All About Insects
Directions: Read this passage about insects, then answer the questions.
Facts About Insects
Most animals on Earth are insects. There are about 1,250,000
species of animals and about one million are insects. That is 80 percent
of all animals. Insects have been on Earth for a very long time. Fossils
show that insects were here 350 million years ago.
Insects have three body parts, two antennae, and six jointed legs.
Most adult insects have wings. Flies only have two wings. All other
insects with wings have four. All wings and legs are attached to the
thorax body part. All insects are covered by an exoskeleton, a skeleton
covering the outside of their bodies like armor. When an insect sheds
this covering it is called molting.
Parts of an Insect
1. There are about ________ species of animals and about ____
million are insects.
2. How many year have insects been on the planet?
3. Insects have _______ body parts, ______antennae, and
4. Most adult insects have ________.
5. All insects are covered by an _________________.