SCA 4th grade Science Test 1

What is the term for what insects do when they go into a long, deep sleep for the winter?

• hibernate

• migrate

• molt

• mimic

What is the term for what insects do when they grow a new skeleton and shed the old one?

• molt

• migrate

• hibernate

• mimic

Antennae help insects do all of the following except

• breathe

• taste

• smell

• find directions

Which of the following insects has only one pair of wings?

• mosquito

• butterfly

• cricket

• bee

An insect uses its ovipositor to

• lay eggs.

• gather food.

• protect its young.

• dig tunnels.

Which of the following insects migrates?

• ladybug

• fly

• mosquito

• beetle

Which of the following is a social insect?

• termite

• fly

• beetle

• moth

Which of the following insects is a parasite?

• lice

• caddis worm

• crickets

• ladybugs

Which of the following creatures is an insect?

• bee

• earthworm

• spider

• centipede

All of these are true about a butterfly EXCEPT

• has feathery antennae

• forms a chrysalis

• folds its wings while resting

• flies in the daytime