Entomology (with Complete Solutions)
Diversity correct answers -most dominant group of animals on earth -5-10 million species -may have millions per acre -have been around for ~350 million years Tropics correct answers -more diverse than temperate climates Black Flies correct answers -transfer blindness along rivers in central america Insect Physiology correct answers -3 body segments (head, thorax, abd) -6 legs (all join at the thorax) -wing/wingless forms -exoskeletons -O2 flows through plumbing w/o liquid medium Coleoptera correct answers -beetles Orthoptera correct answers -grasshoppers, weta, locusts, crickets Hymenoptera correct answers -ants, wasps Hemiptera correct answers -'true bugs' Lepidoptera correct answers -butterflies, moths Insect Life Cycle correct answers -Grasshopper is incomplete b/c larva is baby adult -beetle/fly is complete w/ 4 diff stages -eggs, larva, pupa, adult Hemimetabolous correct answers -incomplete life cycle -grasshopper Holometabolous correct answers -complete life cycle -beetles and flies Elytra correct answers -hard sell covering membranous wings Wings correct answers -covered w/ elytra -insects are only invertebrates w/ them -know different wing veins to differentiate Trophic Relationships correct answers -based on what they eat -particle feeders -herbivores (caterpillars, stink bugs)
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