Test

Front 1

What plant makes its own food?

Back 1

The goldenrod

Front 2

What is an animal that captures and feeds upon other animals?

Back 2

Predator

Front 3

What is an animal that a predator eats?

Back 3

Prey

Front 4

What is a series of plants and animals that each depend on the next for food?

Back 4

A food chain

Front 5

Only ____ ____ can make their own food.

Back 5

green plants

Front 6

What is the close resemblance of one plant or animal to another for some purpose?

Back 6

mimicry

Front 7

What are the larvae of butterflies and moths?

Back 7

caterpillars

Front 8

A ____ is an immature insect that does not look like the adult.

Back 8

Larva

Front 9

What means to move from one place to another with the changing seasons?

Back 9

Migrate

Front 10

What are the American hover fly and the drone fly examples of?

Back 10

mimics

Front 11

Which insect looks very much like a yellow jacket?

Back 11

American hover fly

Front 12

Which insect looks like a honeybee drone?

Back 12

drone fly

Front 13

What is a robber fly called?

Back 13

bee killer

Front 14

What is the ability to blend in with the background?

Back 14

camouflage

Front 15

What spider slowly changes colors to match its surroundings?

Back 15

The Goldenrod spider

Front 16

What cannot chew its food?

Back 16

A True bug

Front 17

What is a True bug designed with?

Back 17

piercing-sucking mouthparts

Front 18

What strange-looking insect is so long and narrow that it can easily be mistaken for a twig?

Back 18

praying mantis

Front 19

Why is the praying mantis prized by gardeners?

Back 19

Because it is such a good hunter

Front 20

What is a young mantis?

Back 20

nymph

Front 21

What are our 4 detective tools in nature?

Back 21

1. Senses,
2. Intelligence,
3. Books, and
4. Equipment

Front 22

What is the transfer of pollen from male parts to female parts of plants?

Back 22

pollination

Front 23

What is the yellow "dust" that flowers use in producing seeds?

Back 23

Pollen

Front 24

What is a sweet liquid that flowers make in order to attract insects?

Back 24

Nectar

Front 25

What flower is probably the chief source of pollen and nectar for insects in the fall?

Back 25

goldenrod

Front 26

What type of bee has no stinger and do no work?

Back 26

A drone bee. They mate with the queen bee and then die.

Front 27

What will a bumblebee queen do?

Back 27

Find a solitary hole in the ground and hibernate

Front 28

What type of paper wasp will chew pieces of wood and other plant material to make paper for building her nest?

Back 28

yellow jacket

Front 29

One quarter of all the animals in the world are _____!

Back 29

beetles

Front 30

If an insect has a straight line running down its abdomen, it is probably a beetle. That line is where the two front wings, which are actually _____ _____ _____, come together.

Back 30

tough wing covers

Front 31

Beetles have very _____ _____, which often comes in beautiful colors.

Back 31

tough armor

Front 32

What does the word "beetle" mean?

Back 32

"biter"

Front 33

What do beetles have that can be very destructive?

Back 33

chewing mouthparts

Front 34

What are beetle larvae often called?

Back 34

grubs

Front 35

Which insect is considered harmful because its grubs feed on the sapwood of the black locust tree?

Back 35

locust borer

Front 36

What do adult locust borer beetles eat?

Back 36

goldenrod pollen and nectar

Front 37

What is a beneficial (helpful) insect because its grubs eat grasshopper eggs, small caterpillars, and harmful beetles?

Back 37

goldenrod solder beetle

Front 38

What does colder weather do to beetles?

Back 38

Cold weather kills most of the insects or sends them off to hibernate, migrate, or to stay active in their hives.

Front 39

What is the largest family of flowering plants?

Back 39

the composite family

Front 40

Explain where the name "Daisy" came from.

Back 40

The daisy's name comes from the Old English words for "day's eye," because the blossoms close at night and open at dawn.

Front 41

_____ means "made of many parts."

Back 41

Composite

Front 42

The yellow center of the daisy is called the _____.

Back 42

disk

Front 43

The yellow center of the daisy is made up of many tiny tube-shaped flowers called _____ _____.

Back 43

disk flowers

Front 44

Surrounding the disk flowers of the daisy are its white _____ _____.

Back 44

ray flowers

Front 45

What flower has more than one flower head per stem?

Back 45

Aster

Front 46

The ray flowers of an aster range in color from _____ and _____ to _____.

Back 46

blue and purple to white

Front 47

What flower looks like a daisy with yellow ray flowers and with disk flowers that form a brown cone in the center?

Back 47

black-eyed Susan

Front 48

What plant has prickly leaves and stems with purple flower heads?

Back 48

the thistle

Front 49

Many people confuse the _____ with the goldenrod.

Back 49

ragweed

Front 50

In the fall, the pollen of the _____ causes some people to have what?

Back 50

ragweed;

hay fever or pollinosis