KIDS QUIZ
INSECTS AND BUGS
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Question
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They speak like people.
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They use their antennae.
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They can read minds.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ants use antennae to notice scents in the air, touch other ants, tap the ground, and check out pieces of food. See how useful antennae are for ants?
Detailed explanation-2: -Scent (Pheromones) The most important way that ants communicate with other colony members is through unique chemicals called pheromones. Using their antenna to “smell” the pheromones, ants can communicate everything from colony activity to where food is located.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ant antennae are elbow-shaped and divided into segments. The second character used to distinguish ant species is the antenna. Count antennal segments beginning with the scape, the longest segment. The last 2 or 3 segments may be enlarged, forming a club.
Detailed explanation-4: -You can shout at an ant and it doesn’t seem to notice. Yet many ant species communicate by means of squeaking sounds from a stridulatory organ on the ant’s body, consisting of a washboard-like set of ridges and a scraper. The squeaking sounds are usually very faint but they pervade the colonies.