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Afton Ento CDE pt. 8

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What insects are in the order of Orthoptera

a)

cockroaches

b)

true bugs

c)

dragonfly, damselfly

d)

crickets, grasshoppers, katydids.

2.

the reproductive organ in male insects for transferring sperm is the ___________.

a)

paraproct

b)

scape

c)

aedeagus

d)

gonopore

3.

which structure would not be found on an insect's pretarsus?

a)

trochanter

b)

spines

c)

sticky pads

d)

claws

4.

What order of insects usually have their wings covered in flattened setae or scales?

a)

Lepidoptera

b)

Coleoptera

c)

Diptera

d)

Hemiptera

5.

The following are groups of eusocial insects:

a)

Termites

b)

gall-forming aphids

c)

all of these are eusocial insects

d)

ants

6.

Insects from this order do not act as pollinators:

a)

Hymonoptera

b)

Diptera

c)

Coleoptera

d)

Phasmatodea

7.

What is the principles energy source for most insects?

a)

vittamins

b)

carbohydrates

c)

cellulose

d)

proteins

8.

what are the larva of mosquitoes commonly referred to as?

a)

dancers

b)

crawlers

c)

tumblers

d)

wigglers

9.

The insect cuticle is between ______ and ______ microns thick.

a)

100, 300

b)

120, 1000

c)

50, 75

d)

300, 400

10.

Which of these occupies the largest volume in an unfertilized insect egg?

a)

yolk

b)

embryo

c)

nucleus

d)

periplasm

11.

In Diptera, hindwings are modified into small, club-like structure called ________ that serves as gyroscopes, informing the insect about rotation of the body during flight .

a)

pronotum

b)

proboscis

c)

halteres

d)

hamuli

12.

_______ is a family in the order ________

a)

Tortricidea, hemiptera

b)

coleoptera, Chrysomelidea

c)

Chrysomelidea, Coleoptera

d)

Chrysomelidea, Collembola

13.

Abdominal gills allow insects to utilize oxygen that is ______.

a)

Dissolved in surrounding water

b)

generated by metabolic activity

c)

atmospehere

d)

trapped in the tissues of aquatic plants

14.

All of the following insects have holomatablous development except ______.

a)

Thysanoptera

b)

Coleoptera

c)

Neuroptera

d)

Hemiptera

15.

Digging legs of mole crickets are what functional type?

a)

raptiorial

b)

fossorial

c)

cursorial

d)

saltatorial

16.

The insects abdomen contains:

a)

all of the above

b)

organs for excretion

c)

the reproductive tract

d)

the digestion tract

17.

What percentage of flowering plants on Earth require insect pollination?

a)

75%

b)

95%

c)

30%

d)

50%

18.

Whiteflies belong to which insect order

a)

Coleoptera

b)

Mantoadea

c)

Ephemroptera

d)

Coleoptera

e)

none of these

19.

one-way flow valves in the heart are called what?

a)

pulsatile organs

b)

spiracles

c)

apodmes

d)

ostia

20.

______ represents the most speciose order of insects, with approximately _______ species

a)

Collembola, 450,000

b)

Zoraptera, 500,000

c)

lepidoptera, 350,000

d)

Coleoptera, 400,000

21.

Which abdominal structure of an insect is unpaired?

a)

valvifer

b)

paraproct

c)

cerci

d)

epiproct

22.

__________ are the individual light-sensing and image forming units of the insect's compound eye.

a)

ocelli

b)

paraproct

c)

cerci

d)

epiprioct

23.

A sperm cell enters the insect egg though the __________.

a)

oosome

b)

micropyle

c)

germ band

d)

morula

24.

The followings are the parts of the insect thorax:

a)

mesothorax, metathorax, and semithorax

b)

metathorax, mesothorax, and prothorax

c)

pirothorax, hexathorax and etathorax

d)

prothorax, mesothorax and entothorax

25.

In what order of insects are the front wings known as "elytra"

a)

Orthoptera

b)

Hemiptera

c)

hymenoptera

d)

Coleoptera