Costal Kids Quiz- Coastal Insects Survey

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* 1. Quiz Information

Name of School:

Name of Teacher:

Name of Student:

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* 2. What qualifies an animal to be an insect?

Six legs

Three body segments

Antenna

All of the above

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* 3. Are all bugs insects?

Yes

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* 4. What important role does an insect play in our coastal ecosystem?

Pollinator

Primary or secondary decomposer

Major food source

All of the above

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* 5. Ture or False: Insects can act as indicator species for climate change.

True

False

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* 6. Dragonflies have weights at the end of each wing to balance them. How do they move their wings?

They are able to move each one independently

They are able to move each one them in tandem

Both are ways dragonflies can move their wings

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* 7. Insects have varying diets including plants, animals, and decaying matter.

True

False

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* 8. Which of the following are not part of the Arthropoda phylum?

Crabs

Insects

Leeches

Spiders

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* 9. Are spiders considered insects?

Yes

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* 10. What is the Class insects fall in?

Insecta

Arachnids

Crustaceans

Myriapods

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* 11. Which of the following is not an example of an insect?

Ant

Bee

Butterfly

Tick

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* 12. What are the body segments of an insect?

Head, thorax, abdomen

Head, body, tail

Head, shoulders, legs

None of the above

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* 13. What are the two life cycles insects can follow?

Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult

Egg, Nymph, Adult (Metamorphosis)

Egg, Larva, Adult

A or B

A or C

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* 14. What is an ‘Exoskeleton’?

A hardened outer body

Structure that provides support

Structure that provides protection

All of the above

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* 15. Do all insects have exoskeletons?

Yes

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* 16. Are worms in the same phylum as insects?

Yes

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* 17. ______ use both forewings to make a chirping noise and their ‘ears’ are located on their front legs.

Stick bug

Grasshopper

Cricket

Mantis

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* 18. True or False: An unmated female mantis can produce fertile eggs which are born all females.

True

False

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* 19. How does a walking stick or mantis deter predators?

Some can spray chemical tear gas

They can vomit to leave predators with a bad taste in their mouth

They bleed through their joints, and it smells bad

All of the above

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* 20. Mud Daubers make unique nests made of mud tubes. The females make the nest by gathering mud with this body part ____.

Legs

Jaw

Antenna

None of the above

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* 21. Why do Bees have hairy bodies and long, flat legs?

To carry as much pollen as they can

To be more aerodynamic

To look cool

None of the above

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* 22. Monarch Butterflies have amazing migrations where one butterfly makes their way south in the fall and then multiple generations of butterflies complete the trek back up North in the spring.

True

False

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* 23. How do you tag a butterfly to track migration patterns? (note: this should only be done by trained scientists)

Attach the tag to the middle underside of the wing

Attach the tag to the outer underside of the wing

Attach the tag to the middle top of the wing

Attach the tag to the outer top of the wing

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* 24. Insects do not have red blood like humans do because their blood lacks red blood cells.

True

False

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* 25. Bees may have survived through the downfall of the dinosaurs because:

The dinosaurs were gone so they didn’t eat them

They were unaffected by the asteroid that hit the Earth

Their social behavior allowed them to adapt

They can survive anything