Animals
Insects and Reptiles


1. Which is the heaviest insect?
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2. Where do locusts lay their eggs?
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3. What is the job of the soldier ant?
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4. Give the other name for the shell of the tortoise or turtle?
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5. Where is the rattlesnake's 'rattle'?
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6. Why do glow-worms glow in the dark?
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7.Bees store food and raise young in hexagonal cells made from what?
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8. The earthworm has several pairs of tiny bristles called chaetae on its body. What are they used for?
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9. How do a python and a boa kill their prey?
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10. The body of an insect is divided into how many sections?
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11. Where do dragonflies spend their early life?
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12. The loud ticking sound produced by the death watch beetle as it knocks against timbers to attract a mate was once thought to herald what unhappy event?
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13. What is an invertebrate?
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14. Into what does the butterfly egg hatch?
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15. What do the North American Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard have in common?
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16. Where does the silk moth lay its eggs?
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17. To which order do butterflies and moths belong?
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18. How does the stag beetle get its name?
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19. There are three types of bee in a hive. What are they?
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20. How do ants recognize one another?
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21. Which are the largest living reptiles and the closest relatives of the dinosaurs?
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22. The name of the 'atlas' moth, the largest moth, reflectsits size. What is the smallest called?
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23. What happens to the garden snail in winter?
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24. What name is given to the change insects undergo as they change from larvae to adults?
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25. When a snake has its tongue out, what is it likely to be doing?
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