Lab Quiz 14

Question 1

What is a complete and incomplete metamorphosis? What is an example of each

Answer 1

Complete Metamorphosis: an egg - larva - attaches itself to form a protective case (pupa stage) - adult stage
Ex: butterfly
Incomplete Metamorphosis: insects emerge from the egg looking like young versions of the adult form, except they have large heads and lack wings; no pupa stage
Ex: grasshopper

Question 2

What are the different types of mouth parts insects may have?

Answer 2

Mandibles: for chewing
Straw-like Proboscis: for sucking nectar
Piercing Proboscis: for sucking blood or plant juices
Sponging Proboscis

Question 3

What are spiracles? What are they used for?

Answer 3

External openings that carry oxygen into a system of tracheal tubes that permeate on an insects entire body

Question 4

What characteristics are unique to insects?

Answer 4

Tagmata
3 pairs of legs
Wings
Single pair of antennae
Metamorphosis

Question 5

What is the difference between butterflies and moths?

Answer 5

The antennae differ, butterflies have large and rounder antennae

Question 6

Roaches

Answer 6

Blattodea

Question 7

Lice

Answer 7

Phthiraptera

Question 8

Earwigs
Modified cerci (pincers)

Answer 8

Dermaptera

Question 9

Ants, bees, wasps (social insects)

Constricted waist

Answer 9

Hymenoptera

Question 10

Beetles

Elytra

Answer 10

Coleptera

Question 11

Plant hoppers

Answer 11

Homoptera

Question 12

Walking sticks

Answer 12

Phasmatodea

Question 13

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Answer 13

Odonata

Question 14

True bugs

Triangular Shield and half wing

Answer 14

Hemiptera

Question 15

Flies

Only one pair of wings - halteres

Answer 15

Diptera

Question 16

Mantids

Answer 16

Mantodea

Question 17

Butterflies and moths

Scales (help them fly) on wings

Answer 17

Lepidoptera

Question 18

Termites

Answer 18

Isoptera

Question 19

Grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets

Jumping legs

Answer 19

Orthoptera

Question 20

What are halteres? Which order has this trait?`

Answer 20

Halteres are “wing nubbins” found behind the remnants of the second pair of wings
Diptera (flies) have this trait

Question 21

What are cerci? What is their purpose? What order shows cerci have been modified into pincer-like structures?

Answer 21

Cerci are pincer-like structures at the posterior of the body
Cerci are used for defense and catching insects
Dermaptera have these

Question 22

What is the taxonomical information for insects?

Answer 22

Eukarya - Domain
Animalia - Kingdom
Arthropoda - Phylum
Mandibulata - SubPhylum
Insecta - Class