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24 Cards in this Set
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Another name for the foot of a grasshopper is the ___. |
Tarsus |
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Characteristics all insects share |
Wings and antenna |
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Compare/Contrast excretion in crayfish, worm, grasshopper |
Green Glands, nephridia, Malpgihian Tubes |
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Compare/Contrast respiration in crayfish, worm, grasshopper |
Gills (swimmerets aid in creating a current to help), mucus, and spiracles |
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Examples of insects that go through both types of metamorphosis |
Incomplete - Termites, grasshoppers Complete - Butterflies, beetles, fruit flies |
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how many simple eyes do grasshoppers have? |
3 |
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Know several reasons insects have been so successful |
Size, diversity, wings, exoskeleton, adaptability |
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Know the roles the different honeybees have |
Worker bees - feeding larva and queen bee, build repair hive, remove dead bees, cooling the hive, maintaing the population, gathering nectar and pollen Drones - fertilize the queen Queen - reproduce |
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Malpighian tubes aid in |
excretion |
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Openings in the abdomen for gas exchange in insects |
Spiracles |
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The gizzard in insects is used to |
grind food and increase surface area |
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The organ that sense sound in an grasshopper |
Tympanum |
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Through which organs are nutrients absorbed in a grasshopper |
Midgut and Hindgut |
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to which phylum do insects belong |
Arthropoda |
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What are the antenna used for? |
Sensory organ for touch and smell |
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What are the steps of incomplete metamorphosis |
Egg Nymph - no wings, underdeveloped organs Adult - nymph molts several times to become adult |
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What are the steps for complete metamorphosis |
Egg Larva - Common name caterpillar, has 3 pair of jointed legs and several fleshy legs, molts Pupa - immobile, incased in a cocoon or chrysalis Adult |
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What carries oxygen to the body tissues of insects |
Tracheal Trunk Network |
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What is royal jelly? |
Honey bee excretion that is fed to queen bee and larva |
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What is the effect of queen factor in honeybees |
Queen releases a pheromone that makes the worker bees not able to become a queen |
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What kind of defense does the viceroy butterfly use |
Mimicry, mimics toxic species |
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What term is used to describe innate, genetically controlled behavior? |
Instinct |
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What type of circulatory system do grasshoppers have |
Open |
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What is the ovipositor |
The organ with which insects deposit their eggs |
