MEALWORM TEST - ONLINE VERSION

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Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.

Read the following experiment and select TWO things that are wrong according to the 8 points of a good experiment:

Mr. Lawrence decided to see if mealworms like high places. He put his mealworms on a book and raised it six feet above the floor. This was done 42 times with different worms. Each time except twice the mealworm crawled around until if fell off the book onto the floor. It took from 10 seconds to 22 seconds for this to happen. The two mealworms that did not fall of just sat on the book and didn’t move. Mr. Lawrence’s conclusion was that mealworms do not like heights.

a.	The mealworms didn’t have a choice	c.	Mr. Lawrence could have hurt the mealworms
b.	Mr. Lawrence did not control the environment	d.	Mr. Lawrence did not keep records

Read the following experiment and select TWO things that are wrong according to the 8 points of a good experiment:

Mrs. Carey wanted to know if mealworms went toward walls. She made the walls by putting little boxes in a circle with spaces between them. A mealworm was dropped in the middle and a pencil mark was made at the spot where the mealworm touched a box or went out between the boxes. Mrs. Carey did this experiment 83 times and 42 times the mealworm went to a box. Mrs. Carey concluded that mealworms go toward walls.

a.	Mrs. Carey’s conclusion does not match her results	c.	Mrs. Carey could have hurt the mealworms by dropping them
b.	Mrs. Carey did not gather all her equipment	d.	Mrs. Carey did not do enough trials

Which of the following 8 points of a good experiment are CORRECT?

a.	A scientist designs an experiment so the animal will not be hurt	e.	A scientist give an animal a choice in an experiment
b.	A scientist keeps record by writing notes and making drawings or charts	f.	A scientist controls the environment so only one this will be tested
c.	A scientist should conduct some research before beginning the experiment	g.	There must be many trials
d.	A scientst will collect all equipment needed for the experiment	h.	A scientist writes a conclusion that matches the results

Select the three MAIN parts of the mealworm from this list:

Matching

a.	spine	e.	antenna
b.	abdomen	f.	larval eye
c.	throax	g.	claw
d.	head	h.	leg

Part A is the _____

Part D is the _____

Part E is the _____

Part H is the _____

Part F is the _____

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Part B is the _____

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Part G is the _____

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Part C is the _____

a.	an inactive state in the development of many insects, including mealworms	d.	the first stage in a mealworm’s life cycle
b.	an immature feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphasis	e.	a complete change from egg to adult
c.	the organized process used by scientists to conduct scientific investigations	f.	a pattern of devlopment in which many insects pass through four distinct stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult

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egg

14.

scientific method

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larva

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life cycle

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metamorphisis

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pupa

Other

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On a piece of paper draw the life cycle of the mealworm. Then, when the computer grades your test, compare your drawing to the one that will come up and see how you did!!

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

20.

Mealworms eat:

a.	all of these	c.	Potatoes
b.	Meat scraps	d.	Grain

21.

Mealworms eventually turn into a _____

a.	Beetle	c.	Ladybug
b.	Fly	d.	Butterfly

22.

What conditions are most important for a mealworm to develop through it’s four stages?

a.	Heat and water	c.	Food and darkness
b.	Food and water	d.	Heat and food

23.

It takes approximately ___ weeks for a mealworm egg to hatch

a.	1 week	c.	3 weeks
b.	2 weeks	d.	4 weeks

24.

After the mealworm sheds it’s skin for the final time it is _____ in color

a.	Browish-yellow	c.	Black
b.	Gray	d.	White