What is Zoology?
Entymology
Butterflies
Ants
Bees
100
On what day of Creation did God create flying creatures?
Day 5
100
What are the 3 segments of a an insect's body?
Head, thorax, and abdomen
100
What country kept silk moths a secret for thousands of years?
China
100
What is the job of the queen in a colony?
To reproduce
100
Name two ways bees take care of the hive.
Feed larvae and the queen, make honey and cool the hive, repair the hive with wax, guard the hive, forage for flowers, gather pollen and nectar from flowers.
200
Which two groups in taxonomy give an animal its scientific name?
Genus and Species
200
What type of eyes do insects have?
Compound eyes
200
What are the 4 stages in a butterfly's life cycle?
Egg, larva, pupa, adult
200
What is the job of the drone ant?
The drone mate with the queen.
200
How are bumblebees different from honeybees?
Larger, furry, colony dies by winter, except for the queen who hibernates.
300
What is instinct?
It is a built in need to do something for survival
300
What is unique about an insect's eyes?
They are made up of many tiny lenses.
300
What does a moth caterpillar build when entering the pupa stage?
A cocoon.
300
What do leaf cutter ants grow like a farmer?
Fungus
300
What do parasitic bee do with their eggs?
Parasitic bees sneak into the nests of other bees to lay their eggs.
400
Name a bird that became extinct
Passenger pigeon or Dodo Bird.
400
To what part of an insect's body are the legs and wings attached?
Thorax
400
What are the silk-producing organs called on caterpillars?
Spinnerets
400
What is this ant doing?
Milking an aphid
400
How are Africanized bees different from honeybees?
More protective and likely to sting.
500
What is an extinction error?
When a supposedly extinct animal turns up again.
500
What is an ovipositor?
It's where eggs one from the female.
500
What is a chrysalis?
A special exoskeleton that appears only during the pupa stage of the butterfly.
500
What do midden ants do for the colony?
They are the garbage collectors.
500
What is this beekeeper doing?
Using smoke to calm the bees