Insecta
Insects are in the Class _______ within the Phylum Arthropoda.
thorax
Insects have three body parts - head,________ and abdomen.
two pairs
Insects have one or ___________ of wings as an adult.
antennae
Insects have one pair of ____________ on their head.
Complete
______ metamorphosis is when the insect goes through four stages during its life cycle.
larva
The _____ stage of insects does little except eat and grow.
Incomplete
_______ metamorphosis only have three stages.
successful
Insects are the most __________ type of creature on Earth
Cocoon
Moths use silk to spin a ______
antenna
Insects have one pair of _____________ on their head.
Insects
______ are the most successful types of creature on Earth.
species
There are 900,000 named ________ of insects in the world.
15,000
Around __________ different types of insects live in Kansas.
metamorphosis
Insects who completes _____________ include: Beetles, butterflies, moths, scorpionflies, fleas, true flies, caddisflies, thrips, lacewings, antlions, bees, wasps and ants.
adult
The most advanced types of insects go through four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and _____.
pupa
The _____ stage is a resting stage where the body of an insect is transformed into the adult.
complete
Bees, wasps, and ants go through ________ metamorphosis.
beetle
As many as 1 out of every 4 species of life on our planet is some type of _________.
4
How many phases does an insect with complete metamorphosis have?
3
How many phases does an insect with incomplete metamorphosis have?
Insect
What is the most successful type of creature in the world?
planet
As many as 1 out of every 4 species of life on our ________ is a type of beetle.
Arthropoda
What is an Insect's phylum?
head, thorax, abdomen
What are the 3 body parts of insects?
exoskeleton
What do insects have instead of bones?
chitin
What is the primary compound in the exoskeleton which gives it stiffness and strength?
one or two pairs
How many pairs of wings do insects have as an adult?
one pair
How many pairs of antennae do insects have on their head?
ocelli
Most insects have one to three simple eyes called______.
metamorphosis
Insects transform as they grow through a process called _______.
Advanced types of insects go through what four stages
egg, larva, pupa and adult
What is the term used to describe an insect that has been through all four stages. (egg, larva, pupa and adult)
complete metamorphis
arthopoda
What phylum is class insecta in?
head, thorax and abdomen
What are the three body parts in the class insecta?
no
Do insects have bones?
egg, larva, pupa and adult
What are the most advanced types of insects go through four stages
two
Insects have how many compound eyes _____________ which are made up of many small simple eyes?
The Pupa
What is the resting stage where the body of the insect is transformed into the adult?
egg, larva, pupa and adult.
The most advanced types of insects go through four stages
complete metamorphosis.
Egg, larva, pupa and adult cycle is
eat and grow
The larval stage does little except
hypermetamorphosis.
Larvae are said to undergo
chrysalis.
Butterflies make a
puparium.
Some flies make a
cocoon.
Moths use silk to spin a
the adult, with wings and a different body, legs and mouthparts.
What emerges after pupation is something totally unlike the larva
Beetles, butterflies, moths, scorpion, flies, fleas, true flies, caddisflies, thrips, lacewings, antlions, bees, wasps and ants
Insects who with complete metamorphosis include
egg, nymph and adult.
Many insects have a three stage metamorphosis
gradual metamorphosis.
Egg, nymph and adult cycle is
true bugs, roaches, cicadas, leafhoppers, lice, termites, mantids, earwigs, crickets, grasshoppers and walking sticks.
Insects with gradual metamorphosis include