Entomology Final Exam Questions with verified
answers
a female mud dauber makes a mud nest and then collects spiders to
feed her young. when she leaves her nest to look for spiders, what
allows her to find her way back
associative learning
insight learning
latent learning
habituation Ans✓✓✓ latent learning
a group of larval lepidoptera feed together on a plant. when they
mature, they disperse and adults are solitary. what type of behavior is
exhibited by the larvae?:
an association
semisocial behavior
subsocial behavior
eusocial behavior Ans✓✓✓ an association
a honey bee sees flowers differently than humans see the same flower.
compared with the human a bee can detect nectar guides. how does
the bee detect the nectar guides?
with its simple eyes
with its compound eyes
,with its setae
with its tympana
with its ovipositor Ans✓✓✓ with its compound eyes
a hybrid is the result of two different _________ breeding and
producing an offspring
genera
families
species
subspecies
populations Ans✓✓✓ species
a male bumble bee (a hymenoptera) has which of the following
characteristics?
is haploid
can sting
is diploid
all of the above
none of the above Ans✓✓✓ can sting
a person who is diagnosed with ekboms syndrome has
parasites
bell syndrome
,reaction to insect bites
a mental disorder Ans✓✓✓ a mental disorder
a population of beetles has individuals with long legs that are able to
survive spiders by being able to pull out of the web. individuals with
short legs are also able to survive attacks by spiders by not being caught
in the web. through time individuals with long legs and individuals with
short legs increase in number. what type of selection is exhibited
stabilizing
disruptive
directional
both a and c Ans✓✓✓ disruptive
a small family garden that grows tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, and
onions is an example of a:
polyculture
bt crop
density dependent effect
monoculture
all of the above Ans✓✓✓ polyculture
a species of tree cricket has been found where females eat the male
during or after mating. in these insects the female mates with multiple
males and sometimes eats the male before he mates with her. based
, on these observations which hypothesis is supported for the male that
she mates with?
suicide male
rapacious female
directional selection
both a and b Ans✓✓✓ rapacious female
a turkey that eats a grasshopper and the grasshopper eats a plant
which grows in a garden. in this example the turkey is a:
primary consumer
tertiary producer
secondary consumer
primary producer Ans✓✓✓ secondary consumer
adult bumble bees have compound eyes and occeli. what do ocelli
detect
shadows/ light and dark
only uv
uv, blue and yellow
both a and c
both a and b Ans✓✓✓ uv, blue and yellow
all of the following are blood-feeding insects EXCEPT:
answers
a female mud dauber makes a mud nest and then collects spiders to
feed her young. when she leaves her nest to look for spiders, what
allows her to find her way back
associative learning
insight learning
latent learning
habituation Ans✓✓✓ latent learning
a group of larval lepidoptera feed together on a plant. when they
mature, they disperse and adults are solitary. what type of behavior is
exhibited by the larvae?:
an association
semisocial behavior
subsocial behavior
eusocial behavior Ans✓✓✓ an association
a honey bee sees flowers differently than humans see the same flower.
compared with the human a bee can detect nectar guides. how does
the bee detect the nectar guides?
with its simple eyes
with its compound eyes
,with its setae
with its tympana
with its ovipositor Ans✓✓✓ with its compound eyes
a hybrid is the result of two different _________ breeding and
producing an offspring
genera
families
species
subspecies
populations Ans✓✓✓ species
a male bumble bee (a hymenoptera) has which of the following
characteristics?
is haploid
can sting
is diploid
all of the above
none of the above Ans✓✓✓ can sting
a person who is diagnosed with ekboms syndrome has
parasites
bell syndrome
,reaction to insect bites
a mental disorder Ans✓✓✓ a mental disorder
a population of beetles has individuals with long legs that are able to
survive spiders by being able to pull out of the web. individuals with
short legs are also able to survive attacks by spiders by not being caught
in the web. through time individuals with long legs and individuals with
short legs increase in number. what type of selection is exhibited
stabilizing
disruptive
directional
both a and c Ans✓✓✓ disruptive
a small family garden that grows tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, and
onions is an example of a:
polyculture
bt crop
density dependent effect
monoculture
all of the above Ans✓✓✓ polyculture
a species of tree cricket has been found where females eat the male
during or after mating. in these insects the female mates with multiple
males and sometimes eats the male before he mates with her. based
, on these observations which hypothesis is supported for the male that
she mates with?
suicide male
rapacious female
directional selection
both a and b Ans✓✓✓ rapacious female
a turkey that eats a grasshopper and the grasshopper eats a plant
which grows in a garden. in this example the turkey is a:
primary consumer
tertiary producer
secondary consumer
primary producer Ans✓✓✓ secondary consumer
adult bumble bees have compound eyes and occeli. what do ocelli
detect
shadows/ light and dark
only uv
uv, blue and yellow
both a and c
both a and b Ans✓✓✓ uv, blue and yellow
all of the following are blood-feeding insects EXCEPT:
