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Hexapoda |
Six legs |
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Insects have three ———- head,thorax,and abdomen |
Tagmata |
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Insects have jaws and one pair of ———— on their head |
Antennae |
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The thorax has —— pairs of jointed legs and many have one or 2 pairs of ——- |
3,wings |
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The study of insects is called——— |
Entomology |
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Insects are the most successful of all organisms for the following reasons |
Flight,exoskeleton,small size |
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Flight allows insects to ———— predators and ———— |
Escape,disperse |
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More can share one space they can —— easily and there is less competition for food |
Hide |
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———- life spans and produce large number of eggs |
Shorter |
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Can ——- more quickly than other animal groups |
Adapt |
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The ability to engage in complex behaviors such as ————— |
Communication |
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——- chemical communication a pheromone is a chemical released by one organisms that affects the ——— of other organisms of the same species through smell or taste |
Pheromones,behavior |
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Honeybees also do this to identify their own ——— and to send messages |
Hives |
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Some insects and other animals also secrete pheromones to attract ——— |
Mate |
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Insects also communicate through——- |
Sound |
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Insects can also communicate using—————— |
Bioluminescence |
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——- communication:tapping,stroking,grasping,and antennae touching |
Tactile |
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——- bees use two types of dances |
Dancing |
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—— dancing indicates a good source is nearby but gives on about direction or distance |
Round |
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My riopods are terrestrial arthropods with ——- feet |
Many |
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Their body consists of two tagmata the head and ———- with paired appendages on most of all of the trunk segments |
Trunk |
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They prefer ——- places such as ——— logs,bark,and stone |
Moist,under |
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The term centipede means ——— feet despite their name centipedes |
Hundred |
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Centipedes usually have about—— legs but some species have up to 175 pairs of legs |
30 |
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The term millipede means ——— |
Thousand |
