Chapter 1- Insects and Their Relatives

Question 1

What is a pest?

Answer 1

Competes with people for food, fiber, or space, or that
presents a threat to the health of people or domestic animals.

REF: Ch 1-Pg 1

Question 2

What are arthropods?

Answer 2

Insects and their relatives

REF: Ch 1-Pg 1

Question 3

T or F: All arthropods are invertebrates (no backbone)?

Answer 3

True

REF: Ch 1-Pg 1

Question 4

What are the structural features of insects?

Answer 4

• Segmented external covering (exoskeleton)
• Paired, jointed legs
• Other appendages

REF: Ch 1-Pg 1

Question 5

Examples of arthropods other

than insects?

Answer 5

• Mites
• Ticks
• Spiders
• Centipedes
• Millipedes
• Scorpions

REF: Ch 1-Pg 1

Question 6

What are some other groups of arthropods?

Answer 6

• Insects
• Arachnids (mites, ticks, spiders)

REF: Ch 1-Pg 1

Question 7

Explain how to distinguish insects from other arthropods?

Answer 7

• 3 region body (head, thorax, abdomen)
• 3 Pairs of legs attached to thorax
• Wings
• Antennae (1 pair on head)

REF: Ch 1-Pg 2- Table:1

Question 8

What characteristics of Arachnid body?

Answer 8

• 2 region body (head fused to thorax) and abdomen
• 4 pairs legs attached to head
• No wings
• No antennae

REF: Ch 1-Pg 2- Table:1

Question 9

What is simple metamorphosis?

Answer 9

3 stages (egg, nymph, adult)

REF: Ch 1-Pg 3- Fig 2

Question 10

What is complete metamorphosis?

Answer 10

4 stages (egg, larva, pupa, adult)

REF: Ch 1-Pg 3- Fig 3

Question 11

What is the damage arthropod pests cause?

Answer 11

-Feed on stored products
-Contaminate raw and processed commodities
-Weaken structural timbers
-Damage furniture, carpeting, and clothing
-Carry pathogens that cause disease in people and
animals
-Cause anxiety and reduce quality of life

REF: Ch 1-Pg 4