Insects

Front 1

What is the simple definition of an insect?

Back 1

1. six legs
2. bodies divided into three main parts

Front 2

Give four reasons why insects are good at surviving.

Back 2

1. adapt (change) to the cruelest
environments
2. their small size
3. can move around easily
(maneuverability)
4. outside skeleton (exoskeleton)

Front 3

How does the outside skeleton (exoskeleton) of an insect help it survive?

Back 3

It protects its internal (inside) organs.

Front 4

There are over ------ types of insects known currently.

Back 4

800,000 (eight hundred thousand)

Front 5

Insects have lived on Earth for over ---years.

Back 5

400 million years

Front 6

Name three reasons why insects are important.

Back 6

1. They are an important food
source. (Other insects eat insects
to survive)
2. Some insects are pollinators of
plants.
3. Some insects are garbage collectors.

Front 7

What is an exoskeleton.

Back 7

It is an outside skeleton.

Front 8

Name the three main body parts of an insect.

Back 8

1. Head
2. Thorax
3. Abdomen

Front 9

If an insect had wings, which body part would they be attached to?

Back 9

Thorax

Front 10

What are larvae?

Back 10

The immature stage of many insects.

Front 11

Give an example of a larvae.

Back 11

a caterpillar

Front 12

What type of eyes do most insects have?

Back 12

compound eyes

Front 13

Explain the compound eyes of an insect.

Back 13

Compound eyes are made up of separate lenses, sometimes thousands of them. Each lens sees a piece of the image, and these pieces combine to form a broken picture.

Front 14

The compound lense of most insects gives a broken picture which is not very clear.

What is the advantage of having compound lenses?

Back 14

This type of eye is especially good for seeing motion. Because most insects have bulging eyes, they can see motion in all directions. This gives the insects a head start in getting away from predators.

Front 15

Which part of the insect are the legs attached?

Back 15

The abdomen.

Front 16

Name three ways in which insects may use their legs.

Back 16

1. swimming
2. digging
3. swimming

Front 17

The abdomen of insects contains the organs for ---,---, and ---.

Back 17

digesting food, reproducing, and getting rid of waste products.

Front 18

What are two purposes of the "ovipositor"?

Back 18

1. Female insects use it to insert eggs into such things as soil, plants, or the bodies of other animals.

2. Ovipositors of insects like bees and wasps have been adapted into a stinger.

Front 19

Most female insects have an egg-laying tool called the ---.

Back 19

ovipositor