Section 20.2- Orders of Insects and Their Economic Significance

Question 1

meaning of -ptera

Answer 1

wings

Question 2

straight-winged insects

Answer 2

orthoptera

Question 3

examples of orthoptera

Answer 3

crickets, grasshoppers, locusts, mantises

Question 4

harmful effects of orthoptera

Answer 4

locusts- damage crops
roaches- household pest

Question 5

benefits of orthoptera

Answer 5

mantises- kill and eat insects that damage plants

Question 6

toothed insects

Answer 6

Odonata

Question 7

examples of Odonata

Answer 7

dragonflies
damselflies

Question 8

the name toothed refers to the shark toothlike projections on

Answer 8

mouthparts

Question 9

benefits of Odonata

Answer 9

eat harmful insects

Question 10

half-winged insects

Answer 10

Hemiptera

Question 11

Hemiptera is made up

Answer 11

true bugs- bedbug, chinch big, squash bug, stinkbug

Question 12

an insect with a half-wing design and piercing sucking mouthparts that it uses to suck sap from plants and body fluids from animals

Answer 12

entomologist’s definition of bug

Question 13

same-winged insects

wings make a V shape

Answer 13

Homoptera

Question 14

examples of Homoptera

Answer 14

cicada
leafhopper
treehopper
lac insect
aphid

Question 15

scale winged insects

Answer 15

Lepidoptera

Question 16

examples of Lepidoptera

Answer 16

butterflies
moths

Question 17

T/F there are no real distinction between the butterfly and the moth

Answer 17

FALSE

Question 18

Lepidoptera which appears more hairy

Answer 18

moth

Question 19

two winged insects

Answer 19

diptera

Question 20

insects with two wings and piercing-sucking or sponging mouths

Answer 20

Diptera

Question 21

examples of Diptera

Answer 21

housefly
gnat
American hover fly
mosquito

Question 22

sheath-winged insects

Answer 22

Coleoptera

Question 23

insects of the order Coleoptera

Answer 23

beetles

Question 24

membrane-winged insects

Answer 24

Hymenoptera

Question 25

Hymenoptera includes the most common

Answer 25

social insects – ants, bees, wasps

Question 26

a honeybee colony has three types of bees

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queen (egg-laying female)
drones (males)
workers (non-egg-laying females)

Question 27

does not rule colony, but is responsible for reporduction in the colony

Answer 27

queen

Question 28

manage the bee colony

Answer 28

workers

Question 29

substance worker bees produce that they feed to larvae

Answer 29

royal jelly

Question 30

larger than worker bees ad have large eyes, strong wings, and broad bodies

Answer 30

drones

Question 31

hymenopterans without wings that live in large colonies with each colony consisting of workers, males, and queens

Answer 31

ants

Question 32

large worker ants that are equipped with large mandibles

Answer 32

soldier ants

Question 33

a _______________ colony may have several queens

Answer 33

ant

Question 34

God created the insect world to

Answer 34

benefit mankind

Question 35

system which seeks to keep insect pests from entering a particular country

Answer 35

quarantine control

Question 36

means of controlling insects which involves rotating crops, rescheduling the times of planting and harvesting etc. to minimize insect damage to particular crops

Answer 36

agricultural control

Question 37

method of controlling pests that uses natural insect diseases, parasites, or predators to stop harmful insects

Answer 37

biological control

Question 38

effective method of controlling insect pests which involves using insect hormones to sterilize particular insects or to prevent the metamorphosis of larvae into adults

insecticides or pesticides

Answer 38

chemical control

Question 39

method of controlling pests in which farmers have modified crops to produce pesticides inside their own cells

Answer 39

genetic control