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