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A Quiz To Test Your Caterpillar Knowledge
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about Caterpillars. Caterpillars live an interesting life -- their sole purpose is to consume as much food as they can, before they turn into butterflies. What do you about their journey from egg to caterpillar to butterfly? Answer the following multiple choice questions and then see your score. Better yet, stump your family and friends by asking them to take this quiz.
1. What does a caterpillar do with its eggshell?
It eats it.
It abandons it.
It uses it as shelter.
2. How many body sections to caterpillars have?
One
Two
Three
Four
3. How does a caterpillar start off life?
An egg.
A pupa.
A chrysalis
A larvae
4. How many times does a caterpillar molt?
Two
Three
Four
Five
5. What happens to the caterpillar when it forms a chrysalis?
It feeds on leaves
It hibernates
It turns the food it has eaten into fuel
It pupates
6. How many legs does a caterpillar have?
Two
Four
Six
Eight
7. Through what does a caterpillar breathe?
Setae
Antennae
Spiracles
Lungs
8. There are 3 stages in the butterfly life cycle.
True
False
9. What is the name of the hook with which the caterpillar attaches itself to a leaf called?
An enclose
A cremaster
A cocoon
A chrysalis
10. What does the caterpillar break itself down to inside the chrysalis?
Waste matter
Prokaryotic cells
Imaginal cells
Eukaryotic cells
11. A caterpillar's complete transformation known as holometaboism.
True
False
12. What happens to the caterpillar after he turns in to a pupa?
It turns into a butterfly
It turns into a larvae
It turns into a chrysalis
13. Caterpillars feed on nectar from flowers.
True
False
14. How many eyes do caterpillars have?
Two
Four
Eight
Twelve
15. Caterpillars use two pair of antennae to find food.
True
False
16. To keep them safe from predators, caterpillars use:
Colorful markings
Camouflage
Poisons
All of the above