WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT INSECTS?
LeAnn Farris
Summer 2010

TN CURRICULUM STANDARDS
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All living things are made of cells that perform functions necessary for life.
GLE 0007.1.1 Recognize that many things are made of parts.
All life is interdependent and interacts with the environment.
GLE 0007.2.1 Recognize that some things are living and some are not.
Matter and energy flow through the biosphere.
GLE 0007.3.1 Recognize that living things require water, food, and air.
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Plants and animals reproduce and transmit hereditary information between generations.
GLE 0007.4.1 Observe plants and animals change as they grow.

DIRECTIONS
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Today we are going to review what you know about insects!!! To play the game, you must read the questions carefully and take your time!
For this game, you will break up into 2 teams-
Team Dragonfly and Team Butterfly
Begin the game with question 1 by clicking on the #1 on the ladybug. On the bottom of your slide you will see
To move to the next slide click . . To go back a slide click . Answer all
20 questions and work together as a team. When both
Teams are finished, print your scorecard, and we will see which team answered the most questions correctly!! Have Fun!!

SCORECARD
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How to print your scorecard:
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1. Click the Esc key.
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2. Click the circle button in the top
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Left corner called the Office Button,
Then click Print
3. Click Current Slide
4. Pick up your printed score card at
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5. Click on Slide Show at the top of
The toolbar and
Click From Current
Slide.
(I will help you with this!)
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What is an insect?

ANSWER 1
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An insect is an arthropod, with 6 legs, a head, a thorax, and a segmented body.

QUESTION 2
Name some of the insects that you saw in the video.

ANSWER 2
 butterfly, ladybug, caterpillar, bees, cockroach,

QUESTION 3
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How many species of butterflies are there in the world? In the U.S. and
Canada?

ANSWER 3
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There are about 28,000 butterfly species in the world and 725 species in the US and Canada

QUESTION 4
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Name some insects that have wings.

ANSWER 4
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Butterflies, dragonflies, bees, ladybugs

QUESTION 5
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What are some characteristics that you noticed about the caterpillar’s body?

ANSWER 5
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The caterpillar is green, has a thick body, an antennae, black and white spots.

QUESTION 6
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What do insects eat?

ANSWER 6
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Insects eat plants and other insects.
Some also eat dirt, fruit, cloth.

QUESTION 7
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What is an insect called if it eats plants?

ANSWER 7
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Herbivores

QUESTION 8
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What is an insect called that eats other insects?

ANSWER 8
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Carnivores

QUESTION 9
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What is an insect called that eats plants and insects?

ANSWER 9
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Omnivores

QUESTION 10
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What insect is a farmer’s best friend?

ANSWER 10
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The ladybug

QUESTION 11
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Why is the ladybug called this?

ANSWER 11
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Because the ladybugs eat the pests that feed on the farmer’s crops.

QUESTION 12
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What is an exoskeleton:

ANSWER 12
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An exoskeleton is a hard, outer
“skeleton” on an insect that provides protection or support.

QUESTION 13
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How many legs do insects have?

ANSWER 13
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6 legs

QUESTION 14
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How do bees communicate with each other?

ANSWER 14
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Bees “dance” by moving around in a certain way to let other bees know if food is near.

QUESTION 15
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How do grasshoppers communicate with each other?

ANSWER 15
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Grasshoppers communicate by rubbing their wings and legs together to make a singing sound.

QUESTION 16
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What is metamorphosis?

ANSWER 16
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Metamorphosis is the change that some insects go through. Some will look like their parents (incomplete) some will look nothing like their parents (complete).

QUESTION 17
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Name insects that you may find in your house.

ANSWER 17
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Cockroaches, ticks, fleas, beetles, ladybugs

QUESTION 18
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What does it mean when an insect molts?

ANSWER 18
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Molting is when an insect sheds it’s exoskeleton and forms a new, larger one.

QUESTION 19
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Is an insect living or non-living?

ANSWER 19
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An insect is living.

QUESTION 20
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What is an Entomologist?

ANSWER 20
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An Entomologist is a scientist that studies insects.

QUESTION 21
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Name one living and one non-living thing from the video.

ANSWER 21
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Living: caterpillar
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Non-living: wooden play house