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What is the most brutal way to be killed as an insect?

• Extra homework

• A reptilian tongue

• Thwacked by a human

• Your brain overrun by a parasite

The cordyceps fungus turns insects into (a)   (1 word)

There are over ___________ cordyceps.

• 100

• 10

• 400

• 40

What enters the body of the host? (1 vocabulary word)

(a)  

The spores attack which system?

• immune

• nervous

• digestive

• cognitive

Why does the fungus want to reach the highest point?

• more humidity

• more clearing

• more food

• less predators

Ants drive away infected acts to (a)   the majority. (1 word)

The longest a cicada can live underground is ________ years.

• 13

• 18

• 14

• 17

Cicadas may contain (a)   from their time underground. (1 word)

What organ can the cordyceps help?

• lungs

• heart

• kidneys

• brain