How do insects make sounds? U2L2.2

How do insects make sounds? Choose the correct option that explains the similarity between how sound is produced in insects and musical instruments.

• Insects and instruments both use vibrations to produce sound.

• Insects use their wings, while instruments use strings.

• Insects produce sound through chemical reactions.

• Instruments produce sound through electronic amplification.

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What is one of the main reasons crickets make sounds?

• To find food

• To attract female mates

• To scare predators

• To signal danger.

How do grasshoppers make sounds with their wings?

• By flapping them rapidly

• By rubbing their hind legs against them

• By snapping them together

• By vibrating them.

What is the loudest mating song of any insect or animal?

The male cicada makes sounds by:

• Rubbing its wings together

• Vibrating a special organ called a tymbal

• Clicking its mandibles

• Flapping its wings rapidly

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Cicadas make sounds to attract mates and protect ________.

• themselves

• their territory

• their food

• their young

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The male cicada changes the shape of two membranes in his ribs called ________.

• tymbals

• tympanum

• spiracles

• tracheae

Q1: What are some similarities in the way these insects produce sounds and the way instruments produce sounds?

• Both use vibrations to create sound.

• Both require air to produce sound.

• Both can change pitch by altering the length of the sound-producing element.

• Both rely on electronic amplification.

Q2: What sound does a bee, mosquito, or fly make as it flies near your ear?

• Buzzing

• Chirping

• Whistling

• Roaring

How does the way the wings of these insects make sounds compare to the way that instruments make sounds?

• Insects use their wings to create vibrations similar to how instruments produce sound.

• Insects produce sound by blowing air through their wings like wind instruments.

• Insects use their wings to amplify sound like a speaker.

• Insects create sound by rubbing their wings together, unlike most instruments.