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  • True or False: Spiders are classified as insects.
    FALSE. They are arachnics, they have eight legs.
  • True or False. Insects are invertebrates, which means they do not have a backbone.
    TRUE
  • Into which three main parts is an insect's body divided?
    Head, wings, and stinger
    Head, thorax, and abdomen
    Tentacles, body, and tail
    Head, chest, and legs
  • Who is responsible for laying eggs in an ant nest?
    The queen ant.
  • What do crickets and beetles use to crush and chew their food from side to side?
    Mandibles (their jaws).
  • How many legs do adult insects have?
    Four legs
    Ten legs
    Six legs
    Eight legs
  • Which of the following is an example of an insect that lives in a highly organized society?
    The mosquitoes
    The ant
    The dragonfly
    The stick insect
  • What special visual feature gives insects excellent peripheral vision?
    Single-lens eyes
    Compound eyes
    Night vision
    X-ray vision
  • What is the main job of a worker ant?
    They find food and take care of the baby maggots (larvae).
  • What are the three main parts of an insect's body?
    The head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
  • What kind of skeleton do you predict insects have to support their bodies?
    No structural support at all, making them completely soft
    An internal skeleton made of bones like humans
    A hard outer shell called an exoskeleton
    A shell made of rock-like calcium like a clam
  • True or False: Insects are the only group of spineless animals (invertebrates) that can fly with wings.
    True.
  • Do ants and bees like to live completely alone, or do they work together in large groups?
    They live and work together in highly organized groups called societies.
  • If an insect wants to watch out for danger, its compound eyes help because they are made of:
    Hundreds of tiny eyes combined
    Just one giant lens
    Squares and circles
  • What is the process of body changes that insects go through as they grow called?
    Hibernation
    Metamorphosis
    Pollination
    Evolution
  • When a caterpillar looks exactly like a green leaf or a brown stick to hide from birds, what trick is it using?
    Camouflage.
  • Adult insects never have bones. Instead, what kind of animal are they?
    B) Invertebrates
    Mammals
    Birds
  • Why do insects have "compound eyes"?
    Because their eyes are made of hundreds of tiny eyes. This helps them see all around them perfectly (peripheral vision).
  • What are the two feelers on an insect's head called?
    Antennae.
  • True or False: Insects have a backbone just like humans.
    False. Insects are invertebrates, which means they do not have a backbone.
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