Insect Vocabulary

Front

What is an insect?

Back

an animal with six legs, head, thorax, & abdomen

Front

Where would you find the thorax of an insect?

Back

In the middle

Front

What is the word for the final part of the insect where its bottom would be?

Back

abdomen

Front

What is the hard outer shell on an insect called?

Back

exoskeleton

Front

What does an insect eat with?

Back

mandibles

Front

What do insects use to feel and sense things?

Back

antennae

Front

metamorphosis

Back

a great change

Front

Look at the life cycle in the picture. Is this complete or incomplete metamorphosis?

Back

incomplete

Front

Look at the life cycle in the picture. Is this complete or incomplete metamorphosis?

Back

complete

Front

What is the stage of life after the egg in a complete life cycle?

Back

larva