Insects

What is the advantage of having sensory organs at the front of the body?

• To identify changes in the environment

• To avoid predators

• To aid in the finding of food

• all of the above

What types of foods do insects eat?

• only plants

• only animals

• anything dead

• anything living or once-living

Insect mouth parts are adapted for?

• eating only plants

• eating specific foods

• photosynthesis

• eating any available food

Which of the following is true?

• insects are good pollinators

• insects breathe through their mouths

• insects legs are attached to their abdomen

• all of the above

Which of the following is true?

• Insects cannot transmit disease

• Maggots can be used to clean wounds

• all insects start as pupa

• insects are only herbivores

Which of the following is true about insects?

• they are autotrophs

• they have a backbone

• they all have wings

• they are all consumers

Why do hissing cockroaches tend to be brownish/reddish in color?

• to attract a mate

• move especially fast

• live in a variety of environments

• to camouflage themselves from predators

Which of the following is a characteristic of insects?

• One pair of antennae

• four legs

• three pairs of wings

• two body sections

An insect's tough outer covering is called

• an endoskeleton

• an exoskeleton

• armor

• a mantle

A cockroach hisses when you touch it. The hissing is an example of

• a stimulus

• a response

• courtship behavior

• reflex