The Internet Ant Scavenger
Hunt
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1. Learn about the different parts of an insect's body by
clicking on the drawing. Name three parts of an insect's body. |
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2. What kind of ant is pictured on Morten's WWW page? |
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3. About how many different kinds (or species) of ants can
be found in the world? Choose the correct answer: 80 (eighty) 800 (eight
hundred) 8,000 (eight thousand) |
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4. What are the three main jobs of worker ants? |
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5. Tell about two of the ways in which an ant uses its
jaw, or mandible. |
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6. How many fire ants might live in one colony? Choose the
correct answer: 200 (two hundred) 2,000 (two thousand) 200,000 (two hundred
thousand) |
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7. How are ants' jaws different from people's jaws? (Hint:
The answer is in how they move!) |
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8. How tall might the nest of an imported fire ant be? |
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9. How many ants can an anteater eat in a day? Choose the
correct answer: 3,000 (three thousand) 30,000 (thirty thousand) 300,000
(three hundred thousand) |
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10. Why are leaf-cutter ants also known as parasol ants? |
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11. What do army ants eat? |
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12. Draw a picture of a carpenter ant. |
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13. Do army ants find food by smell or by sight? |
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14. One of the most common species of ants is called the
"odorous house ant." How does that ant get its name? |
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15. Ants come in many colors. Do they come in yellow and
purple and green? |
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16. How many ants are there in the world for every person?
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17. How many eggs does a female odorous house ant lay each
day? |
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18. How can you tell the difference between a native fire
ant and an imported fire ant? |
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19. How does the size of an anthill relate to conditions
inside the nest? |
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20. How do worker ants lead other workers away from danger
or to a source of food? |
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21. Do leaf-cutter ants eat leaves? Explain your answer. |
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22. Name three things that an ant's antennae enable it to
do. |
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23. A special dog dish has been invented so ants won't get
into a dog's food. How does this dish prevent ant infestation? |
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24. Why are "large yellow ants" sometimes called
citronella ants? |
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25. How do ants clean their antennae? |
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26. Army ants often travel in moving columns. What's the
longest column of army ants ever seen? |
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27. Through which port city did harmful fire ants from
Mexico first enter the United States? |
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28. Ants have two sets of jaws. What do they use their
second set of jaws -- called maxillae -- for? |
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29. Put the list of leafcutter ants below in order from
smallest to largest. soldier leafcutter ant queen leaf-cutter ant worker
leaf-cutter ant |
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30. How long have ants lived on Earth? |
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31. Which worker ant lives the longest life -- the
carpenter ant, the fire ant, or the odorous house ant? |
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32. When some ant species bite, they are able to make
their bite seem doubly painful. How do they do that? |
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33. Does the carpenter ant eat wood like a termite does? |
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34. Things can be very difficult for a queen leafcutter
ant that is starting a new colony. What might she use as a source of food in
the first days of a new colony? |
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35. Do ants make sounds? If so, what kind of sounds do
they make? |