Ch 15 - Insects

A key feature that distinguishes insects from other arthropods is that its body has 3 distinct regions: ________________, ________________, ______________________?

• Mouth, eyes, legs

• Head, tail, toes

• Head, thorax, abdomen

Name the stages of the complete metamorphosis. _______, _______, _______, _________.

• Egg, larva, pupa, adult

• Adult, pupa larva, egg

• Pupa, larva, egg, adult

• Larva, egg, pupa, adult

Name the stages of gradual metamorphosis. _________________________, ___________________, _____________________.

• Nymph, egg, adult

• Egg, nymph, adult

The colors on the wings of butterflies and moths come from various patterns of colored _______________ attached to the wings.

• stripes

• scales

• spots

• Feathers

A good sign that your soil is healthy is if a large population of ____________________ are found in the soil?

• springtails

• aphids

• cutworms

• scales

______________________ feed on glues associated with paper and bookbinding.

• booklice

• Bacteria

• Bookworms

• Silverfish

Which of the following is NOT a prey of Dragonflies?

• other flying insects

• midges

• damselfly

• mosquitos

Which of the following insects builds pit-like depressions in sandy soil to trap and catch its prey?

• Mantids

• Antlions

• Silverfish

• Crane flies

______________ are native bees line their nests with mud and are available commercially for pollination?

• Honey bees

• Mason bees

• Leafcutter bees

• Bumble bees

_______________________ is the host plant for the monarch butterfly.

• Milkweed

• Clover

• Sunflower

• Daisy