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| Which of the following is not a stage in the development of an insect with incomplete Metamorphosis? |
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| In the hierarchical classification system of classification used by biologists, which is the highest level category (includes the largest number of species) |
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| Omnivores are insects that feed on |
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| Dead and decaying animals and plants |
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| The tern entomology is used for the study of insects. What does the term actually mean in "English" when translated from the Greek |
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| The study of animals that are notched, incised, cut into, or consist of segments |
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| Which of the following characteristics is NOT shared by all arthrpods |
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| A body divided into three primary regions or tagma |
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| Insects in the order Diptera (true flies) are somewhat unusual in that most have |
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| What type of mouthparts do we find in adult butterflies and moths and immature butterflies and Moths (order Lepidoptera) |
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| In a discussion of insects, what would a tagma be? |
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| A number of body segments that are grouped into a distinct, functional unit |
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| In insects, which layer of the exoskeleton is alive and secretes the upper, non-living layers of the exoskeleton |
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| The epidermis (hypodermis) |
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| Which nitrogenous waste product is the most toxic and is produced only in insects that live in Water? |
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| The ovipositor is a device found in insects that is used for |
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| Egg laying, Defense/ stinging |
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| The process in which female insects produce offspring without mating (such as we find in some species of aphids) is termed |
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| Parthenogentic reproduction |
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| Metamorphosis and molting in insects primarily is controlled by |
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| In the insect digestive system, the _______ is/are lined with cuticle (intima or Exoskeleton) |
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| The process by which an insect sheds its exoskeleton and develops a new one is called |
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| Insects are composed of three tagma- they are the |
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| Head, thorax, and abdomen |
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| The layer of the exoskeleton that primarily is responsible for waterproofing is the |
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| The scales on the wings of a butterfly or moth are modified |
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| In insects with complete (Homometabolous) metamorphosis, the immature is called a |
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| In the tradition of the Nez Perce native Americans, the animal that served as a storyteller and the object of many stories that were meant to convey a moral was |
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| Which of the following is NOT a primary function of the insect blood (haemolymph) |
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| the transportation of oxygen through the body |
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| Aphids feed on large amounts of plant juices, much of which is passed through the body. You may notice this material on your car if you happen to park under a maple tree. What is this aphid fecal material called? |
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| If one were to visit a typical South American jungle in Brazil, capture all of the organisms and take biomass readings, which would weight the most? |
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| The external openings of the insect respiratory (breathing) system are called |
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| The simple eyes of insect that do not form images but are involved in light intensity and day length recognition are called |
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| What type of leg primarily is designed to capture and hold prey? |
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| In which order of insects do we find front wings that are half membranous and half leathery |
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| What is the main function of the insect abdomen? |
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| The protein found in the insect exoskeleton that has elastic properties and allows for flexability is |
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| What type of metamorphosis is found in the Thysanura (bristletails and silverfish)? |
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| What stages are found in insects with gradual or incomplete (hemimetabolous) metamorphosis? |
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| The scientific name of a species of composed of the |
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| He was a fabulist, and a slave |
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| What did Aesop look like? |
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| What was aesop's contributions to human society? |
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His contributions to human society were that he told people stories.
He taught morals.
He told people stories that they didn't like to hear but was the truth.
He was a person of great integrity. |
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| What was the significance of Delphi? |
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| It was an oracle where he told people about dreams. delphi honored Aesop. |
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| What was the contribution of Chief Joseph to American society? |
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| He was famous for speech that changed the way he looked at Natives |
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| Who was Coyote and what was his role? |
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| He was sent to prepare for the native americans. This was where most of the land came from. |
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| The study of insects and related organisms |
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| What is derived from the greek an refers to cut in two, since the body is divided into two segments. |
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| This is derived from Latin and means cut up into segments |
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| What re six characteristics that animals in the Phylum Arthropoda share? |
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1. Body consists of segments grouped into fairly distinct regions
2. Body segments (at least some) have segmented appendages attatched to them
3. Bilateral symmetry
4. An exoskeleton
5. Open circulatory system
6. Respire by means of tracheae or gills |
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| What are six commonly encountered arthropods |
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1. Kingdom
2. Order
3. Family
4. Genus
5. Class
6.Species |
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| What are five characteristics that animals in the Class Hexapoda (insecta) share? |
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1. Head with one pair of antennae and paired mouthparts
2. 3 distinct tagma: have a head, thorax and abdomen
3. Thorax with 3 pair of legs-- one per segment
4. no locomoter appendages on abdomen (in adults)
5. with 0,1, or 2 pair of wings |
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| Why insects are beneficial |
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1. Pollinators (extremely valuable!)
2. As food
3. Providing non-food products like honey and silk
4. Provide pollution control
5. To science and medicine |
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| Why insects are Detrimental |
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1. Plant destruction
2. Vector plant diseases
3. Site for secondary infections
4. Annoyance and psychosis
5. Vectors of diseases such as malaria and West Nile |
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| The grouping of the body segments into functional units |
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| How many tagmas are insects divided? |
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| Three advantages of the exoskeleton of an insect |
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1. Protective armor- Prevents wear and tear
2. Protection from invasion of pathogens and harmful agents
3. Impermeable to water |
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| What are four basic types of mouthparts found in insects |
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1. Piercing and sucking (mosquitoes) consists of 2 tubes- salvatory
2. Sponging (some flies) sponges up liquid
3. Siphoning (adult butterflies & moths)
4. Chewing and lapping (bees) consists of jaw and tongue like structure. |
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| How is the ovipositor used? |
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| It is a sac that consists of the eggs |
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| What do we mean by the great radiations of insects? |
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| What is driving the force for the great radiations of insects? |
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| Development of wings and flower and plant components |
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| How do insects rid themselves of nitrogenous waste products? |
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| By an excretory product which consists of amine group and hydrogen (from water) |
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| Not as toxic and required very little water |
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| In most terrestrial insects that never urinate |
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| In terms to insects means the stages in successive steps in the life cycle |
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| The 3 types of metamorphosis |
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No metamorphosis- ametabolous
Incomplete, simple, or gradual- hemimetabolous
Complete or complex- holometabolous |
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| No metamorphosis- ametabolous |
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| this is growth without change, immature looks exactly like adult, immature is young |
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| Incomplete, simple, or gradual- hemimetablous |
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| immature look like adults and are called a nymph |
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| Complete or complex- holometabolous |
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| pupal stage, significant transformations, immature is called larva |
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The successive steps in the life cycle:
Egg stage
immature stage (numbered instars between molts)
Pupal stage (complete metamorphosis only)
adult stage |
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| Ametabolous (no metamorphosis) |
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-Egg, immature instars (young), adult
-In primitive insects
-Molt but each young instars and the adult look the same only larger
-all species are primitively wingless |
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| Hemimetabolous (Incomplete metamorphosis) |
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| Hemimetabolous (incomplete metamorphosis) |
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-Egg, immature (larva), pupal, adult
- immature look like adult but lack wings
-wing development is external
-molt of final instars immature leads to wings and reproductively cabable adult
-grasshoppers and relatives, termites, all "bugs", cockroaches, mayflies, other |
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| Holometabolous (complete) |
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-Egg, immature (larva), pupal, adult
-immature looks NOTHING like the adult
-Immature with distinctive names like caterpillar, grub, maggot, inchworm
-wing development is internal
-Pupal (cocoon) stage between immature and adult
-Beetles, flies, butterflies and moths, bees, ants, wasps |
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| What makes it a true bug or a true fly |
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| If it has two wings (one pair), flies with halter-the remanant of something, the leftover, which provides structure to good flight |
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Rigidity and flexibility in the exoskeleton
A structure |
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The line of fusion of two plates (the line in the head of a baby)
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Rigidity and flexibility in the exoskeleton
Sclerite |
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| A plate of the body wall surrounded by structures or membrane |
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Rigidity and flexibility in the exoskeleton
Seta |
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| Hair like projections of the cuticle which arise from a trichogen cell |
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| They are chemicals produced by the body |
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| What is the function of hormones in an insects body |
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| To control the physiological milieu of a body |
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| this looks like the adult and wing development is external, molts, and leads to winged adult |
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| This looks NOTHING like the adult and wing development is internal, has pupal (cocoon) |
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Kindom
Phylum
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Genius
Species |
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| What is the Hierarchical system used by |
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| Of what does the "scientific name" of a species consist of? |
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| Generic + Species + Author |
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| The biological species concept |
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| Organisms with similar morphology |
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| What criteria must be met to be a species |
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Must be capable of breeding fertile offspring
Must be reproductively isolated from other such groups |
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| name and describe organisms |
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| Classify the science of species |
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| What insects consume their goods from |
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Predators
(40% of insects) |
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Feed on other animals, especially other insects
(Parasites- lice tics) |
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Decomposers
(25% of insects) |
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| Insects that decompose organic material |
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Exocuticle
(layer of the exoskeleton (cuticle) of an insect) |
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-Non living
-Noncellular
-Provides strength and rigidity (chitin)- chemical that provides rigidity
-Provides flexibility (resilin) |
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| Exoskeleton Disadvantages |
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| Does not expand- must be shed in order to grow and molt |
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-Protective armor
-Protection from invasion of pathogens and harmful agents
-Impermeable to water
-Base for muscle attatchment |
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