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| Still in existence, surviving, living |
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Any group or rank in a biological classification into which related organisms are classified.
Taxonomic unit= phylum, order, family genus, species |
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| living or growing within a limited range of temperature (warm blooded). |
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| An organism that regulates it's body temperature by exchanging heat with its surroundings (cold-blooded) |
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| Number of insect species found and named? |
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| 1,000,000 (5/6 of all known animal species) |
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| When did insects first appeared? |
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400,000,000 years ago (before dinosaurs)
Most successful animal group in the entire evolutionary history of earth. |
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| The only place where insects are not found? |
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Hemiptera Characteristics |
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Pierce plant tissue and suck liquids with mouth
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| Orthoptera characteristics |
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Insects with incomplete metamorphosis (grasshoppers, crickets)
-Many insects in this order produce sounds by rubbing wings or legs together
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| Lepidoptera Characteristics |
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butterflies and moths
Characterized by colorfull patterns and scales covering their bodies and wings
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| Hymenoptera Characteristics |
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Sawflies, ant, bees, and wasps
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| Reasons for insects success? |
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1. Physical size (small size) (largest only 6 inches)
-Less food to mature
- Use small niches to escape predators
2.Flight (first of animals to fly)
-Food capture
- Escape from predators
- Dispersal to new environments
- Sex
3. Fertility (100-150 fertilized eggs in one life time)
-short life span
- short generation time |
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| Extinct dragonfly with wingspan of 24 inches! |
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| The importance of insects being small? |
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1. Availably of of niches (average size 0.1-1 inch)
2. High surface area to volume ratio (helps with flight) |
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| Advantages of an exoskeleton? |
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1. Defense agains predators and pathogens
2. Water loss control
3. Lightweight and strong |
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| What is an exoskeleton made of? |
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| Through their skin with tubes and ports called the tracheas and spiracles. |
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| Three major body divisions of an insect |
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| A liner series of body segments similar in structure, but preform different tasks. |
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| How many legs do insects have? |
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| Insect vision components and how it functions? |
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1. Compound eye (formed from individual visual units known as ommatidia)
2. Color-trichomatiric, polarized, visual acuity is low |
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| Wings are powered by what part of the insect body? |
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| Are insect wings modified limbs? |
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| No, they arose form independent structures unlike birds, bats, or pterodactyls |
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| Flight muscles require.... |
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| A heavy energy input to power flight |
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| How many wings does a apterous insect have? |
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| How many wings does a diptera have? |
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| Example of metamorphosis? |
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| Larvae in cocoon changing shape and hatching into butterfly |
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| Hemimetabolous and example |
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Incomplete or direct metamorphosis (immature stages)
- similar in appearance, food choice, and habitat
example: grasshoppers |
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| Holometabolous and example |
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Complete or indirect metamorphosis
-difference in physical form, food choice and habitat
example: butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult) |
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| immature stage of a hemimetabolous insect (grasshopper) |
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| The study of the history of words |
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1. Capable of interbreeding or producing offspring.
2. Reproductively isolated from similar organisms.
3. Fundamentally similar in structure. |
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| Name all the classification system in correct order |
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Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genera
Species (Only one that is italicized) |
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| Write the scientific name of the honey bee correctly |
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Typed: Alpis mellifera L.
Written: Alpis mellifera L.
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| Crayfish, millipedes, centipedes, spiders, mites, ticks, and insects! |
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| Shared characteristics of the phylum Arthropoda? |
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1. Segmented body (2-3 major body divisions?
2. Paired, segmented appendages.
3. Bilateral symmetry
4. An exoskeleton
5. Open circulatory system (with heart)
6. Paired, ventral nerve cord |
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Crustacea: crayfish, crabs , lobsters...
Archniada: spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions...
Insecta (or hexapoda): insects |
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| Shared characteristics of the class insecta? |
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1. Body with three distinct segments
2. One pair of antennae
3. Three pairs of legs (6 legs)
4. One or Two pairs of wings
5. Postoral appendages of head consist of mouthparts |
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| Who is the father of taxonomy? |
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| Theophrastus (student of Aristotle) |
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| Who is known as the "Great Latinizer"? |
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Carolus Linnaeus
-"Systema Naturae" published book
-Classified honeybee |
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Classification of organisms with two words
1. generic name (genus) (capitalized)
2. specific name (species) (not capitalized, italics) |
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| Who named/classified the most insects and how many? |
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| Francis Walker 20,000 species |
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| Wrote "The Origin of Species" which described natural selection. |
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| What is natural selection |
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| "Survival of the fittest" (how well you pass your offspring into the next generation. |
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| What are the 5 principles of natural selection? |
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1. Natality (more individual are born then will survive and reproduce)
2. Variability (variation between individuals)
3. Survivorship (individuals with certain characteristics have a better chance of surviving and reproducing.
4. Heritability (at least some characteristics are passed on to next generation)
5. Time (need time to evolve) |
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| How is paleoentomology important? |
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1. It can be used to trace the outlines of insect evolution (using phylogeny).
2. Lets us see the structure of past insects. |
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| Changes in populations that happened in a time scale of decades. |
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| Changes over a long time grace that result in the appearance of a new species (hundreds of thousands of years) |
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| Major changes in phylogenetic patterns over long time scales and broad geographical areas. |
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| During what era did insects first appear? |
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| Insects evolved from...? name two examples |
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worms!!
Silverfish and Springtail |
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| Evolutionary time frame of insects |
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Origin of insects 400 mya
Wings (Paleopterous) 350 mya
Wing Flexion (neopterous) 300 mya
Complete Metamorphosis 290 mya |
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| Where do moths originate from? |
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| insect stage between molt and adult |
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| Where does silk come from and what can be made from it? |
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Cocons from a mature moth larvae
Clothing, string |
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| Lac, what is it? who makes it? |
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| It is a resin made from insects (cochineal) and used to make varnish, dyes, and insulation material. |
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| What insect produces paper? |
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Paper wasps
latin waesp=to weave |
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| Ink, where does it come from? |
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| Oak Galls (insects lay eggs into plant tissue) |
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| The process of drawing fibers into threads |
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| What is the greatest contribution of the honey bees? |
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Skep hive (made of clay, mud, and straw)
-inefficient and wasteful |
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| The management of honey bees |
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| Difference between European and African bees? |
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European (stay still and adapt to temperate climates)
African (migrate to warmer climates and are more aggressive) |
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| Box with removable top frames and space for between each frame for bees to work |
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| A saturated solution of carbohydrates (mostly sugar). |
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1. Honey
2. Wax
3. Pollen, venom, royal jelly
4. Pollination services |
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| Primarily live on animals, but can live on humans. (more gross) |
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| What are the three types of lice? |
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1. Head Lice (Pediculus humanus capitus)
2. Body Louse (Pediculus humanus humanus)
3. Crab Louse (Pthirus pubis) |
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| Historical perspective on humans bathing? |
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Laws either banned or limit bathing.
bathing=promiscuity |
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| What is motorized dandruff? |
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| Treatments for head lice? |
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| Lice killing shampoo (Nix, Rid, Pronto...) |
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| Where is body louse found? |
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1. Clothes
2. On you, but only when you're sleeping |
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| How to get rid of body louse? |
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Allogrooming
DDT
Whirlpool washing |
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| Where does crab louse found? |
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Pubic region (lay up to 30 eggs)
Considered an STI |
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| Types of Facultative Parasites of Humans? |
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1. The human flea
2. Human bot fly (lay eggs on mosquitos)
3. Sand flea (larvae crawl out of your feet)
4. Bed bugs |
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| What are the two types of songs played by orthopteran insects? |
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1. Calling females
2. Fighting and territorial behavior |
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| The rubbing of two surfaces with one another |
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| Why were crickets praised in Chinese and Japanese culture? |
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Their musical behavior.
-Unlike birds who fly when they sung a little crickets didn't |
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| Well known artist that depicted insects in their art? |
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Salvador Dali
Vincent Van Gogh
Adriaen Coorte |
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| Tribe that depicted insects? |
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| Famous poets that depicted insects in their poems? |
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Shakespeare
John Wolcott
Robert burns |
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| What does the sacred scarab represent in Egyptian culture? |
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| Metaphor for the afterlife |
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"Lord of the Flies"
viewed as being evil |
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| What makes a social insect? |
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1. Reproduction division of labor
2. Cooperative brood care by siblings
3. Overlap of generations |
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| Insects in the Bible and the Koran |
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120 referenced insects in the bible
Both use insects as metaphors |
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| Insects represented devil |
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| Where do Africanized honey bees fit in? |
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| Same classification (genus and species) but different subspecies. |
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| Differences between AHB and EHB? |
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| AHB have smaller nesting colonies, are more aggressive, and they migrate to warmer climates. |
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| Current distribution of AHB? |
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| Southern U.S. heading north. Found in warmer climates |
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| Types of wound debridements? |
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magots: eat dead flesh/ tissue
blow flies: good
flesh flies: bad |
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| Medicinal properties of honey |
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burns
abrasions
bed wetting
insomnia |
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| Historic use of insects as medicine? |
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cockroach soup
earwigs
bed bug broth
hairy insect
eating live spiders |
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| Modes of action of dangerous insects |
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bites
stings
allergies
dermatitis
myiasis
psychological disorders |
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| Venomous Hymenoptera examples? |
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| Allergic vs toxic response |
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Allergic: swelling, sore, small period of time, itchy.
Toxic: Systematic reaction, life threatening. |
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| Anaphylaxis of venomous Hymenoptera? |
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swelling
rash
vascular response: dizziness
reparatory response: trouble breathing
fever |
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| Other dangerous insects besides Hymenoptera? |
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caterpillars
Hemiptera
coleptera |
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| Psychological aspects of dangerous insects? |
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| Entomophobia: fear of any insects |
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