Small Invertebrate Animals: Insects Quiz - Part One

This question multiple choice quiz tests your knowledge of insects, small invertebrate animals of a large class. Are you ready? Have fun!

Insects: small invertebrate animals of a large class. How much do you know about them? Discover them and their interesting world. Enjoy and answer as many of the twenty-three questions related to insects as you can. When you are done, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check to see how many answers you got correct.

1 - Insects have -------------- legs

a) Two (one on each side of the body)

b) Four (two on each side of the body)

c) Six (three on each side of the body)

d) Eight (four on each side of the body)

2 - The main body sections of an insect are:

a) Head, tail

b) Head, thorax, abdomen

c) Head, thorax, tail

d) Head, abdomen

3 -The insect skeleton is called

a) Armor

b) Shell

c) Exoskeleton

d) Endoskeleton

4 - Is it true that insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies?

a) True

b) False

5 - Is it true that insects use their antennae most for senses?

a) True

b) False

6 - What senses are included in the antennae?

a) Touch, sensitivity to heat and cold, vibration, air motion, olfactory and gustation

b) Touch, sensitivity to heat and cold, vibration, air motion

c) Touch, sensitivity to heat and cold, vibration

d) Touch, sensitivity to heat and cold

7 - Is it true that an insect always has one pair of antennae?

a) True

b) False

8 - Insects use ________to get oxygen

a) Lungs

b) Gills

c) Air sacs

d) Spiracles

9 - The most beneficial insect known to man is

a) Ant

b) Butterfly

c) Praying mantis

d) Honeybee

10 - What is the most dangerous insect pest in the world?

a) Ant

b) Killer bee

c) Mosquito

d) Fly

11 - Insects make up approximately ___________ percent of the total number of animals on Earth.

a) 50 percent

b) 70 percent

c) 80 percent

Small invertebrate animals: insects quiz answers

1 - a) Six (three on each side of the body)
2 - b) Head, thorax, abdomen
3 - c) Exoskeleton
4 - a) True
5 - a) True
6 - a) Touch, sensitivity to heat and cold, vibration, air motion, olfactory and gustation
7 - a) True
8 - d) Spiracles
9 - d) Honeybee
10 - c) Mosquito
11 - c) 80 percent

source: http://insects.about.com/

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