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27 Cards in this Set
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cocoon
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A___________________is the case of silk spun around the pupa by some moths.
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larva
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The______________________ stage is the second stage of an insect's life. (for monarch butterflies it is the caterpillar)
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metamorphosis
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______________________ means changing form. It is when something changes form one shape or material to another.
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antenna, antennae
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An ____________________, or a pair of ____________________, is an organ on the head of an insect that is used for feeling, smelling and tasting.
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pupa
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The _____________ is the third stage of an insect's life, just before it becomes an adult
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chrysalis
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A ________________ is the 'hard shell' stage, between caterpillar and adult butterfly.
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frass
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_____________ is the solid waste or droppings of caterpillars and moths.
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molting
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____________ is when some animals shed an old layer of skin.
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thorax
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The _______________ is the middle section of an insect's body. This section is where the insect's wings and 6 legs attach.
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abdomen
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The ___________________is the rear, or third, section of an insect's body
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photosynthesis
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___________________ is the process in plants that converts, or changes, carbon dioxide and water to sugars(energy) and oxygen, by using chlorophyll and sunlight.
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chloroplast
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__________________the cell organelle where plant cells have the green chlorophyll that produces sugar.
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chloroplast
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The __________________is the organelle in plant cells have the green chlorophyll that produces sugar.
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cytoplasm
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The ______________________is the jelly-like material in which all the other organelles sit.
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DNA
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_____________ carries the information that tells every organism what it is, what it looks like and how it grows.
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cell membrane
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The ______________________
surrounds the cell and allows certain materials to enter or leave. |
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exoskeleton
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The ________________ is the outer 'skeleton' that maintains the the shape of an insect's body.
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a unicellular organism
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A unicellular organism is one which has one cell.
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prokaryotic
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A procaryotic cell is a cell that has no nucleus.
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cells
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Cells are the basic units that make up all living things.
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multicellular
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A __________________ organism is an organism that has many cells.
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lysosomes
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____________ are where old cell materials are destroyed.
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bacteria
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___________________ are a large group of one-celled organisms with no nucleus.
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mitochondrion
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The ________________ produce energy for the cell.
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eukaryotic
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A _________________ cell has a nucleus.
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chlorophyll
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___________________ is a green substance in plants that uses the sun's energy to produce sugars.
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nucleus
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The ______________ is the control center of the cell. This holds the cell's DNA
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