Answer Key for Study Questions

Multiple Choice
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. d
6. c
7. b
8. b
9. a
10. a

Fill in the Blank
1. Thysanura
2. Ventral
3. Ootheca
4. Furcula
5. Diplura

Short Answer
1. Another mantis, a small rodent, and a snake.
2. Prothorcic, mesothoracic, metathoracic.
3. Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult.
Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult.

Study Questions- November 6th, 2007

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following names the correct order of the hierarchal system from the largest group to the smallest.
a. Family, Order, Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Genus, Species
b. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Species, Genus
c. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d. Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

2. Generally speaking, the size of a mantis's prey relates to what?
a. The size of the mantis
b. The number of insects that the mantis has eaten recently
c. where the mantis is when it catches the prey
d. How many babies the mantis has to feed

3. Fossilized resin is called _________
a. Sap
b. Diamond
c. Coal
d. Amber

4. Which of the orders we have learned so far contains the smallest sized species?
a. Diplura
b. Protura
c. Ephemeroptera
d. Odonata

5. What is the correct term to describe an insect that has no wings?
a. Proximal
b. Empemeral
c. Furculal
d. Apterous

6. Who thought that the praying mantis was a creature from hell?
a. Hipocrates
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. Sophocles

7. To ensure that her eggs grow faster, a female mantis will do what after mating?
a. Emit pheremones
b. Eat her mate
c. Clean her front legs
d. Eat whatever she is standing on

8. What could be the missing link between ants and wasps?
a. Crickets
b. Dracula Ants
c. Proshiradium Ants
d. Hawk Moths

9. Earwigs are part of which order?
a. Dermaptera
b. Plecoptera
c. Phasmatodea
d. Thysanura

10. Which of these is a suborder of Orthoptera?
a. Caelifera
b. Acrididae
c. Gryllidae
d. All of the above



Fill in the Blank

1. Silverfish are members of the order _________.

2. ________ refers to the underside or belly of an insect.

3. An ________ is the tern for a mantis's foam nest.

4 & 5. A _________ is a jumping structure found on members of the order ________.



Short Answer

1. Name three things that a mantis will eat.

2. List the three parts of an insect's leg.

3. List the stages of both incomplete and complete metamorphosis.

Insect Orders- Multiple Choice

1. Close to or near to the body is known as ______.
a. Proximal
b. Posterior
c. Dorsal
d. Distal

2. Which of the following are reasons to classify insects.
a. There are a huge number of insect species
b. In order to make "universal" names
c. To allow a means to discuss and study insects
d. All of the above

3. Which of the following names the correct order of the hierarchal system.
a. Family, Order, Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Genus, Species
b. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Species, Genus
c. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d. Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

4. The scientific name of an organism consists of the names of what?
a. Kingdom and Phylum
b. Genus and Species
c. Family and Order
d. Family and Genus

5. What word is used to describe the scientific name of an insect?
a. Linneal
b. The Carolinus system
c. Bimonial
d. All of the above

6. Where are cerci located?
a. On the head
b. On each foot
c. On the very end of the insect
d. Under the mouth

7. What are the characteristics of styli?
a. Short and peg-like
b. Long and hairy
c. Short, with small spikes
d. Long with hinge-like joints

8. What is a common name for Collembola?
a. Diplurans
b. Silverfish
c. Bristletails
d. Springtails

9. What is a fercula?
a. Another name for a nymph
b. An organism that has no cerci
c. Scales found on Thysanura
d. A jumping structure

10. What one of the suborders of Orthoptera
a. Ensifera
b. Acrididae
c. Caelifera
d. Phasmatodea

Insect Mouthparts- Multiple Choice

1. Which of these is NOT a type of insect mouthpart?
a. chewing-lapping
b. siphoning
c. shoveling
d. sponging

2. Which of these is true of mandibles?
a. responsible for tearing and biting food
b. the darkest portion is the hardest
c. come in pairs
d. all of the above

3. Which of these insects have sponging mouthparts?
a. house-fly
b. honey bee
c. butterfly
d. mosquito

4. The hypopharynx acts as the _________ for insects
a. teeth
b. tonque
c. lower lip
d. upper lip

5. What are piercing-sucking mouthparts also called?
a. beaks
b. labiums
c. straws
d. maxillas

Study Questions due Monday August 20, 2007

1. Think about what you know about insects. Are insects arthropods? Explain why or why not. Please use specific examples of different arthropod characteristics to support your answer.

-Insects are arthropods because they have a jointed legs, an exoskeleton, and a segmented body.


2. In the class lecture, it was said that Isopods are dorsoventrally compressed. What in the world does that mean? What are other things in nature that can be described as dorsoventrally compressed? Explain.

- Dorsoventrally compressed means that isopods are generally flat-shaped. Most animals are dorsoventrally compressed, with the exceptions of primates.


3. Do you eat anything that Isopods eat? What “foods” do you have in common with Isopods? What “foods” do not have in common with Isopods? Elaborate please.

-Humans eat vegetation, just as isopods do; however, most humans aren't very enthusiastic scavengers.


4. Many female scorpions will carry their young on their back to protect them until the young are more able to protect them selves. What would life be like if human mothers and fathers carried all of their young around on their backs? How is this similar to what humans already do and how is it different?

-Life would be considerably more difficult, particularly for the parents, if humans carried their young around on their backs. For the children though, life would be good. Figuratively speaking, parents already do carry their children, no matter how old the child in question is, around in their minds.


5. Cathedral Termites build quite interesting homes for themselves. Pretend that you lived in a Cathedral Termite mound. What are the advantages and disadvantages of life in the mound?

- Personally, I see no advantage to living in a termite mound. I highly value the times of the day when I can be alone, doing nothing, i.e. being lazy. I suspect that these moments would be limited in a community of a million other people.


6. The Huntsman spider lives in Australia. Although it is quite large, the spider’s bite is essentially harmless. If this is true, how does the Huntsman spider cause harm to humans? Would the Huntsman spider affect you in the same way?

- Huntsman spiders sometimes get into cars, which will startle the drivers if they have anywhere from moderate to very weak nerves. If I lived in Australia, I would abstain from driving anywhere.