Entomology Chapter 1-4 Practice Test

Which of the following statements is true when comparing centipedes and millipedes?

Centipedes are predators and move faster than millipedes

Orthoptera have lateral projections from their abdomen. What are these structures called?

Cerci

Which arthropod class uses modified feet to catch its prey and inject venom?

Chilopoda

What are the most diverse arthropods?

Coleoptera

What is the order name for the group of insects that translates to "sheath wings"?

Coleoptera

Which order has the most kind of species?

Coleoptera

Which arthropods do not have chelcirae mouthparts instead of mandibles?

Crustacea

Which arthropod class has the most legs as an adult?

Diplopoda

The animals that kill the most humans each year belong to which order?

Diptera

The order name for which group of insects translates as "scale" wings?

Diptera

Which insect order has halteres?

Diptera

What are the front wings of beetles called?

Elytra

An irrational fear is called a phobia. What is the most common phobia in the United States?

Fear of spiders

Which of the following common names for an insect is not a beetle?

Firefly

Flies can have all of the following types of mouth parts EXCEPT?

Flies have all types of mouth parts

What do adult butterflies and wasps have in common?

Front and hind wings are similar

What did Carlos Linnaeus believe when he invented the modern classifications system that was later found to not be true?

He believed that species did not change

The modified front wing of many hemiptera is called what?

Hemeltrya

Which of the following order has wings that has the same type of wings for both the front and hind wings?

Hymenoptera

Which class of arthropods has one or two pairs of antennae?

Crustacea

Life is organized into a classified hierarchal system, starting with Kingdoms. Which level of classification is below Family?

Genus

Which order of insects has siphoning mouthparts?

Lepidoptera

Which order of insects is LEAST likely to be caught in a spider web?

Lepidoptera

Which of the following is not a type of hymenoptera?

Locust

Insects that can sting are

Members of the hymenoptera and are females

What type of front wing do the hymenoptera have?

Membranous

What type of hind wings do cricket have?

Membranous

Which of the following arthropods do not have antennae?

Scorpion

The *biological* species concept defines a species based on its ability to reproduce and produce fertile offspring. Which group of insects cause problems for this definition based on their reproduction through cloning for part of their life cycle?

Aphids

If you have arthropods living in your eyelashes, like most people, to what class do they belong?

Arachnida

Which phylum contains mites and ticks?

Athropoda

Your friend tells you that something is making them itch and they scratch their head. Then you feel like scratching your head. This is an example of what?

Bell's Syndrome

Compared with humans, arthropods share which of the following same characteristics?

Bilateral symmetry

Which class of organisms has the most diversity?

Insecta

Which of these classes of arthropods have more than two types of body segments?

Insecta

What is the lowest taxonomic category shared by both insects and humans?

Kingdom

Which structure make up the claws of a lobster?

Legs

Which order of insects feed mostly on plant nectar as adults?

Lepidoptera

What kind of mouthparts do orthoptera have?

Mandibles

What structures make up the pinchers of a scorpion?

Mouthparts

Which order of insects is responsible for American entomology because of the large devastating plagues that occurred in the American West?

Orthoptera (grasshoppers)

True bugs in the order hemiptera have what type of mouthparts?

Piercing sucking

Insects contribute about $59 billion dollars to the US economy. What is the most valuable service provided by insects?

Provide food for sport fish and animals that are hunted

When hemiptera cross their wings, a triangular region on their back is formed. What is this triangular region known as?

Scutellum

Which of the following common names for Hemiptera is written correctly?

Stink bug

The modified front wings of orthoptera are called what?

Tegmina

If two organisms are in different families, what else is true?

They each are in a different genus

The arachnids that cause the most human deaths each year are?

Ticks

Which of the following best describes you if you have illusory parasitosis?

You think you have parasites but you will accept rational explanations for why you do not