4th Grade Science
Study Guide – Chapter 2: Insects
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Antenna – allows insects to |
Four examples of insects that give |
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1. taste |
off a foul odor for protection |
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2. smell |
1. bombardier beetle |
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3. touch |
2. carrion beetle |
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4. keep its balance |
3. lacewing |
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5. find direction |
4. stinkbug |
Camouflage – a disguise that causes people or animals to blend in with
their surroundings
Hibernate – long, deep sleep for the winter
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Butterfly |
Moth |
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1. active during the day |
1. active at night(nocturnal) |
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2. fold wings to rest |
2. wings spread at rest |
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3. thin antennae with a knob at the end |
3. antennae are feathery |
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4. thin body |
4. thick body |
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5. larva grow a chrysalis |
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Insects have |
Migrating insects |
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1. an exoskeleton |
1. ladybug |
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2. three body parts |
2. monarch butterfly |
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3. six jointed legs |
3. painted lady butterfly |
Mimicry – when a harmless animal or insect mimics, or looks like, a harmful
one
Molting – the process during which an insect outgrows its exoskeleton, grows
a new exoskeleton under the old one, then crawls out of the old
exoskeleton
Monarch butterfly – tastes bitter because it eats milkweed (the viceroy
mimics the monarch butterfly)
Five ways animals communicate
Also know – stages of complete metamorphosis, parts of an insect,
and various birds and plants (pictures included with study guide
sent home with student
Mosquito – has only one pair of wings
Ovipositor – part of female insect used to lay eggs
Parasite – animal or plant that attaches itself to another animal or plant and
feeds on it
Social insects