entomology test questions with verified answers
1. ingestion. Ans✓✓✓ by the mouthparts.
2. digestion. Ans✓✓✓ breaking down food from macro-molecules to
micro-molecules.
3. absorption. Ans✓✓✓ usable forms are being transported to the cells
of the insect body.
4. egestion. Ans✓✓✓ elimination of waste.
abdominal ganglia. Ans✓✓✓ (ventral nerve cord)
digestion, excretion, and reproduction.
acetylcholine. Ans✓✓✓ transmitter substance.
carries the nerve impulse across the synapse from one neuron to the
next.
acetylcholinesterase. Ans✓✓✓ enzyme that destroys acetylcholine.
acetylcholinesterase. Ans✓✓✓ enzyme that destroys acetylcholine.
without, impulse would continue to fire (mechanism for some
insecticides).
,alimentary canal parts. Ans✓✓✓ 1. foregut.
2. midgut.
3. hindgut.
ammonia. Ans✓✓✓ (aquatic insects)
liquid; high level of water.
not in danger of losing too much water, more in danger of having too
much water in system.
aorta (dorsal blood vessel). Ans✓✓✓ anterior.
asexual reproduction (advantages). Ans✓✓✓ very rapid life cycle.
asexual reproduction (disadvantages). Ans✓✓✓ little or no genetic
variability: usually exact copy of the mother.
basic function of the digestive system. Ans✓✓✓ to prepare nutrients
for transport to individual cells of the body.
basic order of digestion. Ans✓✓✓ 1. ingestion.
2. digestion.
3. absorption.
, 4. egestion.
breathing modifications for insects. Ans✓✓✓ 1. spiracles (live on
surface).
2. gill-like structures.
3. trap air bubbles under wings.
4. tube-like siphen.
5. extract oxygen from plants.
caste system of honey bee. Ans✓✓✓ queen.
drone.
worker.
characteristics of eusociality. Ans✓✓✓ cooperative care of young.
division of labor.
overlap of generations - 1 day old > year old.
circulatory system basic functions. Ans✓✓✓ - transport of nutrients,
waste, and hormones.
- protection, defense capacity.
closed circulatory system. Ans✓✓✓ - mostly vertebrates.
1. ingestion. Ans✓✓✓ by the mouthparts.
2. digestion. Ans✓✓✓ breaking down food from macro-molecules to
micro-molecules.
3. absorption. Ans✓✓✓ usable forms are being transported to the cells
of the insect body.
4. egestion. Ans✓✓✓ elimination of waste.
abdominal ganglia. Ans✓✓✓ (ventral nerve cord)
digestion, excretion, and reproduction.
acetylcholine. Ans✓✓✓ transmitter substance.
carries the nerve impulse across the synapse from one neuron to the
next.
acetylcholinesterase. Ans✓✓✓ enzyme that destroys acetylcholine.
acetylcholinesterase. Ans✓✓✓ enzyme that destroys acetylcholine.
without, impulse would continue to fire (mechanism for some
insecticides).
,alimentary canal parts. Ans✓✓✓ 1. foregut.
2. midgut.
3. hindgut.
ammonia. Ans✓✓✓ (aquatic insects)
liquid; high level of water.
not in danger of losing too much water, more in danger of having too
much water in system.
aorta (dorsal blood vessel). Ans✓✓✓ anterior.
asexual reproduction (advantages). Ans✓✓✓ very rapid life cycle.
asexual reproduction (disadvantages). Ans✓✓✓ little or no genetic
variability: usually exact copy of the mother.
basic function of the digestive system. Ans✓✓✓ to prepare nutrients
for transport to individual cells of the body.
basic order of digestion. Ans✓✓✓ 1. ingestion.
2. digestion.
3. absorption.
, 4. egestion.
breathing modifications for insects. Ans✓✓✓ 1. spiracles (live on
surface).
2. gill-like structures.
3. trap air bubbles under wings.
4. tube-like siphen.
5. extract oxygen from plants.
caste system of honey bee. Ans✓✓✓ queen.
drone.
worker.
characteristics of eusociality. Ans✓✓✓ cooperative care of young.
division of labor.
overlap of generations - 1 day old > year old.
circulatory system basic functions. Ans✓✓✓ - transport of nutrients,
waste, and hormones.
- protection, defense capacity.
closed circulatory system. Ans✓✓✓ - mostly vertebrates.
