NCSU ENT 201 Exam 2 2025-2026 Question
and Correct answer GRADED A+
Quasisocial - ANSWERSshare a nest, cooperate in care of immatures
Eusocial - ANSWERSShare a nest, cooperate in brood care of young, reproductive division of labor,
overlapping generations. Truly social.
Communal - ANSWERSShare nest but no care of young
Semisocial - ANSWERSshare a nest, cooperate in brood care, division of labor
Subsocial - ANSWERSsome parental care of immatures
Allomone - ANSWERSChemical communication that is positive for sender but negative for reciever
Anoplura - ANSWERSThe order of insects containing the sucking lice.
Asynchronous muscle - ANSWERSAn insect muscle which contracts multiple times due to a single nerve
impulse.
Castes - ANSWERSDifferent bodies for different jobs, in eusocial insects
Cochineal - ANSWERSBrilliant red dye produced by scale insects found on prickly pear cacti.
Delusional parasitosis - ANSWERSA condition in which the sufferer believes non-existent insects inhabit
one's person.
, Disease agent - ANSWERSAn organism causing negative effects in another organism.
Direct flight muscles - ANSWERSmajor flight muscles directly attached to the bases of the wings.
Ectognatha - ANSWERSHexapods with exposed mouthparts
Endopterygota - ANSWERSInsect orders which undergo complete metamorphosis.
Entognatha - ANSWERSPrimitive insects with mouthparts hidden in the head.
Entomophagy - ANSWERSThe practice of eating insects.
Exopterygota - ANSWERSInsect orders which undergo incomplete metamorphosis.
Entomophobia - ANSWERSAn irrational fear of insects.
Ganglion - ANSWERSCluster of nerve cell bodies
Heteroptera - ANSWERSAn insect order containing the aphids, true bugs, and their allies. Includes the
fomer Homoptera (aphids, etc.) which are all plant feeders, and the former Hemiptera (true bugs),
which includes plant feeders, predators, and parasites.
Indirect flight muscles - ANSWERSmajor flight muscles attached to the walls of the thorax rather than
the bases of the wings
Isoptera - ANSWERSThe insect order containing termites.
Kairomone - ANSWERSChemical communication between organisms which is negative for the sender
and positive for the receiver.
and Correct answer GRADED A+
Quasisocial - ANSWERSshare a nest, cooperate in care of immatures
Eusocial - ANSWERSShare a nest, cooperate in brood care of young, reproductive division of labor,
overlapping generations. Truly social.
Communal - ANSWERSShare nest but no care of young
Semisocial - ANSWERSshare a nest, cooperate in brood care, division of labor
Subsocial - ANSWERSsome parental care of immatures
Allomone - ANSWERSChemical communication that is positive for sender but negative for reciever
Anoplura - ANSWERSThe order of insects containing the sucking lice.
Asynchronous muscle - ANSWERSAn insect muscle which contracts multiple times due to a single nerve
impulse.
Castes - ANSWERSDifferent bodies for different jobs, in eusocial insects
Cochineal - ANSWERSBrilliant red dye produced by scale insects found on prickly pear cacti.
Delusional parasitosis - ANSWERSA condition in which the sufferer believes non-existent insects inhabit
one's person.
, Disease agent - ANSWERSAn organism causing negative effects in another organism.
Direct flight muscles - ANSWERSmajor flight muscles directly attached to the bases of the wings.
Ectognatha - ANSWERSHexapods with exposed mouthparts
Endopterygota - ANSWERSInsect orders which undergo complete metamorphosis.
Entognatha - ANSWERSPrimitive insects with mouthparts hidden in the head.
Entomophagy - ANSWERSThe practice of eating insects.
Exopterygota - ANSWERSInsect orders which undergo incomplete metamorphosis.
Entomophobia - ANSWERSAn irrational fear of insects.
Ganglion - ANSWERSCluster of nerve cell bodies
Heteroptera - ANSWERSAn insect order containing the aphids, true bugs, and their allies. Includes the
fomer Homoptera (aphids, etc.) which are all plant feeders, and the former Hemiptera (true bugs),
which includes plant feeders, predators, and parasites.
Indirect flight muscles - ANSWERSmajor flight muscles attached to the walls of the thorax rather than
the bases of the wings
Isoptera - ANSWERSThe insect order containing termites.
Kairomone - ANSWERSChemical communication between organisms which is negative for the sender
and positive for the receiver.
