Thursday, January 6, 2011

Animalia - Invertebrates (Jia Ler, Siah Wei, Ray)

Most invertebrates are insects, and the remaining invertebrates consist of worms, slugs and snails. Unlike arthropods these animals lack segmented legs and are generally soft bodied. 
 
Insects
- they have basically three body parts i.e: head , thorax and abdomen.
- they have no lungs. they respire through their skin.
- they live in colonies .
- some are harmful for humans like termite, mosquitoes jelly fish and houseflies.
- they lay eggs and not babies
1.The head, which is designed for feeding and sensory purposes and consists of one pair of compound eyes and up to 3 simple eyes, 1 pair of antennae and mouthparts, which may be piercing, chewing or sucking types depending on the insect.

2.The thorax, which is designed and is made up of 3 segments with each carrying 1 pair of legs. In some adult insects the last two segments of the thorax may support a pair of wings depending on the species.

3.The abodmen, which is designed for reproduction. The abdomen is the largest and softest of the 3 body parts. The abdomen houses all the organs vital for insect survival such as respiration, digestion and reproduction. 
 
Insects inhabit a diverse range of habitats, both terrestrial and aquatic and this is often reflected by the great diversity in their appearance. Most undergo some degree of change or metamorphosis during their life cycle and young may not have all of the adult insect features such as wings.

Some insects, such as silverfish show no change throughout their lifetime except for an increase in body size. While other insects such as bugs or grasshoppers go through gradual stages of development, each successive stage (or nymph) is slightly more developed than the previous one. For example wings begin to develop from small wing buds and grow larger with each moult.

Other insects such as moths or beetles are typical of insects that undergo a number of abrupt changes as they mature; egg - larvae - chrysalis/pupae - adult. In insects such as these, the wings develop inside the body and are visible only after the adult emerges from the pupal stage.

http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/what_invertebrates.html 

17 comments:

  1. I have learn that insects have no lungs and respire through the skin.

    I also have discovered that 98 % or more of all animal species are invertebrates that do not have a backbone.

    Source: http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/animals/animalindexinv.htm

    Brendon Goh

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  2. I learnt that insects respire through their skin and some insects do not change throughout their lifetime except for becoming larger in size.

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  3. I have learnt that invertebrates have three body segments,respire through their skin as they have no lungs and lay eggs as a form of reproduction.

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  4. I have learnt that Insects' skeleton are located at their exterior(exoskeleton).Hence they do not have any backbones.

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  5. I've learnt that most invertebrates lack segmented legs and have generally soft bodies

    I've discovered that invertebrates make up 98% of the animalia kingdom.

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  6. I have learnt that not all insects go through metamorphosis.
    I have learnt that the thorax is made up of 3 segments

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  7. I have discovered that arthropods, similar to insects, in terms that they have exoskeleton and are invertebrates.
    They range from tiny krill to giant king crab, from six legs to 10 legs.

    http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=15

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  8. I learnt that insects have no lungs and they respire through their skin
    I learnt that some insects go through changes in their life span such as wings however some do not

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  9. When the word 'animal' comes to mind, most think about tigers, bears, horses, etc. However the animalia kingdom stretches out to other organisms like insects, birds, invertebrates or not, instead of purely mammals. Most invertebrates are insects, and this can be explained due to their small sizes.

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  10. I have learnt that insects go through metamorphosis and have a large degree of change and that insects have exoskeletons

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  11. I have learned that insects respire through their skin and have 3 important body parts which are the head,thorax and abdomen.

    I also learned that the abdomen carries the vital systems for the insect such as respiration and digestion.

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  12. I have learnt that Invertebrates in Animalia lack segmented legs and are soft bodied.

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  13. I have learnt that the abdomen is designed for reproduction, is the largest and softest of the 3 body parts and houses all the organs vital for insect survival.

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  14. After reading this, I had learnt that insects have different ways of respiration from us - they respire through their skin. I had also learnt that the insect's vital organs are stored in its abdomen, one of its three main body parts which is the largest and the softest.

    I had also discovered that different insects actually have different stages in their life cycle as they grow from young to an adult, where there may be some difference in the young and its adult for some insects.

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  15. I have learnt that all insects respire through their skin as they do not have lungs. There is a great diversity of insects and they inhabit a diverse range of habitats because of the differences in their appearance.

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  16. I have learnt that insects breathe through their skin and that the abdomen is designed for reproduction.

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  17. I have learnt that breathe through their skin because they do not have lungs.

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