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1
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List taxonomy that categorizes all living things. 7 words

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

King Phillip came over for good soup.

2
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List 4 characteristics of phylum arthropoda

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  1. jointed leg 2. bilateral symmetry 3. segmented bodies 4. exoskeleton
3
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Define chitin

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Protein making up exoskeleton. Hard and lightweight

4
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List 3 characteristics of Class arachnida that are not found in insects

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  1. 8 legs 2. no antenna 3. no wings
5
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List body regions of insects and what they do

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  1. Head - sensory
  2. Thorax - movement, legs and winds always attached
  3. Abdomen - digestion, sex organs, chemical communications, self defense
6
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Describe insect order Blattodea

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Cockroaches

  • metamorphosis: gradual
  • mouthparts: chewing
  • food: omnivorous
  • mostly nocturnal
7
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Describe insect order coleoptera (sheathed wings)

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Beetles

  • metamorphosis: complete
  • mouthparts: chewing
  • only second pair of wings used in flight
  • most diverse and largest insect order
8
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Describe insect order collembola (glue bolt)

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Springtails

  • metamorphosis: none
  • mouthparts: chewing
  • food: decaying plant material, fungi, bacteria
  • nuisance pest
9
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Describe insect order dermaptera (skin wings)

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Earwigs

  • metamorphosis: gradual
  • mouthparts: chewing
  • food: decaying plants
  • large pinchers can pinch
10
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Describe insect order diptera (two wings)

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Flies

  • metamorphosis: complete
  • mouthparts: sponging or piercing sucking
  • legless larva generally young in or around water
11
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Describe the insect order Hemiptera (half wings)

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True Bugs (box elder bugs, bed bugs, assassin bugs, aphids, scale bugs)

  • metamorphosis: gradual
  • mouthparts: piercing sucking
  • food: plant feeders or predators
12
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Describe the insect order hymenoptera (membraneous wings)

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Ants, Wasps, Bees

  • metamorphosis: complete
  • mouthparts: mostly chewing
  • constriction between abdomen and gaster (gaster is part of thorax, not the abdomen)
13
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Describe the insect order isoptera (equal wings)

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Termites

  • metamorphosis: gradual
  • mouthparts: chewing
  • food: cellulose
  • symbiotic relationship with cellulose digesting protozoans, highly social
14
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Describe the order lepidoptera (scaly wings)

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Moths and Butterflies

  • metamorphosis: complete
  • mouthparts: siphoning
  • scaly wings, often colorful
15
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Describe the insect order orthoptera (straight wings)

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Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids

  • metamorphosis: gradual
  • mouthparts: chewing
  • food: plant material
16
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Describe the insect order siphonaptera (tubelike mouthpart, aptera means wingless)

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Fleas

  • metamorphosis: complete
  • mouthparts: piercing sucking
  • parasitic, jumping, require furred animals
17
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Describe the insect order zygentoma (formerly known as thysanura)

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Silverfish, Firebrats

  • metamorphosis: none
  • mouthparts: chewing
  • food: starchy foods
  • 3 taillike appendages