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WOWbug
Blackworm
Reproduction/
Life Cycle
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What is an exoskeleton?
Made of chitin. Provides
structure and support for
the body of the insect.
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What are chaetae?
Two pairs of bristles located on
each segment
that are used to anchor
worm and increase traction
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What is regeneration?
A type of asexual reproduction
where the blackworm can grow
back segments that have been
removed.
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What is arthropoda?
“Jointed foot”
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What is a parasite?
An organism that grows,
feeds, and is sheltered on
or in a different organism while
contributing nothing to the
survival of its host.
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What is a closed circulatory system?
Blood moves through the body
in vessels. Blackworms have
this type of a system.
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What is a hermaphrodite?
An organism that contains both
male and female reproductive
organs.
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What is WOWbug?
Melittobia digitata
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What are spiracles?
Used for gas exchange
in WOWbugs.
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What is oligochaetae?
“Few hairs on each body segment.”
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What is 800?
The approximate number of eggs
laid by a female WOWbug during
sexual reproduction.
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What is annelidia?
“Tiny rings”
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What are types of WOWbug movement?
Walk, Hop, and Fly.
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What are photoreceptors?
Allows the tail of blackworms to
sense shadows from predators.
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What is complete metamorphosis?
Egg-Larva-Pupa-Adult
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What is blackworm?
Lumbriculus varigatus
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What are two ways insects are beneficial?
Pollination and
controlling pest populations.
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What is cellular respiration?
The essential life process that
occurs in the tail of the blackworm
at the water’s surface.
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What is parthenogenesis?
A type of asexual reproduction
where a female WOWbug lays a
few eggs that she can fertilize
with a special chemical. The eggs
will hatch and be male WOWbugs.
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What is earthworm?
Lumbriculus terrestris
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