Subphylum Uniramia

Question 1

What subphylum are centipedes, millipedes, and insects in?

Answer 1

Subphylum Uniramia

Question 2

How many pairs of legs/ segment do centipedes have?

Answer 2

1 pair

Question 3

How many pairs of legs/ segment do millipedes have?

Answer 3

2 pairs

Question 4

Are centipedes herbivore, saprovore, or carnivore?

Answer 4

Carnivore

Question 5

Are millipedes herbivore, saprovore, or carnivore?

Answer 5

Herbivore & Saprovore

Question 6

What is the study of insects called?

Answer 6

Entomology

Question 7

What’s another name for the antenna?

Answer 7

“Feelers”

Question 8

What’s the most common shape for the antenna?

Answer 8

Filiform

Question 9

For the class insecta, what are the three main body regions?

Answer 9

The head, thorax, and abdomen.

Question 10

How pairs of wings do adults normally have?

Answer 10

2 pairs

Question 11

What role do the sensory receptors play?

Answer 11

Detect chemical and mechanical signals.

Question 12

What is the tympanum?

Answer 12

A thin membrane associated with tracheal air sacs. Helps detect sound.

Question 13

What are the hair-like sensory structures called?

Answer 13

Setae

Question 14

What role do pheromones play?

Answer 14

Used for communication. Mating signals, trail markers.

Question 15

What order are beetles in?

Answer 15

Order Coleptera

Question 16

What species is the most numerous in the class insecta?

Answer 16

Beetles

Question 17

Which insect causes damage to lawns?

Answer 17

Japanese Beetle

Question 18

Which beetle is known for being the longest and being in South America?

Answer 18

Titan Beetle

Question 19

Which insect is known for eating the garden pest and are omnivores?

Answer 19

Ladybugs

Question 20

Which insect is known for rolling into a ball and rolling around from the pile?

Answer 20

Dung Beetle

Question 21

What order are butterflies and moths in?

Answer 21

Class Lepidoptera

Question 22

What does the name Lepidoptera mean?

Answer 22

Scale Wing

Question 23

When do butterflies feed/ when does they rest? How do they hold their wings at rest?

Answer 23

They feed during the day & rest at night. They hold their wings vertical (flat) over their body at rest.

Question 24

When do moths feed/ when does they rest? How do they hold their wings at rest?

Answer 24

They feed at night (nocturnal) and hold their wings horizontal.

Question 25

When butterflies are caterpillars, what kind of texture is their skin?

Answer 25

Fleshy

Question 26

When moths are caterpillars, what kind of texture is their skin?

Answer 26

Hairy

Question 27

What does a butterflies antenna have at the tip?

Answer 27

A small bulb at the tip.

Question 28

What does a moth’s antenna have at the tip?

Answer 28

Feathery or sharp at the tip.

Question 29

What kind of insects are in the Order Hymenoptera?

Answer 29

Social Insects

Question 30

What kind of insects are in the Order Diptera?

Answer 30

Flies and mosquitos

Question 31

What are the characteristics of Diptera?

Answer 31

• One pair of functional wings.
• Club-shaped halteres for balance.
• Sucking mouthparts.

Question 32

What insect is known as the blowfly? Also, is known for feeding on dog feces, exposed food, and decomposing animals.

Answer 32

The Green bottle Fly

Question 33

What insects is known for having sponge-sucking mouthparts? The saliva liquefies solid food and then they sponge up.

Answer 33

Housefly

Question 34

What insect carry the West Nile Virus? Also, hatches egg in the water and sense CO2, heat, contrasting colors, and sweat?

Answer 34

Mosquito