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Submitted Name Status Score 2/19/10 7:00 PM Exam 1 Completed 92 out of 100 points
Instructions Read the questions carefully and recheck your answers before submitting your exam. You can only take the exam one time. Once you have started your exam, DO NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE ON THIS COMPUTER. BLACKBOARD WILL NOT LET YOU GO BACK TO THE EXAM, AND YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A ZERO. Question 1 What do fly eggs, maggots, and aphids have in common? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 2 Heartworm is transmitted to dogs by Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 3 Which statement is FALSE? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 4 Studying insects is important because most species in the world are pests to humans. Studying insects is important because most species in the world are pests to humans. Mosquitoes Mosquitoes 2 out of 2 points They are commonly found within acceptable levels in food products. They are commonly found within acceptable levels in food products. 2 out of 2 points 2 out of 2 points
2 out of 2 points The correct order of the levels of scientific classification is as follows Selected Answer: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
2 out of 2 points The Brown Recluse Spider is one of two poisonous spiders found in the United States. The Brown Recluse Selected Answer: Correct Answer: d. a and b d. a and b 2 out of 2 points How many major body regions do spiders have? (Enter a number)
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All insects are arthropods, but not all arthropods are insects Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 10 This arthropod is in what Subphylum? True True 2 out of 2 points
Chelicerata (spiders, mites, ticks, etc.) Chelicerata (spiders, mites, ticks, etc.) 2 out of 2 points
0 out of 2 points The fossil shown below is a close relative of which of the following?
How many PAIRS of legs are attached to an insect abdomen? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 15 This arthropod can sting with its tail. What CLASS is it in? 0 0 2 out of 2 points
Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 16 Most insect blood Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 17
Arachnida (spiders, mites, scorpions, etc.) Arachnida (spiders, mites, scorpions, etc.) 2 out of 2 points
Carries food, hormones, and metabolic wastes. Carries food, hormones, and metabolic wastes. 2 out of 2 points
Reabsorption of water and elimination of wastes Reabsorption of water and elimination of wastes
2 out of 2 points Insect blood flows openly inside the body, but flow is assisted by a tubular structure near the top of the body cavity. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True
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2 out of 2 points Thoracic ganglia in the nervous system of insects are important for movement. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True
Question 21
2 out of 2 points Abdominal ganglia in the nervous system of insects are important only for reproductive functions. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: False False 2 out of 2 points The arrow in the diagram below points to a(n):
Question 22
spiracle spiracle
2 out of 2 points In humans the main organs that remove nitrogenous waste from blood are the kidneys. In insects, the organs that perform the same function are called Selected Answer: Correct Answer: malpighian tubules malpighian tubules
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2 out of 2 points The major reason that there are so many species of insects is that they have evolved the ability to fly a long time before any other animals. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True
Question 25
2 out of 2 points The arrow in the diagram below points to the epidermis, which is not shed during molting.
True True
2 out of 2 points Because insects are so adaptable, they are not susceptible to water loss. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: False False
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2 out of 2 points One of the reasons insects are diverse and abundant is because they have adapted mouthparts allowing them to utilize many different food sources. Several different types of mouthparts were discussed. Which of the following is not a type of mouthpart found in insects? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: grasping grasping 2 out of 2 points Some species of insects can undergo asexual reproduction.
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The exoskeleton of an insect is composed of Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 30 The insect below undergoes incomplete metamorphosis. all above all above 2 out of 2 points
A grasshopper cannot fly until it is an adult. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 32 Incomplete metamorphosis Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 33 Insects with "no metamorphosis" do not have wings Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True has immatures with wing pads where the adult wings are developing has immatures with wing pads where the adult wings are developing 2 out of 2 points True True 2 out of 2 points
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2 out of 2 points This insect shown below has a beak that arises from the front of the head and has wings called hemelytron. What Order is it in?
2 out of 2 points Which insect in the Order Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants) will leave its stinger in you after an attack? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: honey bee honey bee
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2 out of 2 points Some insects in the order Homoptera called scale insects have been used for Selected Answer: Correct Answer: dyes dyes 2 out of 2 points The adult of the insect below probably
Question 38
How are termites able to digest wood? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 40 Protozoa in their guts produce enzymes that break down the cellulose in wood. Protozoa in their guts produce enzymes that break down the cellulose in wood.
2 out of 2 points The picture below shows an insect, with knobbed antennae, in the Order Lepidoptera. From the type of antennae and way the wings are held, you know that this is a
Selected Answer:
Butterfly
Beetle larvae are often called Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 42 A praying mantis eats only pest insects. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 43 Which characteristics best describe termites? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 44 Insects from which Order do not have wings? Selected Answers: Correct Answers: Question 45 Aphids are important vectors of animal diseases. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 46 True False Siphonaptera (fleas) Siphonaptera (fleas) 0 out of 2 points Social insects, straight antennae, incomplete metamorphosis, digest cellulose. Social insects, straight antennae, incomplete metamorphosis, digest cellulose. 2 out of 2 points False False 2 out of 2 points grubs grubs 2 out of 2 points
2 out of 2 points Which is correct for the insect in the Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as shown in the image below?
incomplete metamorphosis with nymphal stages in water and adult on land incomplete metamorphosis with nymphal stages in water and adult on land
2 out of 2 points Insects and their relatives are often present in great numbers. This great abundance is often a positive. Horseshoe Crab abundance is essential to the migrating shorebirds along the Atlantic coast, because the birds consume the crab eggs during migration ("Insects in the News"). Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True
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2 out of 2 points Insects are very successful. There's little that humans have invented that insects hadn't mastered millions of years ago. Certain ants ( Insects-in-the-News ) are wonderful examples of why insects are so successful. These ants include species that Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Practice agriculture by farming fungi, which they use to construct traps like torture racks to ambush large insects Practice agriculture by farming fungi, which they use to construct traps like torture racks to ambush large insects
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0 out of 2 points Certain insects that inhabit colder climates, like the interior of Alaska (Insectsin-the-News), can withstand freezing temperatures. The biochemical properties of these insects are important to researchers because they may Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Offer better ways of preserving human organs for transplant All of the above
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2 out of 2 points We've learned that insects are very diverse and abundant. In an Insects-in-theNews article, a Canadian woman won concert tickets for collecting 38,000 insects. The insects she collected were Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Grasshoppers, which are pests of the area Grasshoppers, which are pests of the area