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 * Eat em' Up Tigers...Eat em' Up!!! **

Our Detroit Tigers are in the Playoffs! Use your navigational skills to answer these questions about some history of our Tigers. This time though, you will have to search for the answers...NO LINKS are given! Good Luck and Go Tigers!!




 * ARE YOU "ITCHING" TO LEARN ABOUT ANTS? **

Have a fascination with insects??? Open your mind to a learning invasion! You'll find ants all over the Internet... so learning about ants as easy as attracting them! A series of scavenger hunt questions follows. The answers to those questions will reveal many interesting facts about ants... Like ants, the questions cover a lot of ground. Some questions are more difficult, or require more online reading, to answer than others do. Do your best and see if you have all the right ANT-swers!

The Stud-ANTS go Marching ...Hurrah! Hurrah!

Click on this file if you want to print out each question. Good Luck Exploring! 

Use the following links to help you answer all of your questions on the handout.  **THE "STUD-ANTS" GO MARCHING...**  **HURRAH! HURRAH!** Source: Entomology for Beginners || Source: Trek Nature || Source: [|Gordon's Ant Page] || Source: Life and Habits of Ants || Source: Insect Mandibles || Source: [|Fire Ants] || Source: Insect Mandibles || Source: [|Imported Fire Ants and Biology] || Source: Anteater: Digging Up Ants and Termites || Source: Leaf-Cutter Ants: They're Real Cut-Ups || Source: Army Ants || Source: Florida Agricultural Information || Source: Army Ants || Source: Odorous House Ant || Source: How Stuff Works: Ant || Source: Ants || Source: Odorous Ants || Source: Imported Fire Ants || Source: How Stuff Works: Ant || Source: How Stuff Works: Ant || Source: Leaf-Cutter Ants || Source: How Stuff Works: Ant || Source: No Ants My Doggy || Source: Pest Library || Source: How Stuff Works: Ant || Source: Army Ants || Source: Fire Ants || Source: Insect Mandibles || Source: [|Leafcutter Ants] || Source: Gordon's Ant Page || Source: Ants || Source: Ants || Source: Ant Control || Source: How Stuff Works: Ant || Source: How Stuff Works: Ant ||
 * 1. Learn about the different parts of an insect's body by clicking on the drawing. Name three parts of an insect's body.
 * 2. What kind of ant is pictured on this Trek Nature page?
 * 3. About how many different kinds (or species) of ants can be found in the world? Choose the correct answer: 80 (eighty) 800 (eight hundred) 8,000 (eight thousand)
 * 4. What are the three main jobs of worker ants?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5. Tell about two of the ways in which an ant uses its jaw, or //mandible//.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. How many fire ants might live in one colony? Choose the correct answer: 200 (two hundred) 2,000 (two thousand) 200,000 (two hundred thousand)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. How are ants' jaws different from people's jaws? (Hint: The answer is in how they move!)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8. How tall might the nest of an imported fire ant be?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9. How many ants can a giant anteater eat in a day? Choose the correct answer: 3,000 (three thousand) 30,000 (thirty thousand) 300,000 (three hundred thousand)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10. Why are leaf-cutter ants also known as parasol ants?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11. What do army ants eat?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">12. Draw a picture of a carpenter ant.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">13. Do army ants find food by smell or by sight?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">14. One of the most common species of ants is called the "odorous house ant." How does that ant get its name?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">15. Ants come in many colors. Do they come in yellow and purple and green?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">16. How many ant species are there in the world?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">17. How many eggs does a female odorous house ant lay each day?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">18. How can you tell the difference between a native fire ant and an imported fire ant?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">19. How does the size of an anthill relate to conditions inside the nest?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">20. How do worker ants lead other workers away from danger or to a source of food?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">21. Do leaf-cutter ants eat leaves? Explain your answer.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">22. Name three things that an ant's antennae enable it to do.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">23. A special dog dish has been invented so ants won't get into a dog's food. How does this dish prevent ant infestation?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">24. Why are "large yellow ants" sometimes called citronella ants?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">25. How do ants clean their antennae?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">26. Army ants often travel in moving columns. What's the longest column of army ants ever seen?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">27. Through which port city did harmful fire ants from Mexico first enter the United States?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">28. Ants have two sets of jaws. What do they use their second set of jaws -- called maxillae -- for?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">29. Put the list of leafcutter ants below in order from smallest to largest. soldier leafcutter ant queen leaf-cutter ant worker leaf-cutter ant
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">30. How long have ants lived on Earth?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">31. Which worker ant lives the longest life -- the carpenter ant, the fire ant, or the odorous house ant?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">32. When some ant species bite, they are able to make their bite seem doubly painful. How do they do that?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">33. Does the carpenter ant eat wood like a termite does?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">34. Things can be very difficult for a queen leafcutter ant that is starting a new colony. What might she use as a source of food in the first days of a new colony?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">35. Do ants make sounds? If so, what kind of sounds do they make?