SCIENCE-P 23-37, INSECTS & FLOWERS
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- WHAT IS CAMOUFLAGE?
- THE ABILITY TO BLEND IN WITH THE BACKGROUND
- WHAT IS "PIERCING-SUCKING MOUTHPARTS?"
- HOW A TRUE BUG'S MOUTH IS DESIGNED-IT CANNOT CHEW ITS FOOD
- HOW CAN YOU TELL IF A BUG IS A "TRUE BUG"?
- THEY HAVE TWO PAIRS OF WINGS THAT CROSS TO FORM A LARGE V OR X
- WHAT IS THE NAME OF AN ANIMAL WITHOUT A BACKBONE?
- INVERTEBRATE
- WHAT ANIMAL HAS EIGHT LEGS AND TWO BODY PARTS?
- SPIDERS
- WHAT ANIMAL HAS SIX LEGS AND THREE BODY PARTS?
- INSECTS
- WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SPIDER THAT SLOWLY CHANGES COLORS TO MATCH ITS SURROUNDINGS?
- GOLDENROD SPIDER
- WHAT INSECT IS SUCH A GOOD HUNTER THAT GARDENERS SOMETIMES BUY THE HARD EGG CASES FROM GARDEN SHOPS FOR THEIR GARDEN? WHAT ARE THEIR YOUNG CALLED RATHER THAN LARVAE SINCE THEY LOOK LIKE ADULTS?
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PRAYING MANTIS
NYMPHS - 1/4 OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE WORLD ARE...
- BEETLES
- IF AN INSECT HAS A STRAIGHT LINE RUNNING DOWN ITS ABDOMEN (LAST BODY PART) IT IS PROBABLY A...
- BEETLE
- BEETLE LARVAE ARE OFTEN CALLED...
- GRUBS
- WHY DID THE DAISY'S NAME COME FROM THE OLD ENGLISH WORDS FOR "DAY'S EYE"?
- BECAUSE THE BLOSSOMS CLOSE AT NIGHT AND OPEN AT DAWN
- WHAT IS THE YELLOW CENTER OF THE DAISY CALLED?
- THE DISK
- WHICH GREEK WORD DID THE ASTER GET THEIR NAME FROM?
- THE GREEK WORD FOR "STAR"
- WHAT FLOWER MAY YOU SEE IN FIELDS?
- BLACK-EYED SUSAN
- WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO WEAR THICK LEATHER GLOVES TO PICK A THISTLE?
- ITS PRICKLY LEAVES AND STEMS OF THE THISTLE PROTECTS IT FROM PEOPLE AND GRAZING CATTLE, BUT THE FRAGRANT PURPLE FLOWER HEADS ATTRACT MANY INSECTS, ESPECIALLY BUMBLEBEES AND BUTTERFLIES
- WHAT IS THE OTHER NAME FOR THE PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY?
- "THE THISTLE BUTTERFLY" BECAUSE IT LAYS ITS EGGS ON THE THISTLE.
- WHAT IS THE OTHER ANIMAL CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE THISTLE AND WHY?
- THE GOLD FINCH BECAUSE IT USES THE FLUFFY THISTLE DOWN (FROM WHEN IT'S BEGINNING TO GO TO SEED) TO BUILD ITS NEST
- WHAT PLANT DO MANY PEOPLE CONFUSE WITH THE GOLDENROD PLANT AND WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO BE AROUND THIS PLANT IN THE FALL?
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RAGWEED
MANY PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC TO IT-IT CAN CAUSE THEIR EYES TO WATER AND NOSE TO RUN-IT CAN GIVE THEM HAYFEVER - WHAT IS A WORD THAT MEANS "MADE OF MANY PARTS"?
- COMPOSITE
- WHAT IS THE LARGEST FAMILY OF FLOWERING PLANTS?
- COMPOSITES
- WHAT BEE IS TWICE THE SIZE OF A HONEYBEE?
- BUMBLEBEE
- THIS INSECT ATTACKS HONEYBEES FROM THE AIR AND SUCKS OUT THEIR BODY JUICES
- BEE KILLER
- MY GRUBS ARE DESTRUCTIVE TOT HE BLACK LOCUST TREE
- LOCUST BORER
- I MAKE A PAPER NEST UNDERGROUND
- YELLOW JACKET
- I MAY LOOK LIKE I AM READY TO PRAY BUT I AM REALLY LOOKING FOR PREY
- PRAYING MANTIS
- I CAN CHANGE FROM YELLOW TO WHITE TO MATCH MY SURROUNDINGS
- GOLDEN ROD SPIDER
- I MIMIC THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND MY CATERPILLAR USES A LEAF FOR A BLANKET
- VICEROY
- I MIMIC THE YELLOW JACKET BUT AM REALLY A FLY
- AMERICAN HOVER FLY
- I AM A FLY THAT LOOKS LIKE A HONEYBEE DRONE
- DRONE FLY