Setting
Description
hunters
Types of Ants
vocabulary
100
Where can you find Driver Ants?
Rainforests, grasslands and parts of Africa.
100
What was the problem in the book, "Killer Ants"?
The baby gorilla was going to get eaten.
100
What are the four types of driver ants?
queen, worker, soldier and male
100
What is a place where animals live and find food?
habitat
200
Where do driver ants live?
colonies in nests under the ground.
200
What driver ant is the largest?
The queen
200
Why were all the animals and people running away?
The driver ants were coming.
200
What ant finds food for the queen and looks after the eggs?
worker ants
200
What is another word for really scary?
terrifying
300
Where is the setting for Killer Ants?
The jungle
300
What were some descriptive words the author of Killer Ants used to describe the panicking animals?
raced quickly, terrifying, gorillas leaped, elephants charged and crashed
300
How do driver ants find animals?
They use touch, smell and chemical signals to find food.
300
What is the soldier ant job?
Guard the nest and protect the queen.
300
What is a large group of animals living together?
colony
400
How can driver ants cross water?
They build a bridge using leaves and their own bodies. It is called a living bridge.
400
How do the animals know driver ants are coming?
They make a loud terrifying sound.
400
About how many eggs does the queen lay each month?
One to two million
400
What is swarming?
Move together as a one.
500
Why do the ants stay in their nests for only three or four weeks?
They eat so much food that they eat all the animals in the area. They have to move to a new place that has lots of animals to eat.
500
How could you describe a driver ant?
large, male ants have wings, have large powerful jaws, no eyes
500
How do the driver ants attack animals?
They use their large jaws to stab and tear animals apart.
500
Should all driver ants be destroyed? (why or why not)
Driver ants eat bugs and other pests that destroy farm crops. They can be helpful as well as dangerous.
500
What are smells produced by ants that send messages to other ants?
chemical signals
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