GS; Ch 1 Part B:
Across
- 4. the middle of the three major divisions of the body of an insect. This is where the legs and wings arise from when present.
- 5. the life cycle of an insect that passes through four stages of change, including the egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
- 9. insects with simple metamorphosis with aquatic immatures, called naiads, that are very different in appearance from the adult stage.
- 11. relatives, one of the group of invertebrates resembling an insect; however, the adult stage does not have six walking legs, wings, and three body divisions.
- 13. the life cycle of an insect that passes through three stages of change, including the egg, nymph, and adult.
- 14. the incomplete type of development that occurs in an insect with only three life stages.
Down
- 1. insects with simple metamorphosis in which the nymphs appear similar to the adult stage.
- 2. the usually hardened, outside covering of an insect or related animal used for its structural support.
- 3. the immature stage, (resembling an adult) of an insect that passes through incomplete development.
- 6. an animal (including insects) that preys upon, destroys, or devours other animals.
- 7. the change that n insect undergoes in its development to an adult.
- 8. insects that develop from juveniles into adults without any obvious metamorphosis.
- 10. the immature, or worm stage (caterpillar, maggot, grub) of an insect that passes through four stages in its development.
- 11. small animals usually having six walking legs, wings, and three body divisions in the adult stage.
- 12. the stage of an insect that passes through four stages in its complete development during which the larva turns into the adult. Some have silk coverings called cocoons.