Sea-Side and Way-Side (Volume 2) - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1888. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... REVIEW QUESTIONS. I. THE ANT. 1. Describe an insect. 2. How are the wings of hook-winged insects fastened together in flight? 3. Describe an ant. 4. Describe queen ants, and worker ants. 5. What becomes of the queen ant's wings? 6. Tell me how an ant-hill is begun. 7. Describe an ant-hill. 8. Tell me how nurse ants take care of baby ants. 9. What can you say of soldier ants? 10. How do the ants make slaves? 11. What insect is called the "ant's cow "? 12. Tell me something about the ants and their cow. 13. How does the ant dress and cleanse its body? 14. What do you know about the farmer ants? 15. What kinds of food do ants eat? 16. How do ants eat? 17. Tell me how ants bury their dead. 18. What do you think about termites, or white ants, being of the same order as other ants? 19. What do you know about parasol ants? 20. Will you tell me how ants move from one hill to another? 21. What can you say of the march of an ant army? 22. What do you know about ant acid? 23. What is the opening into an ant-hill called? 24. Have ant-hills more than one gate? 25. What do you mean by a queen ant? 26. How do ants treat each other while they are at work? 27. What becomes of ants during winter, in cold countries? 28. Of what use are ants? 29. How can you study ants for yourselves? 30. How do ants carry things? II. THE EARTH-WORM. 1. To what family of creatures does the earth-worm belong? 2. What can you say about a ring-made creature? 3. How do the rings in a worm's body increase in number? 4. Has a worm any eyes, or ears, or nose? 5. Tell me about a worm's mouth. 6. What kind of food does he eat? 7. How does he eat his food? 8. What has he inside his body to help grind his food? 9. Tell me about the worm's veins. 10. Is a worm "alike at both ends "? 11. What has he at one end ...