Grasshopper Dissection

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of the Phylum Arthropoda?

• largest phylum

• jointed appendages

• segmented body

• exoskelton

• calcium carbonate skeleton

Multiple Choice

How many body regions do insects have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

How many pairs of legs do insects have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

How many pairs of antennae?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Match

Match the following.

• labrum

• mandibles

• maxilla

• labium

holds food

chewing

chewing and tasting

holding food while chewing

• holds food

• chewing

• chewing and tasting

• holding food while chewing

Multiple Choice

Which of the following senses matches with the tympanum?

• smell

• sight

• sound

• touch

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pairs of legs is associated with jumping?

• front

• middle

• hind

Multiple Choice

What function do the spiracles carry out for the grasshopper?

• spinning silk

• breathing

• chewing

• reproduction

Multiple Choice

The ovipositor is found in which of the following sexes?

• male

• female

Match

Match the following

• esophagus

• rectum

• malpighian tubules

• ovaries

• testes

swallowing

storing waste

excretion

producing eggs

producing sperm

• swallowing

• storing waste

• excretion

• producing eggs

• producing sperm

Multiple Choice

Which region of the

insect's body is specialized for sensory functions?

• Head

• Thorax

• Abdomen

• Wings

Multiple Choice

Which region of the insect's body is specialized for movement?

• Head

• Thorax

• Abdomen

• Wings

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of compound eyes?

• detecting motion

• able to focus

• making a visual picture

• detecting UV light

Multiple Choice

How does the tympanic

membrane help a grasshopper?

• Detect Sound

• Jumping

• Detecting Light

• Detecting Motion

Multiple Choice

What system do spiracles open into on a grasshopper?

• Respiratory System

• Reproductive System

• Digestive System

• Circulatory System

Multiple Choice

How did you determine the gender of your grasshopper?

• Females are larger than males.

• Females are smaller than males

Multiple Choice

Grasshopper is in what Class

• Insecta

• Animalia

• Orthoptera

• Anthropoda

Multiple Choice

Grasshopper is in what Kingdom

• Insecta

• Animalia

• Orthoptera

• Arthropoda

Multiple Choice

Grasshopper is in what Phylum

• Insecta
• Animalia
• Orthoptera
• Arthropoda

Multiple Choice

Insects body is divided into 3 parts they are....

• Head, Thorax, Abdomen

• Head, Middle, Tail

• Anterior, Thorax, Posterior

• Front, Middle, End

Multiple Choice

Grinds food with chittinous plates

• Crop

• Gizzard

• Midgut

• Hind Gut

Multiple Choice

Produces saliva to moisten food

• Mouth

• Gastric Ceca

• Salivary Glands

• Intestines

Multiple Choice

Stores food

• Crop

• Gizzard

• Midgut

• Hind Gut

Multiple Choice

Passageway for digested waste from the intestine to the anus

• Anus

• Rectum

• Intestine

• Salivary Gland

Multiple Choice

External opening; removes waste from the organism

• Anus

• Crop

• Gizzard

• Rectum

Multiple Choice

First part of the digestive system that takes food in

• Anus

• Rectum

• Mouth

• Salivary Glands

Multiple Choice

Tube between the mouth and crop

• Crop

• Gizzard

• Esophagus

• Mouth

Multiple Choice

Removes chemical waste from the blood

• Labium

• Labrum

• Malpighian Tubes

• Dorsal Blood Vessel

Multiple Choice

Sense touch and odors

• Compound Eyes

• Simple Eyes

• Antennae

• Spiracles

Multiple Choice

An insects body is covered in a

• Labium

• Labrum

• Exoskeleton

• Spiracles

Multiple Choice

Insects breathe through holes located along the sides of the body called

• Exoskeleton

• Antennae

• Spiracles

• Tympanum

Multiple Choice

Made up of many hexagonal lenses; can see shape, color, movement, and tell distance

• Compound Eye

• Simple Eye

• Spiracles

• Antennae

Multiple Choice

Used for flying

• Walking Legs

• Jumping Legs

• Wings

• Coxa

Multiple Choice

Thin, translucent glycoprotein-rich sheet stretched over a cavity (like an ear)

• Trochanter

• Tibia

• Coxa

• Tympanum

Multiple Choice

Long, hindmost pair of grasshoppers 6 legs

• Walking Legs

• Jumping Legs

• Wings

• Antennae

Multiple Choice

Organ used by some animals for the laying of eggs

• Coxa

• Mesothorax

• Ovipositor

• Trochanter