Going Buggy: Crickets

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  1. Visit Everyday Mysteries to learn how you can tell the temperature by listening to a cricket. Time the number of chirps you hear in 15 seconds and use the Cricket Chirp Converter to determine the temperature.

    2. Links to reference material:
    Everyday Mysteries
    Cricket Chirp Converter

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  2. How do crickets impact the ecosystem in a postive way?

    3. Links to reference material:
    Cricket Information

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  3. How does a cricket make music?

    4. Links to reference material:
    Insecta Inspecta World

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  4. What do crickets like to eat?

    5. Links to reference material:
    Insecta Inspecta World

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  5. Where is a cricket's eardrum?

    6. Links to reference material:
    Insecta Inspecta

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  6. How high are crickets able to jump in the air?

    7. Links to reference material:
    Insecta Inspecta World

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  7. Describe a cricket kick boxing contest.

    8. Links to reference material:
    Insecta Inspecta World

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  8. What is "Jing-Zhe" and what did it signal to Chinese farmers?

    9. Links to reference material:
    Chinese Cricket Culture

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