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Comparing Distinguishing Characteristics of Pests

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When insects are worms or caterpillars, what is their stage of development?

a)

Adult

b)

Egg

c)

Fly

d)

Larva

2.

Joey knows butterflies cause little or no damage to his plants. The basis for his opinion is most likely because butterflies have what type of mouthparts?

a)

Chewing

b)

Siphoning

c)

Piercing-sucking

d)

Rasping-sucking

3.

Marcel notices that the leaves of his bedding plants have been damaged by chewing insects. Which insects aremost likely responsible for the damage?

a)

Grasshoppers

b)

Butterflies

c)

Thrips

d)

Aphids

4.

Jana finds insects on her bedding plants. She knows they are insects because of their:

a)

single body region and eight legs.

b)

four body regions and twenty legs

c)

three body regions and six legs.

d)

multiple body regions and hundred legs.

5.

Insects with toothed jaws that bite and tear their food have what type of mouth parts?

a)

Grinding

b)

Multiple

c)

Sucking

d)

Chewing

6.

Melanie finds aphids on her plant. She ismost concerned the aphids will damage her plants by:

a)

piercing and sucking.

b)

chewing.

c)

rasping and sucking.

d)

sponging.

7.

Which stage of development is most likely missing when an insect goes through incomplete metamorphosis?

a)

Pupa

b)

Adult

c)

Nymph

d)

Egg

8.

Insects can be distinguished from spiders because insects have:

a)

no wings

b)

6 legs

c)

2 body section

d)

8 legs

9.

A sponging-type insect most likely damages a plant by:

a)

carrying diseases from other plants.

b)

rasping the leaves and sucking sap from the plant.

c)

piercing the leaves and sucking sap from the plant.

d)

chewing on the leaves.

10.

After Paula smoked a cigarette during her break at work, her boss made sure she washed her hands before handling the tomato plants. What could she spread to the tomato plants?

a)

Damping-off

b)

Mosaic virus

c)

Leaf spot

d)

Mildew

11.

Rosa found distorted patterns of mottled colors—dark green, light green, yellow, and white—on the young leaves of her plants. This condition, caused by viruses, is called:

a)

damping-off.

b)

smut.

c)

canker.

d)

mosaic.

12.

Star notices that his plants have quickly turned brown and look as though they had been burned. What disease is most likely causing this problem?

a)

Bacterial blight

b)

Leaf spot

c)

Damping-off

d)

Mildew

13.

Samantha learns that for a plant to contract a disease it must have:

a)

dry soil.

b)

an ailment.

c)

a pathogen.

d)

an insect problem.

14.

What symptoms does Pam see if her seedlings have a damping-off problem?

a)

Rusty growth on upper leaf surface of seedlings

b)

Circular black spots on upper leaf surface

c)

White coating on plant leaves

d)

Seedlings rotting off at soil level

15.

Diseases are common with horticultural crops because most plants are grown in highly moist conditions and at warm temperatures that make a favorable:

a)

genetics.

b)

acidity.

c)

repellent.

d)

environment.

16.

Viral, fungal, and bacterial describe the origin for types of:

a)

germination.

b)

diseases.

c)

pollination.

d)

plants.

17.

Noah learns that tobacco mosaic virus can also attack:

a)

tomatoes.

b)

rubber plants.

c)

radishes.

d)

corn.

18.

Brad read online that bacteria are what type of microorganisms?

a)

Single-celled

b)

Particular

c)

General

d)

Double-celled