Insects 3

Question 1

What is the first stage of a complete metamorphosis called?

Answer 1

egg

Question 2

What is phase 2 of a complete metamorphosis called?

Answer 2

larva

Question 3

What is phase 4 of a complete metamorphosis called?

Answer 3

adult

Question 4

What is phase 3 of a complete metamorphosis called?

Answer 4

pupa

Question 5

What is it called when animals or insects shed old feathers, hair, skin, or shells to make way for new growth?

Answer 5

molting

Question 6

What insect is named for the way it holds its two front legs together?

Answer 6

praying mantis

Question 7

What is the process in which some insects or animals change drastically between egg and adult called?

Answer 7

metamorphosis

Question 8

What are the larvae of butterflies and moths called?

Answer 8

caterpillars

Question 9

What are the larvae of beetles called?

Answer 9

grubs

Question 10

What are the larvae of flies called?

Answer 10

maggots

Question 11

What is a butterflies cocoon called?

Answer 11

a chrysalis

Question 12

When an organism goes through a metamorphosis that is only 3 stages- egg, nymph, adult, what is it called?

Answer 12

incomplete metamorphosis

Question 13

What is the stage in an incomplete metamorphosis where the organism is a smaller version of the adult?

Answer 13

nymph

Question 14

What is the outside skeleton of an insect called?

Answer 14

exoskeleton

Question 15

What insect has the longest life cycle of any insect?

Answer 15

cicada