entomologist
a zoologist who focuses on insects
classification
process of arranging animals or other things into groups according to their similarities
scientific name
use of the genus and species to name a living thing
vertebrates
animals with a backbones
invertebrates
animals without backbones
arthropods
invertebrates that have external skeletons, jointed appendages and segmented bodies
exoskeleton
provides an arthropod with protection, strength and support
chitin
tough material that makes up an exoskeleton
insect
an arthropod with three distinct body regions
antennae
helps an insect to feel, hear and taste
spiracles
tiny openings in an insect's body through which air enters
complete metamorphosis
incomplete metamorphosis
molting
shedding of an exoskeleton
nocturnal
active at night
arachnid
an arthropod with two distinct body regions
cephalothorax
one of the body parts of an arachnid; a head and thorax combined
setae
sensitive hairs that grow all over the body of an arachnid
book lung
the organ belonging to an
arachnid with several thin sheets of tissue filled with flood vessels
that are stacked like pages in a book
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ballooning |
spinnerets
tube like structures that release liquid silk
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funnel weaver spider |
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ogre-faced spider |
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trap door spider |
spitting spider
spitting spider
pounces on its prey; uses its silk as a safety line to keep it from falling
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fishing spider |
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water spider |
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black widow |
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brown recluse |
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tarantula |
Goliath birdeater
largest spider in the world; from South America; leg span of 10 inches
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harvestman |
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scorpion |
arachnid with a long tail with a poisonous needle-like point on the end
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tick |
tick
parasitic arachnid that buries its head into a host's skin and feasts on its host's blood
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mite |
mite
smallest arachnid
animalia and plantae
two kingdoms of Linnaeus' classification system
complete and incomplete
two types of metamorphosis in insects
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2 body regions of a spider |
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3 body regions of an insect |
Orthoptera
insect order that includes crickets, grasshoppers, locusts and cockroaches
Odonata
insect order that includes dragonflies
Coleoptera
insect order that includes beetles
Homoptera
insect order that includes aphids, tree hoppers, leaf hoppers and cicadas
Hymenoptera
insect order that includes social insects such as bees, wasps and ants
Lepidoptera
insect order that includes butterflies and moths
Hemiptera
insect order that includes the "true bugs" such as bedbugs, stink bugs and water striders
Diptera
insect order that includes flies, gnats and mosquitoes
crustaceans
arthropods with hard, crusty shells
regeneration
the ability to replace a lost body part by regrowing it
swimmerets
leg-like limbs connected to the underside of each abdominal section that aid in swimming
herbivore
plant eater
carnivore
meat eater
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pea crab |
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Japanese spider crab |
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king crab |
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blue crab |
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hermit crab |
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spiny lobster |
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crayfish |
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brine shrimp |
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pistol shrimp |
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cleaner shrimp |
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barnacle |
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wood louse |
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pill bug |
coral reef
ridges of coral rock that lie at or near the surface of the water
mollusks
invertebrates that make beautiful, hard coverings for themselves called shells
gastropods
means "stomach foot"; animals
that move along on a "foot" but look as if they were sliding on their
stomachs; includes snails, slugs, cowries, whelks and others
univalve
one-shelled mollusk
bivalve
mollusks with two matching shells joined by a hinge
cephalopod
third type of mollusk; means "head foot"; all vital organs are found inside the "head foot"
protozoan
There are 45,000 different types of this miniature invertebrate.
cell
smallest unit of any living organism
cell membrane
surrounds the cell and protects it
cytoplasm
jellylike fluid that fills a cell
nucleus
the control center of a cell
chromosones
threadlike structures within a cell that contain the instructions for running the cell and for making needed parts
pseudopods
projections that an amoeba pushes out to move from place to place
cilia
tiny, hairlike structures
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earthworm |
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leech |
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tapeworm |
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roundworm |
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sea star |
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sea urchin |
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sea anemone |
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coral polyps |
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hydra |
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jellyfish |
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Portuguese man-of-war |
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amoeba |
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paramecium |
Science G6, First Smester.
Second August 2015
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