04 Science Vocab Ch. 2

An animal that has a backbone

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

• arthropod

• insect

An animal that does not have a backbone

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

• mammal

• reptile

An invertebrate that has jointed legs and separate body sections

• mammal

• arthropod

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

The hard outer covering of an arthropd

• skeleton

• exoskeleton

• exodus

• exonerate

When an animal sheds its exoskeleton

• molting

• melting

• mimicry

• metamorphosis

Middle section of an insect where the legs and wings are attached

• head

• thorax

• abdomen

• stinger

Last section of an insect where it digests food

• head

• thorax

• abdomen

• stinger

A process of change in the form of an animal as it grows

• mimicry

• metamorphosis

• exoskeleton

• molting

Knowledge or skill that an animal is born with

• molting

• metamorphosis

• instinct

• instant

A group of insects that live together

• herd

• gaggle

• colony

• caravan