4th Grade Science Test 1

Question 1

the term for what insects do when they go into a long, deep sleep for the winter

Answer 1

hibernate

Question 2

the term for what insects do when they grow a new skeleton and shed the old one

Answer 2

molt

Question 3

antennae help insects do what?

Answer 3

taste
smell
find directions

Question 4

which insect has only one pair of wings

Answer 4

mosquito

Question 5

Know the parts of an insect, both head and body.

Answer 5

head
thorax
abdomen
spiracles
ovipositor
compound eye
simple eyes
antennae
sensilla

Question 6

Four stages of growth for the monarch butterfly (also know what they look like)

Answer 6

Egg
Larva
Pupa
Adult

Question 7

Butterfly or Moth: folds it wings when resting

Answer 7

butterfly

Question 8

Butterfly or Moth: feather antennae

Answer 8

moth

Question 9

Butterfly or Moth: thick bodies

Answer 9

moth

Question 10

Butterfly or Moth: its larva spins a cocoon

Answer 10

moth

Question 11

Butterfly or Moth: its larva grows a chrysalis

Answer 11

butterfly

Question 12

Five ways insects communicate

Answer 12

sight
smell
touch
dancing
sound

Question 13

How does a lacewing protect itself?

Answer 13

by letting off a bad odor

Question 14

How does a monarch butterfly gets its bitter taste?

Answer 14

from the milkweed it eats

Question 15

What is a predator?

Answer 15

an enemy to insects

Question 16

Does a camouflaged insect frighten its enemies?

Answer 16

No, it hides from them.

Question 17

Are insects which mimic others harmless?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

Know what these birds look like.

Answer 18

robin
mockingbird
meadowlark
scissor-tailed flycatcher

Question 19

Know what these flowers look like.

Answer 19

wild rose
pitcher plant
purple violet
mayflower

Question 20

Know what these insects look like.

Answer 20

cricket
dragonfly
firefly
giant waterbug
hornet
ladybug
monarch butterfly
polyphemus moth
praying mantis
silverfish
backswimmer
walking stick