Under the Leaves: teacher key

Bugs That Clean Up, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Look under old leaves and logs. Millipedes eat rotting leaves, springtails eat rotting plants, termites eat wood and dung beetles lay eggs in dung.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where does a millipede hide?
   • Under leaves, logs and stones (answer)
   • In the sun
   • In the sea
2. What do worker termites eat?
   • Sand
   • Ice
   • Wood (answer)
3. What do leafcutter ants eat?
   • The leaves
   • The fungus (answer)
   • Stones
4. Where do some dung beetles lay their eggs?
   • In a log
   • In the dung (answer)
   • In the sky
5. A pile of old leaves is on the ground. Which bug might eat bits of it?
   • A bee
   • A bird
   • A millipede (answer)

Words

• millipede: many-legged bug
• termites: wood-eating bugs
• fungus: food ants grow
• compost: dark brown dirt