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1
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Insects belong to what kingdom?

A

Animal Kingdom

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2
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Insects are in what Phylum?

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Arthropoda

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3
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What class do insects belong to?

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Insecta

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4
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What is the scientific study of insects called?

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entomology

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5
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Define crypsis

A

visually trick the predator

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6
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Define camouflage

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to look like the background

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7
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Give an example of camouflage

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an insect that blends into the soil or tree bark

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8
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Define Mimesis

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to look like something of no interest to the predator

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9
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Give an example of Mimesis

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some insects look like a thorn or a leaf

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10
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Define warning coloration

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bright colors that attract attention

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11
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Give an example of warning coloration

A

The Monarch Butterfly’s colors warns predators that it is toxic

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12
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Define mimicry

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when one organism resembles the form or color of another organism

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13
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Define Batesian mimicry

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when a harmless insect mimics a harmful one

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14
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Define Mullerian mimicry

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spreads the liability of educating the predator. When two harmful insects resemble each other

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15
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what are the three main functions of the exoskeleton?

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support, protection, muscle attachment

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16
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What is the exoskeleton made of?

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Chitin

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17
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What is chitin?

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tough, resistant material that contains pigment & may have spines, scales, hair

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18
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Why do insects molt?

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In order to grow or complete metamorphosis

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19
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What structures do insects use to hear with?

A

Typanum, antennae

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20
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What structures do insects use to smell with?

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2 antennae, feet, pheromones

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21
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What do insects use pheromones for?

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to pass information to others of the same species

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22
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What is #1?

A

Head

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23
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What is #2?

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Thorax

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24
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What is #3?

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Abdomen

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25
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what is #4?

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front wing

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26
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What is #5?

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Hind wing

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27
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What is #6?

A

Femur

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28
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What is #7?

A

Tibia

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29
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What is #8?

A

cercus

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30
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What is #9?

A

ovipositor

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31
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what is #10?

A

spiracles

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32
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what is #11?

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claws

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33
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what is #12?

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ear

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34
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What is #13?

A

Labium

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35
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What is #14?

A

Maxilla

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36
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What is #15?

A

Tarsus

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37
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What is #16?

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Tibia

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38
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What is #17?

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Femur

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39
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What is #18?

A

mouth

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40
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What is #19?

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Labrum

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41
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What is #20?

A

Mandible

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42
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What is #21?

A

compound eye

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43
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What is #22?

A

simple eye

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44
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What is #23?

A

Antenna

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45
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What is the function of a simple eye?

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to detect light and dark

46
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What is the function of the compound eye?

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to detect movement

47
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How do insects breath?

A
  • Air moves in and out through the body to deliver oxygen
  • The trachea opens to the outside of the body through spiracles
  • Only works by diffusion
48
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Define diffusion

A

insects must remain small

49
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What structures do insects use to breath?

A
  • Trachea
  • Spiracles
50
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List the 5 parts of the insect’s leg

A
  • Coxa
  • Trochanter
  • Femur
  • Tibia
  • Tarsus
51
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What number is the femur?

52
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What number is the coxa?

53
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What number is the trochanter?

54
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What number is the tibia?

55
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What number is the tarsus?

56
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What are the three major body parts of an insect?

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  • Head
  • Thorax
  • Abdomen
57
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What number is the fore wing?

58
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What number is the thorax?

59
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What number is the fore leg?

60
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What number is the eye?

61
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What number is the middle leg?

62
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What number is the abdomen?

63
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What number is the head?

64
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What number is the hind leg?

65
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What number is the hind wing?

66
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What number is the antennae?

67
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What is complete metamorphosis?

A

extreme change in form and behavior

68
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What are the change in form of complete metamorphosis?

A

egg-larvae-pupa-adult

69
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In complete metamorphosis when do the wings develop?

A

during the larvae stage

70
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What does a larvae look like?

A

Jaws with a sac-like body

71
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What is the main function of a larva?

A

taking in nutrients

72
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What else may Larvae be called?

A

caterpillar, grub, maggot

73
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What else may pupa be called?

A

cocoon, chrysalis

74
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What insects are included in complete metamorphosis?

A

ants, bees, wasps, beetles, fleas, gnats, flies, butterflies, moths, caddisflies, lacewings, antlions.

75
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What is the scientific name for complete metamorphosis?

A

Holometabolism

76
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What is Incomplete Metamorphosis?

A

Moderate change in body form and behavior

77
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What is the change in form in incomplete metamorphosis?

A

egg – nymph (naiad) – adult

78
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In incomplete metamorphosis when do the wings develop?

A

develop externally in pouches or pads on the nymph stage

79
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Do Nymph have ocelli?

80
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What insects are included in incomplete metamorphosis?

A

thrips, true bugs, sucking lice, biting lice, termites, earwigs, grasshoppers, cockroaches, crickets, mantids, dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies.

81
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What is the scientific name of incomplete metamorphpsis?

A

Hemimetabolism

82
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What is no metamorphosis?

A
  • simple change in body form and behavior
  • Grow only in form
83
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What is the change in form in no metamorphosis?

A

young simply look like smaller form of adult

84
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Do the wings ever develop in no metamorphosis?

85
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Which animals are included in no metamorphosis?

A

silverfish, firebrats, springtails.

86
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What metamorphosis is Order Zygentoma?

A

no metamorphosis

87
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Do Order Zygentoma have wings?

88
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In Order Zygentoma, what is their body covered with?

A

scales of chitin

89
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What insects are in Order Zygentoma?

A

Silverfish

90
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What kind of metamorphosis is in Order Odonata?

A

Incomplete metamorphosis

91
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Describe the wings of Order Orthoptera

A

2 pair of membranous, net-veined wings

92
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The nymphs(naiads) of Order Odonata live in which type of habitat?

93
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Which Order catches it’s prey in midflight in a “basket” made by folding it’s legs in front of and beneath its head?

A

Order Ordonata

94
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What do Order Odonata feed on?

A

small insects

95
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What’s the difference between dragonflies and damselflies?

A

Dragonfly wings outstretched and damselflies wings folded over their abdomen

96
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What insect is this?

97
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What’s the difference between dragonfly and damselfly nymph?

A

The damselfly has three paddle-like gills at the end of the abdomen. The dragonfly does not.

98
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What metamorphosis are the Order Orthoptera?

A

Incomplete metamorphosis

99
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How do the front wings of the Order Orthoptera differ from their hind wings?

A

Their front wings are thickened and hard and their hind wings are clear and membrane – like.

100
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How do males sing in the Order Orthoptera?

A

rubbing their hind leg against the forewing

101
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In the Order Orthoptera why do the males sing?

A

to attract females

102
Q

What is the difference between a grasshopper and a katydid?

A

Katydids have antennae as long as their bodies, are green and slimmer than the grasshopper

103
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What insects are in the Order Orthoptera?

A
  1. Grasshopper 2. Katydid 3. Jerusalem cricket (Potato bug) 4. Cricket
104
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What kind of metamorphosis is the Order Mantodea?

A

Incomplete metamorphosis

105
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In the Order Mantodea, What do they eat and are they beneficial?

A

flies, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and other insects that are garden and crop pests

106
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What insects are Order Mantodea?

A

California Mantid

107
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What kind of metamorphosis in the Order Dermaptera?

A

Incomplete Metamorphosis

108
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What structure is at on the end of their abdomen and what is it used for?

A

Pinchers for catching and manipulating prey

109
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What insects are in the Order Dermaptera?

110
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What 5 Orders are in this section?

A

Order Zygentoma, Order Odonata, Order Orthoptera, Order Mantodea, and Order Dermaptera

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