WONDER #1188: How Do Crickets Talk?

Question 1 of 3

The chirping sound a cricket makes when it rubs its upper and lower parts of its wings together is called what?

1. stridulating
2. chirping
3. cricketing
4. rubbing

Question 2 of 3

The relationship between cricket chirps and temperature is known as what?

1. chirperature
2. Dolbear’s Law
3. Daubert Syndrome
4. temperaturism

Question 3 of 3

If you hear a Snow Tree cricket chirp 35 times in 14 seconds on a warm summer evening, the approximate temperature is what?

1. 90° F
2. 65° F
3. 75° F
4. 70° F

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