Insect mouthparts
Biology · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
Four ways of getting food into an insect, and why each looks as it does.
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- 6 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 2 practice tasks with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
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