The Terrible and Interesting Mosquito

How many kinds of mosquitoes are there?

• 300

• 3000

• 3300

• 3330

Choose a correct statement

• After a mosquito bites her host, she fills herself up with his blood. She is eating this blood

• During the adult stage, young mosquitoes begin to move

• A mosquito can sense a host from up to 35 meters away

Some mosquitoes can travel .... in some conditions.

• 160 meters

• 1600 kilometers

• 16 kilometers

• 160 kilometers

The mosquito also releases chemicals into your body. These chemicals make your _____ flow faster into the mosquito

• eggs

• heart

• blood

• skin

Choose a wrong statement

• Male mosquitoes live for only a short time after they mate.

• Only the male mosquito bites a host for her babies

• Mosquitoes grow through four separate periods of growth.

Only the _ _ _ _ _ _ mosquito bites a host for her babies.

Mosquitoes grow through four separate periods of growth. These periods are called the egg, larva, _ _ _ _, and adult.

Answer explanation

Most mosquito's eggs _ _ _ _ _ in about two days

Fill one suitable word for two blanks below:

Mosquitoes have a special _ _ _ _ _ When a mosquito bites you, it actually puts part of its _ _ _ _ _ under your skin.

The mosquito also releases chemicals into your body. These chemicals are also responsible for the red _ _ _ _ _ that many people experience after a mosquito bite.