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21 Cards in this Set
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An Exoskeleton (common characteristic #1) |
A body covering, typically made of chitin , that provides support and protection |
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Molt |
to shed an old outer covering so that it can be replaced with a new one |
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Common Characteristic #2 |
Body Segmentation |
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Thorax |
the body region between the head and the abdomen |
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Abdomen |
the body region posterior to the Thorax |
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Cephalothorax |
a body region composed of the head and the thorax fused together |
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Common characteristic #3 |
Jointed Appendages |
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Common Characteristic #4 |
A Ventral Nervous System |
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Compound Eye |
An eye made of manny lenses , each with very limited space |
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Simple Eyes |
An eye with only one lens |
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Open circulatory system (common characteristic #5 ) |
a circulatory system that allows the blood to flow out of the blood vessels and into various body body cavities so that the cells are in direct contact with the blood |
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Statocyst |
the organ of balance in a crustacean |
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Gonad |
A general term for the organ that produces gametes |
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Class Arachnida 5 common characteristics |
1. 4 pairs of walking legs 2. a cephalothorax instead of separate head and thorax 3.usually have four pair of simple eyes 4. No antennae 5. respiration done through organs know as " book lungs " |
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Class insects characteristics that separate insects from others in the phylum Arthropoda |
1. three pair of walking (or jumping ) legs 2. usually have wings at some stage of their life 3. one pair of antennae 4. three segments: head, thorax ,and abdomen |
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Insect Wings |
1. Membranous wings 2. Scaled wings 3. Leather-like wings 4.Horney wings |
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complete metamorphosis |
Insects development consisting of four stages ; eggs , larva pupa and adult |
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incomplete metamorphosis |
insects development consisting of three stages : egg , nymph and adult |
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Order Lepidoptera : butterflies and moths |
Scaled wings |
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Order Hymenoptera : Ants bees,and wasps |
Membranous Wings and Social |
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Order Coleoptera:The Beetles |
Horney wings and |
