It protects the animal and gives it support.
It is a true exoskeleton. It supports the internal organs of the insect. Insects have no endoskeleton within their bodies.
An animal (insect) with an exoskeleton still grows under its exoskeleton like any other animal (insect). The exoskeleton is like a suit of armor, when the animal (insect) grows to big to fit inside its exoskeleton it sheds it, and a newer exoskeleton will grow to fit the animal (insect).
A chameleon has scales, not an exoskeleton. It's a reptile, not an insect.
The exoskeleton is made of chitin, a polysaccharide.
The exoskeleton is like a hard skin that covers the whole insect. It supports the body instead of an internal lskeleton.
By its exoskeleton.
it has an exoskeleton and is not an insect
Citin
Case or shell dependant on the insect other names may apply.
An insect has primarily muscle attached to the exoskeleton. The muscles are made from some substance which is known as chitin.
exoskeleton