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.
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
spinnerets: tube like structures that release liquid silk:
complete metamorphosis :
Adult-> Eggs->Larva ->Pupa
incomplete metamorphosis :
platform spider
funnel weaver spider
ogre-faced spider
trap door spider
spitting spider
creeps to withing firing range of an insect and spits out a pair of strong, sticky threads
pounces on its prey; uses its silk as a safety line to keep it from falling
fishing spider
water spider
black widow
brown recluse
tarantula
Goliath birdeater: largest spider in the world; from South America; leg span of 10 inches
harvestman
scorpion: arachnid with a long tail with a poisonous needle-like point on the end
tick: parasitic arachnid that buries its head into a host's skin and feasts on its host's blood
mite: smallest arachnid
animalia and plantae: two kingdoms of Linnaeus' classification system
2 body regions of a spider
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
pea crab
Japanese spider crab
king crab
blue crab
hermit crab
spiny lobster
crayfish
brine shrimp
pistol shrimp
cleaner shrimp
barnacle
wood louse
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
earthworm
leech
tapeworm
roundworm
sea star
sea urchin
sea anemone
coral polyps
hydra
jellyfish
Portuguese man-of-war
amoeba
paramecium
Science G6, Second week on September 2015
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