Awesome Ants Vocab Definitions

Groups of living things that are physically similar and can reproduce

• species

• abdomen

• vibrations

• thorax

The third part of an insect body, contains the heart and stomach (of an ant)

• insect

• colony

• abdomen

• communicate

The middle part of an insect body, the legs attach to it

• species

• vibrations

• antennae

• thorax

To make thoughts or ideas known to others using words, pictures, or other ways of sharing

• antennae

• communicate

• thorax

• vibrations

•A group of animals that live together

•A place where a group of ants live

• insects

• species

• thorax

• colony

Small animals with six legs, three body parts, and usually two sets of wings

• insects

• vibrations

• abdomen

• colony

Small, quick back and forth or side to side movements that produce a shaking effect

• vibrations

• antennae

• thorax

• colony

Thin feelers found on the heads of some animals that help them touch and smell

• antennae

• vibrations

• communicate

• abdomen