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Which of the following insects has a sucking mouth?
a) A butterfly.
b) A beetle.
c) A praying mantis.
d) A cricket.

Which of the following insects has a sponging mouth?
a) A fly.
b) A mosquito.
c) A butterfly.
d) A leafhopper.

What are the hundreds of little projections or 'hairs' on an insect's leg called, and for what are they used?
a) Setae--and they're used to taste, smell, and sense movement.
b) Cerci--and they're used to grip the surface on which they are standing.
c) Claspers--and they're used to pull up on vertical surfaces.
d) Trochanters--and they're used to feel changes in temperature.

What type of wing does a dragonfly have?
a) A membranous wing.
b) A scaled wing.
c) Halteres.
d) A veinless wing.

What type of wing does a butterfly have?
a) A scaled wing.
b) A membranous wing.
c) Halteres.
d) A veinless wing.

Which of the following insects has a chewing mouth?
a) A grasshopper.
b) A mosquito.
c) A spider.
d) A fly.

What are the insect's two types of eyes?
a) Compound eyes and simple eyes.
b) Antennae and simple eyes.
c) Ocelli and stylets.
d) Cerci and compound eyes.

When an insect sheds or molts its exoskeleton, what is left?
a) A cast.
b) A clasper.
c) A thorax.
d) A pheromone.

Why are antennae so important to insects?
a) They use them to 'smell' a good place to lay eggs, food, and pick up messages from their family and friends.
b) They use them to know which direction to fly.
c) They use them to taste things.
d) They would not fly stably without them.

What is an exoskeleton?
a) An 'outside skeleton' that provides some protection and stability for an insect.
b) A skeleton that is made up of exons.
c) A part of the insect that it must shed during molting in order to grow larger.
d) The part of an insect that is able to smell pheromones.

There are three types of mouths in insects. Do you remember what they are?
a) Chewing mouths, sucking mouths, and sponging mouths.
b) Chewing mouths, pricking mouths, and proboscis mouths.
c) Sucking mouths, piercing mouths, and sponging mouths.
d) Sponging mouths, whining mouths, and stylets.

What are the three parts of an insect's body called?
a) Head, thorax, and abdomen.
b) Head, abdomen, and exoskeleton.
c) Head, thorax, and wings.
d) Head, shoulders, and legs.

What are considered pests in entomology?
a) Insects that are not beneficial to people.
b) Insects that buzz around persistently.
c) Insects that sting.
d) Insects that eat human food.

Which features correctly identify an insect?
a) Insects are cold-blooded, have an exoskeleton, have six legs, and have three body parts.
b) Insects are warm-blooded, have no skeleton, have six legs, and have three body parts.
c) Insects have two body parts, six to eight legs, an exoskeleton.
d) Insects live part of their lives in a larvae state.

What should you count to determine if an adult creature is an insect?
a) Six legs
b) Two body parts
c) Eight legs
d) Four to six wings

What is the study of insects?
a) Entomology
b) Ectomology
c) Endimology
d) Insectology

The abdomen is so important on a bug because it contains the little holes with tubes connected to the trachea to let air into the body. These little holes are known as:
a) Spiracles.
b) Trachealites.
c) Cerci.
d) Ovipositors.

What type of breathing does an insect use to gather oxygen and get rid of waste gases?
a) Passive breathing.
b) Spiraclitis.
c) Flying breathing.
d) Activity breathing.

The two appendages at the very tip a bug's abdomen that provide the insect with a sense of touch at the back of the body are called:
a) Cerci.
b) Ovipositors.
c) Claspers.
d) Setae.

How can you tell if an insect is male or female?
a) Look for an ovipositor.
b) Ask it.
c) See if there are cerci on it.
d) Look for halteres.

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