Bug Basics
I am a small animal with six legs and three main body parts.
What is an insect?
I am an insect that helps flowers and makes honey.
What is a bee?
A garden needs healthy plants, clean water, good soil, and helpful living things to stay this.
What is healthy?
The three main insect body parts are the head, thorax, and this.
What is the abdomen?
Butterflies, bees, and some beetles can help move pollen from flower to flower. This is called what?
What is pollination?
Ladybugs are helpful because they eat tiny plant pests called these.
What are aphids?
Some insects help gardens, while others can damage plants. Insects that damage plants are often called this.
What are pests?
Pollination helps many plants grow fruits and these
What are seeds?
Using nature to help control pests is part of keeping balance in the what?
What is the garden or ecosystem?
Why should Erica observe insects before deciding what to do?
What is because some insects are helpful and some are harmful?
Why are pollinators important to the food system?
What is because they help many fruits, vegetables, and seeds grow?
Why should Erica not spray every bug she sees?
What is because sprays can hurt helpful insects like bees, butterflies, and ladybugs?
Erica sees tiny bugs on a plant, holes in the leaves, and ladybugs nearby. What should she do first?
What is observe the bugs, identify them, and see if helpful insects are already controlling the pests?
Name two ways a garden can protect pollinators.
What are planting flowers, avoiding harmful sprays, providing habitat, growing different plants, and protecting bees and butterflies?
Erica wants to protect a garden without hurting helpful insects. Name two smart choices she could make.
What are identify the pest first, remove pests by hand, invite helpful insects, plant pollinator flowers, use barriers, or ask an adult before using sprays?