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1. When butterflies emerge from their chrysalis, they hang upside down for a time. Why is this? This is the direction they develop and they must readjust. They are strengthening their legs before they leave home. They are still too vulnerable to go to far from the chrysalis opening. They are taking advantage of gravity.

2. Where is the tympanum or ‘eardrum’ located on a cricket? on the head on the antennae on the leg in the abdomen

3. What is the hard purse-like egg container that a cockroach produces called? Realia Nastia oothovule dimorphism Ootheca

4. The tarantula hawk is the world's largest known wasp. What is the reason behind its name? They have large hairy bodies that resemble the tarantula. The females use spiders to hatch their eggs. They are a tarantula's favorite meal. They are from the same family as the tarantula.

5. What is the purpose of a proboscis? to land with to flex their wings to feed move their antennae

6. Bedbugs are an actual insect, not just a children's myth. True False

7. Honeypot ants have a special behavior that helps them survive in very dry areas. Which of these is it? They dig small ‘wells’ to collect and store water during the rains. They live in the trees and take fluids from the leaves. They dig their colonies under the sides of small lakes. Part of the colony is used as living vases.

8. Some insects have gills to breathe under water like a fish. True False

9. Which of these insects did the ancient Egyptians compare to their sun god, Ra? glowworm demosis beetle scarab beetle locust

10. Some insects, such as butterflies, go through complete metamorphosis. Other insects, such as dragonflies, go through incomplete metamorphosis. Which statement about the two types of metamorphosis is true? In incomplete metamorphosis the insect hatches looking just as the adults do. Incomplete metamorphosis occurs entirely during the larval period. Complete metamorphosis usually involves several molts. After each molt the wing buds develop further. Complete metamorphosis occurs more quickly than incomplete.