Welcome to the Citybugs Online Contest for Oakland Middle Schools. There are 10 questions in this contest and you can find all of the answers to the questions in this web site - you just have to look around! Sometimes the answers will be in "Find Your Bug", sometimes in "All About Bugs", and maybe even some other places! After you answer all the questions, just click the SUBMIT button at the bottom to enter the contest.

If you answer the first five questions correctly, you will win a prize. If you answer all 10 questions correctly, you can win a field trip in May to UC Berkeley! There will be two winners from each teacher chosen to go on this field trip.

The contest only lasts for three weeks so start looking for the answers right away! You might want to print out the questions so you can write the answers down as you find them. Then you can fill out the answers online all at once. GOOD LUCK!

YOUR NAME: 

YOUR SCHOOL: 

YOUR SCIENCE TEACHER: 

Q1: What does an entomophage eat?

Leaves

Insects

Nectar

Cornflakes

Q2: What is the Scientific name (the 'Order') for fleas? 

Q3: Which of the following scientists studies insects?

Marine Biologist

Paleontologist

Botanist

Entomologist

Zoologist

Q4: You find an INSECT that is RED and has only TWO WINGS. You find it in a dry desert area and after reading about it discover there are about 400 species in California. What insect is it?

Scientific Name

Common Name: 

Q5: The legs of an insect are all attached to the same body part. What is that body part called?

Abdomen

Antenna

Head

Thorax

Wing

You can stop the contest here, and if you answered all of the first five questions correctly, you will win a prize. Just scroll to the bottom of this page and click the submit button to finish.

OR - you can answer the next five questions and try to also win the field trip. GOOD LUCK!

Q6a: Describe what it means if an insect experiences COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS.

Q6b: What is the common name of an insect that has INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS?

Q7: What is the name of this butterfly? 

Scientific Name

Common Name

Q8: There is a beetle called Coccinellidae that is a predatory insect. What does it mean for this beetle to be predatory and what does it prey upon?

Q9: What are the common names of three insects you would find near a stream or pond?

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2.

3.

Q10a: Usually, when someone wants to kill the bugs that are eating up their plants, they spray a pesticide on the plant. But sometimes, biologists can use another bug to get rid of the plant-eating bug instead of using the pesticide. What is this process called?

Q10b: Name one good thing (advantage) about using this process, and one bad thing (disadvantage).