A First Look At Insects Question Preview (ID: 38203)
Chapter 9 Test For Apologia Science's Zoology Book 1.
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What is entomology?
a) The study of insects.
b) The study of human anatomy.
c) The study of the endocrine system.
d) The study of living things.
All adult insects have this number of legs:
a) 6
b) 4
c) 8
d) As many will fit on its body.
The three major sections of an insect are:
a) Head, thorax, and abdomen.
b) Head, neck, and body.
c) Head, body, and legs.
d) Head, abdomen, and legs.
What is an exoskeleton?
a) The hard covering on the outside of an insect.
b) The part of the skeleton that pokes through the skin when a bone is broken.
c) The little used parts of the skeleton on an insect.
d) The soft covering over the skeleton of an insect.
Which of the following insects can be labeled as a good insect or useful insect?
a) Honeybee
b) Fireants
c) Termites
d) All insects can be called pests.
Where is the exoskeleton located on an insect?
a) Outside its body.
b) Underneath a thin layer of skin.
c) Deep in the interior of the insect.
d) Only in its thorax and abdomen.
An insect must shed its exoskeleton from time to time in order to grow; this process is called:
a) Molting
b) Melting
c) Shedding
d) Exoskeletization
An insect's eyes that are made up of hundreds (sometimes even thousands) of separate lenses are called:
a) Compound eyes
b) Concave eyes
c) Complex eyes
d) Simple eyes
Insect eyes that are only able to tell light from dark, and are sometimes called ocelli, are called:
a) Simple eyes
b) Complex eyes
c) Antennae
d) Compound eyes
What part of an insect functions like a nose?
a) Antennae
b) Pheromones
c) Ocelli
d) Palps
Insects give off a scent in the form of chemicals that are used to send messages to other insects. Those chemicals are known as
a) Pheromones
b) Phenomenals
c) Formosas
d) Pigments
A mosquito has this kind of mouth:
a) A sucking mouth
b) A sponging mouth
c) A chewing mouth
d) A mandible mouth
A fly has this kind of mouth:
a) A sponging mouth
b) A chewing mouth
c) A sucking mouth
d) A palps mouth
A grasshopper has this kind of mouth:
a) A chewing mouth
b) A sucking mouth
c) A sponging mouth
d) A proboscis mouth
The larvae of insects are their
a) young.
b) forearms.
c) antennae ends.
d) food sources.
The proboscis of a butterfly or a mosquito is
a) its long, tubular mouthpart that sometimes stays rolled up until it's ready to suck.
b) the central simple eye that is not visible to the human eye.
c) the hearing system of an insect.
d) the jointed leg on its thorax.
What kind of wing does a dragonfly have?
a) A membranous wing.
b) A scaled wing.
c) A halteres.
d) None of these answers are accurate.
What kind of wing does a butterfly have?
a) A scaled wing.
b) A membranous wing.
c) A hard shelled covering over membranous wings.
d) None of these answers are accurate.
The little holes that are all over the abdomen of an insect, and allow it to let air into the body (used in passive breathing), are called:
a) spiracles.
b) trachea.
c) halteres.
d) ovipositors.
This part of a female insect (on the back part of its abdomen) allows it to lay eggs, even though it looks like a stinger.
a) The ovipositor.
b) The cerci.
c) The claspers.
d) The spiracles.
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