| A | B |
|---|
| insects | have 6 legs and 3 body parts |
| insects outnumber | all other life forms |
| flight | allows insects to escape predators, locate mates, and reach new places to live |
| mandable | jaw-like parts |
| grasshoppers | have two sets of wings |
| tympanum | organ like an eardrum |
| metamorphosis | a change that organisms go through as they become adults |
| nymph | looks like a little adult |
| larva | young caterpillar |
| cocoon | caterpillar building a protective outer layer |
| pupa | a thick protective layer which holds the new butterfly or moth |
| adult | the full grown organism after metamorphosis |
| incomplete metamorphosis | when an organism molts from an egg to a nymph to an adult |
| complete metamorphosis | when an egg turns into a larva, to a cocoon, to a pupa, to an adult |
| social insects | insects that live in colonies where their are certain jobs individuals perform |
