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Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What are the positive effects of insects?

A

1.Food for animals 2.Agents of decomp (termites and Dung Beetles) 3.Soil Formation

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2
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What is the main speciesl that is insectivorous?

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Birds

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3
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What is a pest?

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Damages plants important to humans,Annoy injure or kill humans or animals important to us,Damage products and possessions

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4
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What are the 4 ways a pest can damage plants

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Feeding,sucking,chewing,ovipositing,boring holes in trees,and transmitting plant diseases

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5
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what is entomophobia?

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Exaggerated fear of insects

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6
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What are examples of venomous insects and arthropods?

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Mosquitos,ticks,brown recluse,deer flies,chiggers,Wasps,kissing bees,centipeeds,scorpians

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7
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Parasites that live outside the body Examples: Lice fleas mites mosquitos

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Ectoparacites

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8
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Parasites that live inside the body examples: Sheep bot fly,screw worms

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Endoparacites

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9
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What factors detirmine if a species is a pest

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Market value of crop involved,Susceptibility of the crop to damage,cost to control insect species,Weather conditions,imppact the control has on the environment

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10
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What is the biggest order of classified insects?

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Coleoptera (BEETLES ARE THE MOST COMMON)

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11
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Front part of the insect

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Anterior

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12
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back part of the insect

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Posterior

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13
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top of the insect

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dorsal

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14
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Bottomside of the insect

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ventral

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15
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Sides of the bug

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lateral

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16
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From the head to butt of the length of the body

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median line

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17
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Part furthest from the body,antennae,legs,wings

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distal

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18
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closest to the body

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proximal

19
Q

Body divided into 3 tamata- the process of fusing segments to form the tagmata

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tagmosis

20
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What are the three tagmata

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Head,thorax,and abdomen

21
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True of false: segments may be completely fused or lossely fused

A

True

22
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Each tagma has a different function and different organs: head,thoraz, and abdomen

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head:sensing system,information processing,and feeding

Throax:locomotion

Abdomen:Digestion,repro,blood cirulation,breathig,and sensory

23
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What are the 3 saections the throax is divided into

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Prothorax,mesothroax,methathorax

24
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harding ot the thorax segments-must be exposed to air

A

sclerotization

25
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Hardened forewings

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Elytra

26
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Contains almost all major muscle groups

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thorax

27
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What are the two major components of the exoskeleton

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Chitin (long chain polysacchrides) and Proteins (used for tanning and sclerotization

28
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What is chitin?

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Insect cuticle is like plywood and very storng,flexible to bend but resists breakage.

29
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How manys segments do the basic legs have?

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5

30
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What are the name of the segments starting with the part of the leg that attaches to the body

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coxa,trochanter,femur,tibia,tarsia

31
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Front legs used for digging

A

Fassorial

32
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front legs used for capturing prey

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raptorial

33
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hing legs useed for jumping

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saltatorial

34
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hind legs used for swimming

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natorial

35
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two winged insects (only one pair) examples: flies and mosquitos

A

diptera

36
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Flies and mosquitos have club like legs called…

A

haltera

37
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How is insect wing motion measured

A

hertz

38
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What do insects eat

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Everything! Leaves,roots,pollen,decaying plants and animals,blood,animal poo, etc

39
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Mouthoparts that are directed downwards that are specialized for processing plants

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chewing mouthparts (grasshopper)

40
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Mouthparts that are modified into styles for piercing plants and sucking out juices

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piercing/sucking (box elder)

41
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mouth parts adapted for lapping nectar

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lapping mouth parts(bee)

42
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coiled mouth parts adapted for siphoning nectar

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siphoning mouth parts (butterfly)

43
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Flat mouth area used to soak up liquid with cutting mouth parts to tear the flesh

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sponging mouth parts (flies)

44
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What are additional uses for mouth parts?

A

defense (soldier termites)

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