Chapter 1 - Comprehension Checks

Front 1

What is science?

Back 1

a search for the laws of nature and for ways to use them for the benefit of mankind

Front 2

Describe what a scientist is like and what he does.

Back 2

Scientists observe and ask questions about nature and the world around them. They make sensible guesses, hypotheses, and do experiments.

Front 3

Name four basic tools you have to investigate nature.

Back 3

Senses, Intelligence, Books, Equipment

Front 4

What is the one sense you should not use?

Back 4

Sense of Taste

Front 5

How is the brightness of the goldenrod helpful to insects?

Back 5

Helps insects find them easily

Front 6

How is the goldenrod's brightness helpful to itself?

Back 6

Helps it to be pollenated easily by insects

Front 7

How do honeybees survive in the winter?

Back 7

Honeybees stay awake in heir hives during the winter, keeping close together and moving their wings for warmth.

Front 8

How should you pull out a bee's stinger?

Back 8

Carefully scraping it with you fingernail.

Front 9

Which bees sting, male or female?

Back 9

female

Front 10

Which stinging insect makes an underground nest of paperlike material?

Back 10

yellow jacket

Front 11

Give two ways you can prevent bee stings.

Back 11

stay away from insect nests; Do not try to shoo insects away; Be careful while working outside; Do not go barefoot

Front 12

Why does almost every food chain begin with a green plant?

Back 12

Green plants make their own food

Front 13

Name two ways that God protects the viceroy butterfly.

Back 13

mimicry; larvae are protected in leaves while growing

Front 14

How can you tell the difference between a monarch and a viceroy?

Back 14

The viceroy has an extra black line across the middle of each hind wing.

Front 15

What is the protection of the American hover fly and the drone fly?

Back 15

They mimic honeybees

Front 16

Name two characteristics of true bugs.

Back 16

cannot chew its food; two pairs of wings that form a V or X; the front wings have a hard base

Front 17

Name two characteristics of spiders.

Back 17

has eight legs; has two body parts

Front 18

What special protection has God given the goldenrod spider?

Back 18

camouflage

Front 19

Name four characteristics of beetles

Back 19

have a straight line running down its abdomen; have tough wing covers; have chewing mouth parts; have tough armor

Front 20

What are immature beetles called?

Back 20

grubs

Front 21

I eat goldenrod pollen and nectar, but my grubs eat harmful insects

Back 21

locust borer

Front 22

I keep my eggs safe during the winter b laying them in an egg case made of hardened foam

Back 22

mantis

Front 23

I am a bee about twice the size of a honeybee

Back 23

bumblebee

Front 24

I mimic the monarch butterfly

Back 24

viceroy

Front 25

I mimic the yellow jacket, but I am really a fly

Back 25

drone fly

Front 26

I attack honeybees from the air and suck out their body juices.

Back 26

bee killers

Front 27

My eight legs and two body parts show that I am not an insect.

Back 27

spider

Front 28

My sisters and I move our wings to keep each other warm during the winter.

Back 28

honeybees

Front 29

My grubs are destructive to the black locust tree.

Back 29

locust borer

Front 30

My capterpillar uses a leaf for a blanket

Back 30

viceroy butterfly

Front 31

I am a true bug. I sit camouflaged on the goldenrod blossoms and grab nectar-feeding insects and suck out their insides.

Back 31

goldenrod soldier beetle

Front 32

I keep my eggs safe through the winter by placing them in a silken egg sac.

Back 32

goldenrod spider

Front 33

I make a paper nest underground.

Back 33

yellow jacket

Front 34

I am a fly that looks like a honeybee drone.

Back 34

drone fly

Front 35

I may look as if I'm ready to pray, but I'm really looking for prey.

Back 35

praying mantis

Front 36

I can change from yellow to white to match my surroundings.

Back 36

goldenrod spider

Front 37

a word that means "made of many parts"

Back 37

composite

Front 38

the flowers in the center of the daisy

Back 38

disk

Front 39

a composite that may look like a daisy but has more than one flower head per stem

Back 39

aster

Front 40

the largest family of flowering plants

Back 40

composite family

Front 41

a composite with yellow ray flowers and brown disk flowers

Back 41

black-eyed Susan

Front 42

a prickly purple composite

Back 42

thistle

Front 43

a composite whose pollen is carried b the wind and causes hay fever

Back 43

ragweed

Front 44

an insect that is often called the thistle butterfly

Back 44

painted lady butterfly

Front 45

a bird that makes its nest of thistle down

Back 45

goldfinch

Front 46

the white flowers that surround the daisy's center flowers

Back 46

ray flowers

Front 47

What is the largest family of flowering plants?

Back 47

Composite family