New York 2008 Statewide Summer ReadingProgram Quiz

Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELny Databases (www.novelnewyork.org)

Quiz 1

1. Caterpillars undergo a metamorphosis to become:

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a) Slugs
b) Beetles
c) Butterflies

2. Tadpoles also under go a transformation. What do they become?

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a) Crayfish
b) Turtles
c) Frogs

3. When they are babies, flies are not really flies but:

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a) Maggots
b) Teensies
c) Newbies

4. Carnivorous plants generally eat insects, but some types will also eat:

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a) Elephants
b) Lizards and frogs
c) Raw macaroni

Quiz 2

1. In a movie made in 1986, the actor Jeff Goldblum got changed into:

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a) An octopus
b) A giant ant
c) A fly

2. What was unusual about a spider web found in a Texas state park?

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a) It was made by several different species of spiders
b) It was a perfect square
c) It was made of Silly String

3. Animals known as "red efts" eventually transform into salamanders. Red efts are also called:

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a) Bonks
b) Newbies
c) Newts

4. A scientist who is engaged in studying insects is:

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a) An insectologist
b) An entomologist
c) An endophysicist

Quiz 3

1. What English bug-hunter discovered a new species of fly and named it after himself?

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a) John Breckinridge
b) Barry Yates
c) Timothy Horsefly

2. An article titled "Studying the See Monsters of the Deep" explains that the hagfish has similarities to the lamprey, but, unlike the lamprey, as it evolved it did not develop:

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a) Good vision
b) Flippers
c) A sense of taste

3. Green Goblin is the enemy of what bug-related movie and comic book hero?

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a) Spiderman
b) Superflea
c) The Winged Crusader

4. Termites are blind, so to help them decide what to eat, they use their sense of:

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a) Touch
b) Smell
c) Hearing

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