Insect Biology Quiz

Something destructive is helpful and tries to make things better.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• Depends on the situation

Insects that are social live by themselves.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• Only in certain species

What is bioluminescence?

• light given off by some plants and animals caused by a chemical reaction.

• a type of photosynthesis in plants.

• the ability of animals to produce sound.

• a process of fermentation in fungi.

Crickets communicate with one another by the blinking lights called lanterns on their abdomens.

• True

• False

• By chirping sounds

• By body movements

People spraying pesticides or cutting down insects’ habitats, are they helping insects?

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• Only in small amounts

Something transparent is see-through.

• True

• False

• Opaque

• Translucent

Spiders are insects.

• True

• False

• They are arachnids.

• They are mammals.

Insects have eight legs and five main body parts.

• True

• False

• Insects have six legs and three main body parts.

• Insects have eight legs and three main body parts.

Some social insect colonies have queens that lay eggs.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• Rarely

Something microscopic is very, very large.

• True

• False

• It depends on the context

• Microscopic objects are always small