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What is an endoskeleton?
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an internal skeleton
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What is an exoskeleton?
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a waxy water-proof outer shell
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What is molting?
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the process of shedding an outgrown exoskeleton
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What is camouflage?
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Protective coloration; a common animal defense
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What is a water vascular system?
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a system of fluid filled tubes in an echinoderm's body
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What is an antenna?
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an appendage on the head of an animal that contains sense organs
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What is complete metamorphosis?
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a type of metamorphosis characterized by four dramatically different stages.egg, larva, pupa, and adult
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What is gradual metamorphosis?
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has no distinctly different larval stage - an egg hatches into a stage called a nymph which often resembles the adult insect.
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