Article: Caterpillars have many different forms, but most of the ones you'll see crawling around in the wild will have the same general shape. Beware that it's easy to get caterpillars confused with worms, so look for the small segments on the body to tell the insects apart. There are many different species of caterpillar, and they can range in length and width. All caterpillars will have the same body parts. Look for a head, which will have a pair of jaws for eating plants, a thorax, which contains most of the caterpillar's legs, and a long abdomen, which can also have a few sets of legs. If you're having trouble identifying these parts, look at the caterpillar under a magnifying glass for a closer view. If you're not sure whether you're looking at a caterpillar, check by counting the insect's legs. There should be 3 sets of 2, or 6 total legs, on the thorax, which is right behind the head. Look for up to 4 extra sets of legs at the middle and end of the caterpillar's abdomen. The caterpillar will sometimes lose the legs on its abdomen before forming a cocoon, so it's best to rely on the thorax legs to confirm whether an insect is a caterpillar or not. Usually, caterpillars will live near or on the plants that they eat. When you find a caterpillar, try to identify the plants around it, and observe as it eats the leaves, flowers, or even fruit in its habitat. These can give you a better idea of what species of caterpillar you're looking at. For example, Monarch butterfly caterpillars tend to live on and eat milkweed. In contrast, centipedes, millipedes, and worms tend to live in the dirt, under rocks, or in rotting wood.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Look for an insect with a long, tube-shaped body in small, rounded segments. Identify the 3 major segments of the caterpillar's body. Count the number of legs on the thorax. Watch the insect to see where it lives and what it's eating.
Article: Abstract reasoning test questions generally feature a series of patterns or shapes that are all related. Start each question simply by taking inventory of the building blocks of the pattern. Look for predictable changes from one image to the next, taking note of things like: The number of shapes The size of the shapes The number of sides each shape has The shading of each shape The orientation of each shape The patterns in an abstract reasoning test are dictated by a set of rules or relationships. Once you've taken notice of the shapes within a pattern, start looking for the rules that dictate how these shapes change. The items that you noted when evaluating the pattern will often relate to the change in the shapes. For example, the pattern may dictate that the biggest shape in an image has two more sides than the previous image. So the first image may show a triangle, while the second will show a pentagon. Depending on the level of test you are taking, the pattern may have more than one rule governing it. Evaluate each part of the pattern carefully to see if there are multiple rules. Always be prepared for the chance that a pattern may have more than one rule. Once you've figured out the rule for the pattern, pick the answer that should come next in the pattern sequence. Be sure to look at each answer option carefully, since they are typically designed to look similar. For example, if each shape in a pattern has two more sides than the previous shape, your test may show a triangle, a pentagon, and a septagon. The answer you would choose, then, would be a nonagon, or a polygon with nine sides.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Evaluate the pattern or shape. Look for the pattern rules or relationships. Choose the answer that should come next in the pattern.