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A First Look At Insects
Test Description: Test for Chapter 9 of Apologia's Zoology 1- Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the study of insects?
A
Entomology
B
Endimology
C
Ectomology
D
Insectology
2) What should you count to determine if an adult creature is an insect?
A
Eight legs
B
Two body parts
C
Six legs
D
Four to six wings
3) What are considered pests in entomology?
A
Insects that buzz around persistently.
B
Insects that sting.
C
Insects that are not beneficial to people.
D
Insects that eat human food.
4) Which features correctly identify an insect?
A
Insects have two body parts, six to eight legs, an exoskeleton.
B
Insects live part of their lives in a larvae state.
C
Insects are warm-blooded, have no skeleton, have six legs, and have three body parts.
D
Insects are cold-blooded, have an exoskeleton, have six legs, and have three body parts.
5) What are the three parts of an insect's body called?
A
Head, abdomen, and exoskeleton.
B
Head, thorax, and abdomen.
C
Head, thorax, and wings.
D
Head, shoulders, and legs.
6) There are three types of mouths in insects. Do you remember what they are?
A
Chewing mouths, sucking mouths, and sponging mouths.
B
Sucking mouths, piercing mouths, and sponging mouths.
C
Chewing mouths, pricking mouths, and proboscis mouths.
D
Sponging mouths, whining mouths, and stylets.
7) What is an exoskeleton?
A
A part of the insect that it must shed during molting in order to grow larger.
B
An 'outside skeleton' that provides some protection and stability for an insect.
C
The part of an insect that is able to smell pheromones.
D
A skeleton that is made up of exons.
8) What are the insect's two types of eyes?
A
Antennae and simple eyes.
B
Compound eyes and simple eyes.
C
Cerci and compound eyes.
D
Ocelli and stylets.
9) When an insect sheds or molts its exoskeleton, what is left?
A
A thorax.
B
A pheromone.
C
A cast.
D
A clasper.
10) Why are antennae so important to insects?
A
They use them to know which direction to fly.
B
They use them to 'smell' a good place to lay eggs, food, and pick up messages from their family and friends.
C
They use them to taste things.
D
They would not fly stably without them.
11) Which of the following insects has a chewing mouth?
A
A spider.
B
A mosquito.
C
A fly.
D
A grasshopper.
12) Which of the following insects has a sucking mouth?
A
A beetle.
B
A cricket.
C
A butterfly.
D
A praying mantis.
13) Which of the following insects has a sponging mouth?
A
A leafhopper.
B
A mosquito.
C
A butterfly.
D
A fly.
14) What are the hundreds of little projections or 'hairs' on an insect's leg called, and for what are they used?
A
Claspers--and they're used to pull up on vertical surfaces.
B
Trochanters--and they're used to feel changes in temperature.
C
Setae--and they're used to taste, smell, and sense movement.
D
Cerci--and they're used to grip the surface on which they are standing.
15) What type of wing does a dragonfly have?
A
A scaled wing.
B
Halteres.
C
A membranous wing.
D
A veinless wing.
16) What type of wing does a butterfly have?
A
Halteres.
B
A veinless wing.
C
A membranous wing.
D
A scaled wing.
17) The abdomen is so important on a bug because it contains the little holes with tubes connected to the trachea to let air into the body. These little holes are known as:
A
Trachealites.
B
Cerci.
C
Spiracles.
D
Ovipositors.
18) What type of breathing does an insect use to gather oxygen and get rid of waste gases?
A
Activity breathing.
B
Flying breathing.
C
Spiraclitis.
D
Passive breathing.
19) The two appendages at the very tip a bug's abdomen that provide the insect with a sense of touch at the back of the body are called:
A
Ovipositors.
B
Cerci.
C
Setae.
D
Claspers.
20) How can you tell if an insect is male or female?
A
Ask it.
B
See if there are cerci on it.
C
Look for halteres.
D
Look for an ovipositor.
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