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How many legs does an insect have?
6
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How does a house fly eat?
Lapping or Sponging
100
Name the two types of eyes insects can have.
Simple and Compound
100
Name on thing insects do that is helpful.
They pollinate plants.
100
Explain what molting is.
Shedding an exoskeleton
200
How many main body parts does an insect have?
3
200
Name an insect that pierces its food before sucking liquid from it.
Mosquito
200
Describe the simple eyes
They are small and on the top of the head.
200
Name one thing insects do that is harmful.
Spread diseases, harm plants, damage buildings
200
True or False: Insects have noses.
False
300
Name the three parts of an insect body.
Head, abdomen, thorax
300
A grasshopper eats using what method?
Chewing
300
Describe what an insect's compound eyes look like.
They are big, bulging and on the sides of their head.
300
Are bees mostly helpful or harmful? Give two examples of them being helpful or harmful.
Helpful. They pollinate, make honey, and make wax.
300
True or False: Insects are symmetrical.
True
400
Do all insects have wings?
No, but some do.
400
What is a butterflies mouth part called?
Proboscis
400
A compound eye is made up of thousands of separate lenses called _______________.
What is facets
400
The change of an insect from one form to another as it develops into an adult is called _______________
metamorphosis
400
Spiders are not insects, they are _____________.
Arachnids
500
Instead of a backbone, what do insects have?
An exoskeleton
500
Name 3 things a house fly might eat.
Answers vary
500
Simple eyes detect ___________ and ___________.
light and dark
500
Blending in with surroundings is known as ______________
Camouflage.
500
An ____________________ in a person who studies insects.
Entomologist