Grasshopper dissection

Toward the head

• anterior

• posterior

• forewings

• antennae

posterior section of body containing reproductive and digestive organs

• exoskeleton

• antennae

• hind wings

• abdomen

Adapted for chewing; consists of the mandibles=upper jaw, maxillae=lower jaw, labrum=upper lip, labium=lower lip, and hypopharynx=tongue equivalent

• mouth parts

• compound eyes

• exoskeleton

• jumping legs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

toward the rear

• posterior

• anterior

• forewings

• exoskeleton

eyes that contain many lenses and are especially keen at sensing movement

• compound eyes

• simple eyes

• hind wings

• jumping legs

eyes that can sense only light and dark and cannot form images located between the compound eyes. 3 small circles

• exoskeleton

• compound eyes

• simple eyes (ocelli)

• jumping legs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

enable the grasshopper to leap away from danger and launch into flight

• jumping legs

• compound eyes

• hind wings

• walking legs

small and skinny, grasshoppers have 4 of them

• forewings

• jumping legs

• hind wings

• walking legs

external skeleton; tough external covering that protects and supports the body of many invertebrates

• jumping legs

• hind wings

• compound eyes

• exoskeleton

vibrates in response to sound waves

• jumping legs

• simple eyes (ocelli)

• walking legs

• tympanum (eardrum)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8