Insects – practice for Years 6–7

Sample questions on Insects with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject

Biology

Year

Years 6–7

Curriculum area

Animal biology

Question types: Insect metamorphosis

Sample questions

1. Question 1 Easy

   Which of these insects goes through incomplete metamorphosis (no pupa stage)?

   1. A) peacock butterfly
   2. B) ant
   3. C) housefly
   4. D) mosquito
   5. E) cockroach
   Show the solution

   Answer: E) cockroach

   How it works: peacock butterfly – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa); ant – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa); housefly – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa); mosquito – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa); cockroach – incomplete metamorphosis (no pupa)

2. Question 2 Normal

   Which of these insects goes through complete metamorphosis (egg – larva – pupa – adult)?

   1. A) mosquito
   2. B) mayfly
   3. C) grasshopper
   4. D) locust
   5. E) firebug
   Show the solution

   Answer: A) mosquito

   How it works: mosquito – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa); mayfly – incomplete metamorphosis (no pupa); grasshopper – incomplete metamorphosis (no pupa); locust – incomplete metamorphosis (no pupa); firebug – incomplete metamorphosis (no pupa)

3. Question 3 Hard

   Which of these insects goes through incomplete metamorphosis (no pupa stage)?

   1. A) peacock butterfly
   2. B) housefly
   3. C) mayfly
   4. D) mosquito
   5. E) seven-spot ladybird
   Show the solution

   Answer: C) mayfly

   How it works: peacock butterfly – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa); housefly – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa); mayfly – incomplete metamorphosis (no pupa); mosquito – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa); seven-spot ladybird – complete metamorphosis (with a pupa)

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