Insect Trivia Quiz

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1. A bee could travel ________ miles on the energy it would obtain from 1 gallon of nectar. 

   

4 hundred

   

4 thousand

   

4 million

   

4 billion

 

             

2. A bee has _______ eyes

   

1

   

2

   

4

   

5

 

              

3. A bumble bee flaps its wings _______ times each second.

   

16

   

160

   

500

   

1000

 

              

4. A dragonfly can fly _______ mph.

   

25

   

50

   

60

   

100

 

              

5.  A flea is capable of jumping ________ in a single leap.

   

10 feet

   

3 feet

   

13 inches

   

6 inches

           

               

6.  A queen bee may lay over ________ eggs in a single day.

   

30

   

300

   

1000

   

3000

 

              

7.  An ant can lift over _____ times its own weight.

   

50

   

25

   

10

   

2

 

              

8. An ant can survive for _________ underwater.

   

1 hour

   

2 weeks

   

12 hours

   

12 weeks

 

             

 9. An average bee hive has about ________ bees in it.

   

5,000

   

10,000

   

20,000

   

50,000

 

               

10. Assuming that all offspring survived, ___________ flies could be produced in four months by the offspring of a single pair of flies.

   

190,000,000,000,000,000,000

1,000,000

   

5,000

   

100

             

            

11. The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the _______. 

   

squid

   

mouse

   

ant

   

human

 

             

12. Butterflies taste with their __________.

   

hind feet

   

tongues

   

antennae

   

bodies

 

             

 13. Cockroaches have lived on Earth for _______ years without changing in any way whatsoever.

   

100,000 

   

250,000,000

   

10,000

   

2,000,000,000

 

              

14. The average housefly lives for about __________.

   

2 weeks

   

2 days

   

2 months

   

2 years

 

             

 15. A caterpillar has more approximately _______ muscles.

   

20

   

200

   

2,000

   

20,000

           

               

16. _________ of the worlds food crops are fertilized by insects.

   

80

   

50

   

20

   

10

 

             

 17. There are about _________ species of insects known to man to date.

   

10,000

   

100,000

   

1,000,000

   

100,000,000

 

             

 18. Infant Beavers are called ________.

   

puppies

   

kittens

   

Beavetts

   

doe's

 

              

19. A woodpecker can peck _________ a minute.

   

12

   

120

   

1,200

   

12,000

 

              

 20. Queen termites may live for up to ________.

   

50 years

   

10 years

   

1 year

   

6 months



 


 
 
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