____ 1. Which appeared first on Earth?
A. Humans
B. Insects
C. Dinosaurs

____ 2. In Egyptian mythology, the ____ beetle
was considered sacred.
A. Goliath
B. Lady bug
C. Scarab

____ 3. An insect has ____ body sections.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4

____ 4. An invertebrate is an animal without a(n):
A. backbone,
B. a set of lungs
C. wings.

____ 5. One of the largest insects in the world is the:
A. Goliath beetle
B. Madagascar Hissing cockroach
C. Stag beetle

____ 6. The earliest dragonfly fossils show that
they had wingspans equal to ____ feet.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6

____ 7. An insect has a total of ____ legs.
A. 3
B. 6
C. 8

____ 8. During ____ metamorphosis, an insect’s
life cycle passes through four stages
A. complete
B. incomplete

____ 9. Insects use colors to protect themselves from
predators by signaling that they are poisonous. Which of the following colors does not “scare away” enemies?
A. Red
B. Black
C. Yellow
D. Blue

____ 10. The name for the tongue-like mouth structure used by butterflies to eat is a(n):
A. proboscis.
B. nectar tube.
C. chrysalis.

____ 11. The Queen of a termite colony has been known
to produce _____ eggs in one day.
A. 3,000
B. 30,000
C. 300,000

____ 12. A cricket’s ears are located on:
A. the sides of its head.
B. the fronts of its legs (knees).
C. the top of its abdomen.
D. on the end of its antennae.