Cave Insects

What sense have some cave insects lost?
1. Their touch
2. Their taste
3. Their sight
4. Their sense of humor
How long can a cave insect live?
1. 1 year
2. 100 years
3. 10 years
4. 50 years
Where do cave cockroaches live?
1. In the cave walls
2. In a condo
3. In lizard food
4. In bat guano
What is an arachnid?
1. A wingless, carnivorous arthropod . Including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy long legs.
2. A winged, carnivorous crab
3. A wingless ant with eight legs related to the spider.
4. A wingless, herbivore arthropod including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy long legs.
What is stored in the eye sockets of insects?
1. Fat
2. Eyes
3. Apples
4. Poison
What is the definition of the word "breed"?
1. To gather food
2. To live in
3. To reproduce by mating
4. To reproduce by eating
What bit of information is NOT given in the passage?
1. Guano is the feces of a bat
2. Scientists are still studying cave insects
3. Some cave insects and arachnids have empty eye sockets
4. Extremophiles live in harsh environments
About how many cockroaches are in a giant pile of guano?
1. Millions
2. One
3. Billions
4. Thousands
Cave insects had to ________ to life in a cave
1. Adapt
2. Camouflage
3. Grow bigger eyes
4. Subscribe
What does the Giant Cave cockroach occasionally eat?
1. An ice cream
2. Baby bats
3. Fish
4. Cave spiders