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 \n·arousing,arroyos,behavior,glimpse,nestled,secluded,stuns,unpleasant  \nVocabulary Strategy  \n● Context Clues:Within a Sentence  \nCONTENT-AREA VOCABULARYWords related to insects(see glossary)  \nNATIONAL CONTENT STANDARDSScience  \n● Life Science  \nWord count:I,816**  \nCopyright ◎ by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.All rights reserved.No part of this publicationmay be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means,or stored in a database orretrieval system,without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.,including,but not limited to,network storage or transmission,or broadcast for distancelearning.  \nPrinted in the United States of America234567890261009080706  \n**The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only.Numerals and words in captions,labels,diagrams,charts,and sidebars are not included.  \nVenom and Poison  \nConclusion………  \nGlossary………………  \nIndex………………  \nComprehension Check  \n# SURVIVAL INSTINCTS\n\nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction………  \n………………………………2  \nChapter One  \nStaying Safe…………  \n…………………………4  \nChapter Two  \nColor Confusion  \n………………………8  \nChapter Three  \nBody Works………  \n…………………………14  \nChapter Four  \n………18  \n.22  \n..23  \n……24  \n# Introduction\n\nDid you know that there are more species,orkinds,of insects than any other kind of animal in theworld?Scientists have named more than 800,000kinds of insects.And that's not all of them!Scientistsbelieve that there might be between 1 million and10 million kinds of insects.  \nBees,ants,and butterflies are all insects.They arepart of a group of animals called arthropods.Insectsare small animals that have certain body parts incommon.An insect's body is divided into three parts.They are the head,thorax,and abdomen.Insects havesix legs and two antennae,or feelers.Many also havetwo pairs of wings.  \nInsects are prey.A fly is a fine meal for a spider.And an anteater eats ants.So insects have many waysto protect themselves.One thing that protects insectsis that they have their skeletons on the outside of theirbodies.This is called an exoskeleton.This hard,outercovering protects the insect from falls or otherminor mishaps.  \n# Diagram of an Insect\n\nAntennae         \nor feelers  \nHead  \n# Chapter One\n\nStaying Safe  \nInsects have very good survival instincts.Likemost animals,insects prefer to avoid danger.Manypredators,such as birds and skunks,hunt insects forfood.Insects will run or fly to get away from them.Such good avoidance behaviors keep these insectsalive.But running away is not the only way insectsavoid danger.  \nInsects have excellent eyesight,which helps tokeep them safe from predators.Special sense organson their antennae and feet also alert them to danger.They can “hear”sound vibrations in the air as well asfeel th","cbCaik276ttoQLnw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaik276ttoQLnw","pdf",3097521,28,"English","# Introduction\n## Diagram of an Insect\n# Chapter One\n## Staying Safe\n# Fact or Fiction?","[{\"question\":\"How do insects protect themselves from danger?\",\"answer\":\"Insects rely on avoidance behaviors, strong eyesight, and sensory detection from antennae and feet. 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