothorax?
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Carapace.
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In female crayfish, these hold eggs, but they also are used for swimming. What are these called?
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Swimmerets
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What do crayfish have in their stomach's?
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Teeth made of chitin.
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Name a terrestrial crustacean.
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Sowbug or pill bug.
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Where does respiration occur in Arachnids?
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Book lungs.
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How many pairs of legs do crustaceans have?
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5 (five).
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What insects do Daddy Long Legs look for that eat plants?
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Aphids.
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When insect eggs can develop into adults when unfertilized, what is this called?
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Parthenogensis.
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What is a tymphanum?
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An ear drum.
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What is the blood in insects called?
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Hemolymph
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How many pairs of legs do crustaceans have?
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5 (five).
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What insects do Daddy Long Legs look for that eat plants?
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Aphids.
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When insect eggs can develop into adults when unfertilized, what is this called?
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Parthenogensis.
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What is a tymphanum?
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An ear drum.
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What is the blood in insects called?
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Hemolymph
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What is butterfly or moth larvae called?
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Caterpillar
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Maggots are?
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Fly larvae
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What are beetle larvae called, where do they live, and what do they eat?
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grubs - in soil - plant juice
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What type of pupa do moths have?
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Cocoon
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What are chrysalis?
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Butterfly pupa
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Name the three hormones in an insect.
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Brain, molting, and juvenile.
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High juvenile hormone + molting hormone =
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Larva to larva
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Low juvenile hormone + molting hormone =
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Larva to pupa.
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No juvenile hormone + molting hormone =
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Pupa to adult.
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What beetle sprays hot, acidy chemicals?
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Bombadier.
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Blending in with the environment is called? Name an animal.
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Camouflage - walking stick.
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What are warning signs for poison?
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Warning coloration.
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What is mimicry?
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When insects immitate other insects.
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What does metamorphosis mean?
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Change in form.
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What does the colon?
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Absorbs water.
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Prothorax.
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first legs
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2nd legs and first wings
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mesothorax
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3rd legs and second wings
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metathorax
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What is the name of a daddy long legs?
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Harvestman
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What phylum are centipedes in?
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Uniramia
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Prothorax.
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first legs
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2nd legs and first wings
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mesothorax
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3rd legs and second wings
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metathorax
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What is the name of a daddy long legs?
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Harvestman
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What phylum are centipedes in?
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Uniramia
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Spiders that build webs are called?
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Orb weavers
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What appendage is the second one on a spider?
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Pedipalp
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How many chelicerae do Archnids have?
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2
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All Arthropods have what type of circullatory system?
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OPEN!
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What is the organ of balance in a crustacean?
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Statocyst.
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What subphylum is extinct?
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Trilobita
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What is the upper lip in an insect called?
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Labrum
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What is the lower lip called?
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Labium
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"Little jaws" are called?
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Maxilla
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Which jaws cut and crush food?
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Mandibles
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Holes for gas exchange?
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Spiracles
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Tubes for gas exchange?
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Trachea
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How many pedipalps do scorpions have?
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8
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Antennae are for?
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Touch, taste, and smell.
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Antennules are for?
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Hearing and balance.
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Shedding of exoskeleton?
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Molting.
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Who was the famous scientist that studied honeybees?
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Von Frisch
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What are the two different female bees?
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Worker and Queen.
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What are the male bees?
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Drones.
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What are the jobs of drones?
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Mating with the queen.
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What do bees eat?
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Nectar and pollen.
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What food source is in the special diet of queen bees?
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Royal jelly
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What is a chemical signal produced by an insect and what specifically does a queen bee produce?
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Pheromones - Queen factor
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What is unlearned behavior?
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Instinct
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if something is inherited, it is?
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Innate
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what are the two basic instincts?
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Self preservation and species preservation.
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what is honey?
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regiritated bee nectar.
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what is it called when worker bees have found food nearby?
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Round dance.
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What is it called when worker bees base dance on the sun and where is food is usually far away?
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Waggle dance.
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what is it called when worker bees sacrifice for the others?
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altruistic behavior
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when worker bees take care of young eggs, that is called?
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kin selection.
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what are the 4 subphylums?
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Trilobita, crustacia, chelicerata, and uniramia
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what are the 5 classes?
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crustacia, arachnida, insecta, chilpoda, and diplopoda.
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what are the two orders?
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orthoptera and coleoptera
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what is the largest order and what animals are in it?
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coleoptera - beetles
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what animals are in the class orthoptera?
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grasshoppers
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what is bee larva like?
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worm like
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what are myriapods?
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centipedes and millipedes
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why are stingers hooked?
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so they stay into skin.
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