Plagues of Locusts

Plague that destroys plants and affects the economy

• Birds

• loscusts

• Sea turtles

• dragonflies

What are locusts

• grasshoppers that grow into flies.

• Ants that become a swarm

• They are grasshoppers that grow large and become into huge swarms.

• Grasshoppers that reduce their size do to the weather.

God sent a plague of locusts upon the____?

• Israelites

• American

• West Africa

• Egyptians

In the article we readm which place was not mentioned as having a plague of locusts?

• Autralia

• West Africa

• China

• Mexico

How many miles did the plague cover ?

• 1,800

• 8,000

• 18,000

• 81,000

In what year did the plague of the Rocky Mountain locusts cause great damage in the American West?

• 1675

• 1775

• 1875

• 1975

What is the main cause of the locust plagues?

• The phases of the moon.

• Changes in the weather.

• The sun´s gravity.

• changes in time zones

More rain causes up to _______times more grasshoppers to hatch.

• 400

• 100

• 50

• 40

Why do the grasshoppers crown together if a drought follows a rainy season?

• to lay eggs

• to find water

• to find food

• to prepare for the winter

How much food can this size swarn eat each day?

• 1/2 ton

• 5 tons

• 11 tons

• 143 tons