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31 Cards in this Set
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Which insect has 6 legs attached to its thorax? |
Adult insects
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What swims on it's back under the water, using it's hind legs for oars?
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Back swimmer
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What do all insects have?
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Besides 3 pairs of legs, all insects also have one or two pairs of wings attached to the thorax.
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Which insects have only one pair of wings?
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Flies and Mosquitos
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Flies and mosquitoes wings are usually what?
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Clear and transparent
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Most insects have how many pairs of wings?
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2 pairs
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What insect has no wings at all?
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Silverfish
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Which insects migrate from one part of the world to another?
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Butterflies and locust
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What insect goes on short migrations?
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Ladybugs
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What insect travels in large groups and eat all the green things they can find along the way?
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Locust
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What insect migrates all the way from Canada to Southern California, Florida, or Mexico, to spend the winter and returns in the spring?
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Monarch butterfly
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How far does the monarch butterfly travel?
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Over 1,800 miles each way
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What insect is most active after dark? Why?
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Crickets because they are nocturnal
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How do you know the difference between a grasshopper and a crickets wings?
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When a grasshopper is not flying, it's wings meet in a peak on the grasshoppers back like the roof of a house.
A crickets wings lie flat, one wing on top of another. |
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How do you know the difference between a grasshopper and an crickets antennae?
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A crickets antennae are very long and slender, longer than the crickets body. Grasshoppers may have long or short antennae.
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How do you know the difference between a grasshopper and a cricket?
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Check it's wings and see when it is most active. Crickets are busier at night and grasshoppers are busier during the day.
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What does cold blooded mean?
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The body temperature changes as the outside temperature changes.
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What insect is cold blooded?
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Cricket
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What is an animal the captures and feeds upon other animals?
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Predator
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When attacked, this animal turns over on it's back and kicks it's enemy?
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Jerusalem cricket
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What insect has 2 pincers at the end if it's abdomen for defense?
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Earwig
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What insect shoots a disagreeable liquid out of a horn on the front of its head to discourage enemies from invading the nest?
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Termite soldier
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What insect has a truly unusual defense, inside it's body?
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Bombardier beetle
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What is the bombardier beetle's defense mechanism?
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It has storage inside it's body for 3 chemicals. When an enemy approaches, the chemicals are combined to form a hot, bad smelling acid which the beetle blasts from a hide in its abdomen.
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Which 2 insects release a foul odor that keeps enemies at a distance?
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Stink bugs and carrion beetles
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What insects do not need to hide their enemies because they taste just like bitter milkweed on which they feed?
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Monarch butterfly and milkweed bug
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Which insects ugliness is it's protection?
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Tiger swallowtail caterpillar
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What helps animals to blend in with trees, bushes, and grass and not be seen by the enemy?
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Camouflage
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When a harmless animal looks like a harmful one it's called what?
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Mimicry
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What insect looks like the monarch butterfly but it's a little smaller?
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Viceroy
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How do insects communicate?
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Sight, smell, touch, dancing, and sound.
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