Year of Beetle Pre-Test (AIT Credit)

Enter your name and email address at the top of the form. Answer all the questions. Click "Submit" to send your test to Brian Bockhahn, brian.bockhahn@ncparks.gov. An EE form with 4 hours will be sent back to you.

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To answer the questions please refer to the Year of Beetles page. DPR employees can also refer to Beetles of Eastern North America by Arthur V. Evans from the 2021 Year of Beetles resource box.

1. Approximately how many species of beetles are there? What percentage of insects are beetles? *

2. What does Coleoptera mean? *

3. What is the name of the unique wing structure beetles have that no other insect has? *

4. Do beetles go through complete or incomplete metamorphosis? Explain. *

5. For feeding, all beetles have ______ mouthparts. *

6. Beetles and other insects can make sounds by rubbing body parts together for communication. What is this known as? *

7. Name two families of beetles that use unique communication. Explain. *

8. How many endangered species of beetles are found in North Carolina? *

9. Name two ways beetles are beneficial. Explain. *

10. What is the strongest animal in the world? *

11. What is the fastest insect in the world? *

12. Pick two families of beetles and explain their unique defense mechanisms. *

13. Cockroaches often get confused as beetles. How would you explain the difference? *

14. Name an invasive species of beetle in North Carolina and explain its detriment. *

15. How does the dung beetle life cycle work? What astronomical phenomenon do they follow? *

16. Name two of the best ways to ID beetles. *

17. Is it true if you count a lady beetle’s spots you can estimate its age? Explain. *

18. What is the light that most fireflies produce called? Is it hot or cold? Why do they produce light? *

19. How do aquatic beetles swim and dive? Give a family example? *

20. Are glowworms beetles? Explain. *

21. Name two places in the world where beetles do not exist. *

22. Visit the Tiger Beetles of North Carolina website. List one species that may occur in your park/county and one species that could be added to your park/county. *

Tiger Beetles of North Carolina

23. Beetles are amazing. If you could be a beetle, what type would it be and why? *

24. How will your park support the Year of Beetles? *

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Year of Beetle Pre-Test (AIT Credit)