The Science Project: The Amazing Ants
For the science project, our group has chosen ____ special insects.
They are very ____
They are as old as the ____
They appear ____ Aesop’s stories.
They use a ____ chemical to communicate.
Can ____ guess what they are?
Yes, the answer is ____
We want to share with ____ what we have learned about these insects.
How Many Ants Are on Earth?
____ often see ants come out of nowhere.
Like humans, they live almost everywhere in the world, except a few extremely cold places including ____
As of 2018, there were over 7 ____ people on Earth.
Then, how about ____
According to scientists, there ____ about one million ants for every human in the world.
Though each ant hardly weighs anything, one million ants are as heavy ____ a human being weighing about 62 kilograms.
What Is the Ant Society Like?
Ants live in colonies which have lots ____ residents living together.
Within a colony, there are usually three ____ types of ants.
There is the queen, and what she does her entire life ____ lay eggs.
The second type of ant is the male that helps the queen produce these ____
The third type of ant is ____ worker.
Worker ants are all female and do very important jobs, like caring for ____ defending the colony, and collecting food.
How Do Ants Communicate?
Though ants do ____ speak like humans, they actually have a “language.”
Ants produce a chemical called a pheromone to ____ with one another.
By using the ____ they can exchange information about food or danger.
Ants also use touch ____ communication.
For example, if ____ ant finds food, it passes on the good news by rubbing its body on its neighbor.
Since an ant has legs covered ____ very sensitive hairs, it can sense even the smallest touch.
FUN FACTS ABOUT ANTS
Some queen ants ____ up to 30 years.
Some ants ____ carry things that are 50 times their own body weight.
Ants do not have lungs but breathe through ____ holes in their bodies
An ant has ____ stomachs.
One stomach holds food for itself, and the other holds ____ to share with others.
Most ____ can swim and live 24 hours underwater.