Grasshoppers
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. grasshopper
A. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes
2. abdomen
B. A movable organ for flying (plural)
3. eggs
C. Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
4. grass
D. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion (plural)
5. hatch
E. Someone who attacks in search of booty (plural)
6. hop
F. A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
7. insect
G. The production of young from an egg
8. leap
H. Green plant covering lawns
9. legs
I. Small air-breathing arthropod
10. predators
J. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
11. shell
K. Oval foods laid by hens
12. wings
L. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile