Body Parts
How many main body parts do insects have?
3
Egg
Name the 3 types of bees that live in a hive.
Queen, worker, drone
What is the best kind of pollinator?
Bees
What is the name of a person who studies insects?
Entomologist
What is the biggest body part on an insect called?
Abdomen
What word means to change form completely from one stage of a life cycle to the next?
Metamorphosis
Name 2 dangers to honeybees.
Animals like bears, pesticides, mites, humans destroying habitat
Without pollination plants would not be able to make new _______________
Seeds
Name a habitat where you will not find insects.
The ocean
Name one reason why is a spider not classified as an insect?
Spiders have 8 legs and insects have 6 legs.
Name the 4 stages of an insect's life cycle that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Which kind of honeybee has the shortest lifespan and why?
Worker bees, because they do the most jobs and their bodies get tired and worn out.
How does a plant help the pollinator?
It provides food (nectar/pollen) to the pollinator.
Name an insect that farmers would like to see visiting their crops.
Ladybug, bees, etc.
What is the name of the straw-like tongue that many insects use to drink nectar?
Proboscis
Besides a honeybee, name another insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Ant, butterfly, moth, beetle, etc.
Name 5 jobs that a worker bee does in her lifetime.
Cleaner, Nurse, Queen Tender, Builder, Guard, Field Bee
Name 4 different types of pollinators
Bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, moths, wind, etc.
To live alone or in pairs is called ________ and to live in a group is called ___________.
Solitary, social
Fill in the blanks: Insects have no backbone so they are _______________________. This means that instead of bones they have an ___________________ to support their body.
Invertebrates, exoskeleton
What is the name of the life cycle stage during incomplete metamorphosis when an egg hatches and the young insect looks similar to the adult?
Nymph
They dance!
Name 4 important parts of a flower and what their job is during pollination.
Stamen/anther- male part of the flower that holds the pollen
Ovary- holds the ovules/eggs
Petals- brightly colored to attract pollinators
Stigma- sticky top of the stamen where pollen gets dropped off
Pistil- female part of the flower that is made up of the stigma and ovule
Pollen- tiny grains that fuse with ovules to create new seeds during pollination
How long have insects been on the Earth?
Over 400 million years!