guide: Chapter 1 test Bank
Pests - CORRECT ANSWER-Living things that compete with us for food, fiber, or
space, or attack us directly.
Insects - CORRECT ANSWER-Have six jointed legs, three body segments.
Wings and mouthparts - CORRECT ANSWER-Most important identifiers of insects.
Metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER-The change in shape, form, and size during a
life cycle.
Nymph - CORRECT ANSWER-This hatches from an egg, looks like a tiny adult, and
grows into a winged adult.
4 stage metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER-Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Arachnids - CORRECT ANSWER-Eight jointed legs, two body regions, no wings
Snails and slugs - CORRECT ANSWER-Mollusks, feed on plant foliage.
Vertebrates - CORRECT ANSWER-Pests with Jointed backbone
Plant disease agent - CORRECT ANSWER-Any harmful condition that makes a plant
different from a normal plant in function or appearance.