Insects

True or False? Insects are the smallest group of animals on earth.

• True
• False

How many legs does an insect have?

• 2 
• 6 
• 4 
• 8 

True or False? A spider is an insect.

• True
• False

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Which insect produces honey that we can eat? 

• butterfly
• praying mantis
• honeybee
• cricket

Which of the following is NOT an insect?

• fly
• beatle
• dragonfly
• spider

Which of the four stages of complete metamorphosis is in the correct order?

• egg, adult, pupa, larva
• egg, larva, adult, pupa
• egg, larva, pupa, adult
• pupa, egg, larva, adult

Complete metamorphosis has four stages, and incomplete metamorphosis has three stages.

• True
• False

What are three main body parts of an insect? 

• Head, chest, tail
• Head, antenna, abdomen
• Thorax, antenna, heart
• Head, thorax, abdomen

What is one way insects are helpful?

• They eat other insects.
• They eat wood that can destroy houses.
• They spread diseases.
• They can destroy crops.

What is an insect's exoskeleton made of?

• bones
• calcium 
• chitin
• Insects don't have exoskeletons