Insects
Definitions A
Definitions B
Who am I?
Yes or No
1

You can see through me.  

What is transparent?

1

When insects live alone.

What is solitary?

1

I am another word for enemy.

What is foe?

1

I emerge from a chrysalis and go through complete metamorphosis.   

I am a butterfly

1

Do insects live in every habitat on Earth?  

What is no?

What habitat do they not live in?  ___________

2

This is what termites can be to wood.

What is destructive?

2

A word to describe something that is very small.

What is microscopic?

2

This means to work together for the good of everyone or everything involved. 

What is cooperate?

2

I make up two-thirds of the insect world.  

What is beetle?

2

Is it helpful when people spray pesticides or cut down insects' habitats?

What is no?

3

All insects have six of these. 

What are legs?  

3

Feelers on the heads of insects that are used to feel, smell, and gather information. 

What is antennae?

3

A fine, powdery substance produced in flowers that sticks to a bee's feet.  

What is pollen?

3

I hold my legs together in a praying position.

What is a praying mantis?

3

Are ants, honey bees, and paper wasps solitary insects?   

What is no?  They are social insects.  

4

We work and live together in communities and have a queens that lay eggs.  Social or Solitary

What are social insects?

4

A person that studies insects. 

a. archeologist  b. entomologist  c. geologist

What is entomologist?

4

A plant or animal on which or in which another living thing lives.  

What is host?

4

I communicate with others using blinking lights.  

What is lightning bug or firefly?

4

Do insects have three body parts and eight legs?

What is no?  

How many legs to insects have?

5

Many people think I am an insect but I have eight legs.

What is a spider?

5

The outside body covering of an insect.

a. exoskeleton b. skeleton c. skull

What is exoskeleton? (skeleton on the outside of the body)

5

The process where chemical reactions create light that helps fireflies communicate.  

What is bioluminescence?

5

I am a social insect that lives in a colony with others that makes honey.

Who is bee?

5

Does complete metamorphosis have have four stages: eggs, larva or caterpillar, pupa, and adult insect?

What is yes?

What is incomplete metamorphosis?