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PCA Exam TEST FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM
20262027 BANK 2 VERSIONS QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM QUESTIONS WILL COME
FROM HERE (100% CORRECT ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Chewing Mouthpart - ANSWER--includes the labrum, mandibles,
hypopharynx, and the labrum-epipharynx
piercing-sucking mouthparts - ANSWER--insect mouthparts in which a
syringe-like structure pierces plant cells and draws in its contents
Blood Feeding Mouthparts - ANSWER--An elongated labium forms a
protective sheath for the stylet that carries enzymes that when the
insect carries blood up it does not clot
rasping-sucking mouthparts - ANSWER--Scrape the surface of the leaf
away and then feed on the sap using a cone shaped beak
Siphoning mouthparts - ANSWER--Feeding tube is uncoiled and
extended to suck liquids into the mouth (butterfly)
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Sponging mouthparts - ANSWER--The mandibles and maxillae are
nonfunctional, and the remaining parts form a proboscis with a fan-
shaped sponge at the tip, liquid food is mopped up by the capillary
action
Chewing-lapping mouthparts - ANSWER--Modified mouthparts that
occur in bees. Includes a "tongue" that laps up liquids, as well as
mandibles that can be used for various functions.
What orders of insects have chewing mouthparts - ANSWER--
Collembola, coleptera, dermaptera, dictyoptera, diptera,
ephemeroptera, hymenoptera, isoptera, lepidoptera, mecoptera,
neurtopera, odonata, orthoptera, plecoptera, psocoptera, thysanura
what insect orders have piercing-sucking mouthparts - ANSWER--
hemiptera, diptera, siphonaptera
How are piercing-sucking mouthparts different than chewing
mouthparts - ANSWER--they have a modified labrum that acts as a
pouch for protecting the maxillary stylets and mandibles/maxillae that
are sharpened like a needle
What are the main body parts of a adult insect - ANSWER--head thorax
and abdomen
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What are the main body parts of a adult spider - ANSWER--
cephalothorax (head region) abdomen, 8 legs
What are the main body parts of a adult mite - ANSWER--
cephalothorax, abdomen, 6 pairs of appendages- 4 legs and 2 pairs of
mouthparts appendage
What is the proper name for grublike like body type - ANSWER--
scarabaeiform
What is the proper name for maggotlike like body type - ANSWER--
vermiform
Haltere wing type - ANSWER--a hindwing that is reduced to a knobbed
guidance organ, most commonly found in diptera family of true flies
Tegmina wing type - ANSWER--front wings that are completely leathery
or parchment like in texture, most common in grasshopper or crickets
Hemelytra wing type - ANSWER--Front wings that are leathery or
parchment-like at the base and membranous near the tip in some true
bug species
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Elytra wing type - ANSWER--Hard, sclerotized front wings that serve as
protective covers for membranous hind wings, most common in beetle
like species
Scales wing type - ANSWER--Membranous wings that may be coated
with scale to provide color, protection from predators, and
temperature regulation
What is the function of the foregut in an insect - ANSWER--Starts the
breakdown of the ingested food source
What is the function of the midgut in an insect - ANSWER--continues
the breakdown of the food source by stripping away the nutritional
portions of the food such as the proteins
What is the function of the hindgut in an insect - ANSWER--final step in
the digestive system if an insect by pulling the moisture from the food
and then passing it through the insects rectum
How does respiration take place - ANSWER--insects used spiracles and
tracheoles to intake oxygen from the environment and expel carbon
dioxide
Describe an insects circulatory system - ANSWER--Insects operate with
an open circulatory system that means the hemolymph flows freely
between muscle and body captivities, this system is also responsible for
PCA Exam TEST FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM
20262027 BANK 2 VERSIONS QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM QUESTIONS WILL COME
FROM HERE (100% CORRECT ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Chewing Mouthpart - ANSWER--includes the labrum, mandibles,
hypopharynx, and the labrum-epipharynx
piercing-sucking mouthparts - ANSWER--insect mouthparts in which a
syringe-like structure pierces plant cells and draws in its contents
Blood Feeding Mouthparts - ANSWER--An elongated labium forms a
protective sheath for the stylet that carries enzymes that when the
insect carries blood up it does not clot
rasping-sucking mouthparts - ANSWER--Scrape the surface of the leaf
away and then feed on the sap using a cone shaped beak
Siphoning mouthparts - ANSWER--Feeding tube is uncoiled and
extended to suck liquids into the mouth (butterfly)
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Sponging mouthparts - ANSWER--The mandibles and maxillae are
nonfunctional, and the remaining parts form a proboscis with a fan-
shaped sponge at the tip, liquid food is mopped up by the capillary
action
Chewing-lapping mouthparts - ANSWER--Modified mouthparts that
occur in bees. Includes a "tongue" that laps up liquids, as well as
mandibles that can be used for various functions.
What orders of insects have chewing mouthparts - ANSWER--
Collembola, coleptera, dermaptera, dictyoptera, diptera,
ephemeroptera, hymenoptera, isoptera, lepidoptera, mecoptera,
neurtopera, odonata, orthoptera, plecoptera, psocoptera, thysanura
what insect orders have piercing-sucking mouthparts - ANSWER--
hemiptera, diptera, siphonaptera
How are piercing-sucking mouthparts different than chewing
mouthparts - ANSWER--they have a modified labrum that acts as a
pouch for protecting the maxillary stylets and mandibles/maxillae that
are sharpened like a needle
What are the main body parts of a adult insect - ANSWER--head thorax
and abdomen
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What are the main body parts of a adult spider - ANSWER--
cephalothorax (head region) abdomen, 8 legs
What are the main body parts of a adult mite - ANSWER--
cephalothorax, abdomen, 6 pairs of appendages- 4 legs and 2 pairs of
mouthparts appendage
What is the proper name for grublike like body type - ANSWER--
scarabaeiform
What is the proper name for maggotlike like body type - ANSWER--
vermiform
Haltere wing type - ANSWER--a hindwing that is reduced to a knobbed
guidance organ, most commonly found in diptera family of true flies
Tegmina wing type - ANSWER--front wings that are completely leathery
or parchment like in texture, most common in grasshopper or crickets
Hemelytra wing type - ANSWER--Front wings that are leathery or
parchment-like at the base and membranous near the tip in some true
bug species
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Elytra wing type - ANSWER--Hard, sclerotized front wings that serve as
protective covers for membranous hind wings, most common in beetle
like species
Scales wing type - ANSWER--Membranous wings that may be coated
with scale to provide color, protection from predators, and
temperature regulation
What is the function of the foregut in an insect - ANSWER--Starts the
breakdown of the ingested food source
What is the function of the midgut in an insect - ANSWER--continues
the breakdown of the food source by stripping away the nutritional
portions of the food such as the proteins
What is the function of the hindgut in an insect - ANSWER--final step in
the digestive system if an insect by pulling the moisture from the food
and then passing it through the insects rectum
How does respiration take place - ANSWER--insects used spiracles and
tracheoles to intake oxygen from the environment and expel carbon
dioxide
Describe an insects circulatory system - ANSWER--Insects operate with
an open circulatory system that means the hemolymph flows freely
between muscle and body captivities, this system is also responsible for
