ENTOMOLOGY (100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)

What unique set of characteristics distinguish insects from all other animals? correct answers Exoskeleton (cuticle) and set of three body regions. What are the common names for the 5 largest orders of insects? correct answers Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera Describe the life cycle of a hemimetabolous insect (the stages from egg to adult). correct answers Adult and larvae pretty much the same, feed on the same things. Comparing life cycles of holo- and hemimetabolous insects, what are two major aspects that differ? correct answers Body plan and what they eat. Which type of life cycle do most insects have? What insect order has the most species? correct answers Most holometabolous; coleoptera How long do most insects live? correct answers It depends on the order they're in. They can live from months to decades. What effect does short generation time combined with small size have on the potential for the growth of insect populations? correct answers It means there's multiple sets of offspring each year. What did ozone have to do with arthropods (or any life) invading land? correct answers Protects from the sun's harmful rays. What are three major steps (moments) in insect evolution over time? correct answers Got wings, wings can fold over back, holometaboly. What were the first land animals? correct answers Insects What were the first animals to fly? correct answers Insects Nearly all of insects that appeared in the first radiation had which of the two major types of development (holo or hemi)? correct answers Hemimetabolous How badly did the Permian extinction affect insects compared to other forms of life? correct answers About 95% of life lost but only 50% of insects. How badly did the 'dinosaur extinction' event affect insects compared with other forms of life? correct answers HARDLY AT ALL SUCKAS. When in their history have insects been the most diverse? correct answers Present day.