A cicada is an animal that sheds its outer layer as it grows and makes a newer, bigger one.Which structure does it most likely shed?

A cicada is an insect, and insects have a hard outer skeleton called an exoskeleton. As the cicada grows, it sheds this outer covering and forms a larger one. An endoskeleton is inside the body, while a backbone and vertebrae are parts of an internal skeleton.

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