Insects Flashcards
Q: What are the natural homes for plants and animals called?
A: Habitats
Q: What is a plant or animal, on which another organism lives?
A: Host
Q: How many legs do all insects have?
A: Six
Q: What are an insects three body parts?
A: Head, Thorax, Abdomen
Q: What do taxonomists classify spiders as?
A: Arachnids
Q: Insects live everywhere on Earth except where?
A: Oceans
Q: When is an insect considered a pest?
A: When they become harmful.
Q: What is the most common insect?
A: Beetles
Q: What is an exoskeleton?
A: A skeleton on the outside of the body.
Q: What kind of skeleton does an insect have?
A: exoskeleton
Q: How do bees carry pollen from one plant to another?
A: On their furry legs
Q: What do we call it when bees carry pollen from one plant to another?
A: Pollination
Q: What are the four stages of a complete metamorphosis?
A: Egg, Larva, Pupa, and Adult
Q: What are the three stages of an incomplete metamorphosis called?
A: Egg, Nymph, Adult
Q: What is a queen bee and queen ant’s only job?
A: To lay eggs.
Q: What is it called when animals or insects shed old feathers, hair, skin, or shells called?
A: Molting
Q: What is the process in which some insects or animals change drastically between egg and adult called?
A: Metamorphosis
Q: What is the larvae of butterflies and moths called?
A: Caterpillars
Q: What are the larvae of beetles called?
A: grubs
Q: What are the larvae of flies called?
A: maggots
Q: What are the pupa of butterflies called?
A: Chrysalis
Q: In an incomplete metamorphosis, what is the stage where the organism is a smaller version of an adult called?
A: Nymph
Q: What insect has the longest life cycle?
A: Cicada
Q: What do we call communities of animals living close together?
A: Colonies
Q: What is the only job of queen bees and queen ants?
A: To lay eggs
Q: What sweet juice do forager bees collect from flowers?
A: nectar
Q: What dance do bees do to tell other bees where the good nectar is?
A: Waggle Dance
Q: What season do wasps abandon their nests?
A: Fall/Autumn
