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Orders of Bugs
Insect parts
Classification system
Insect behavior and metamorphosis
Insects and arthropods
100

Which order would a grasshopper belong to:

  • Coleoptera
  • Orthoptera
  • Hymenoptera
  • Homoptera

Orthoptera

100
What do antennae do for the insect?
They sense vibrations and feel things (also can help with smell)
100

What's the name of the classification system in biology

taxonomy

100

Put the stages of metamorphosis in order:

larva, adult, pupa, egg

egg, larva, pupa, adult

100

How many legs do insects have?

6

200

What kind of insects belong in the order Coleoptera, which has 4 hardened wings that resemble shells?

Beetles

200

What is the protective structure that is made of chitin?

Exoskeleton

200

What is the name for the taxonomy grouping that can breed with eachother? This is the most specific grouping?

Species

200

When a butterfly makes a cocoon, it is an example of which stage of metamorphosis?

pupa

200

If it has antennae, is it for sure an insect, or just an arthropod?

Insect

300

Give an example of an insect that would be in the order Hymenoptera

bees and ants

300

What type of eye has multiple lenses and lets insects see from many directions?

Compound eyes

300

What is the name for the phylum that includes insects and other things (crustaceans, spiders, etc) that have jointed appendages?

Arthropods

300

Other than butterflies, what are 2 insects that go through complete metamorphosis?

moths, bees, flies, beetles

300

Between a caterpillar, a millipede, and a worm, which ones are insects? Why is/are the others not?

Just a caterpillar.

It's the only one with 6 legs.

400

Name 3 differences between a moth and butterfly?

Butterflies come out in day, moths at night

Moths spread wings at rest

Moths have a thicker body

Moths usually have a fuzzier body

400

What are the 3 parts of an insects body?

Head, abdomen, and thorax?

400

What is the name for the taxonomy grouping that would sort things into plants or animals? 

Kingdom

400

What order of insect lives in colonies?

Hymenoptera

400

Name 2 of the 3 main characteristics of arthropods

segmented bodies, jointed appendages, and exoskeletons
500

Which order would dragonflies and damselflies be in?

Odonata

500

What is the name for the tubes that insects breathe out of?

Spiracles

500

Put these in the correct order: Class Kingdom Doman Order Genus Phylum Species Family

Domain Kindgom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
500

Give an example of 2 insects that go through incomplete metamorphosis

Lice, grasshopper, crickets

500

Give me THREE reasons that a spider is not an insect. Must have 3 reasons to qualify.

Have 8 legs, no wings, no antenna, do not have 3 distinct body section (2 are fused)