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.