FFA Entomology Exam Study Guide questions with
verified answers
____ are the two orders of primitively wingless insects. Ans✓✓✓
Archaeognatha and Thysanura
______ determines whether bee larvae become a queen or worker.
Ans✓✓✓ food
_______ is a primary characteristic of the order Orthoptera and is the
type of forewing of this group. Ans✓✓✓ tegmina
__________ are regarded as the most important group of insect
pollinators. Ans✓✓✓ Hymenoptera, Apoidea
___________ is an ability of insects to survive toxicity after chronic
exposure to pesticides. Ans✓✓✓ resistance
______________ belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ans✓✓✓ wasps
and ants
_______________ is the largest professional society dedicated to the
study of insects. Ans✓✓✓ Entomological Society of America
,_________________ is where digestive enzymes are secreted and most
food absorption occurs in the insect gut. Ans✓✓✓ mesenteron
______are not considered a biological control agent for killing insect
pests. Ans✓✓✓ pheromones
A ___________ is used to collect ground dwelling, crawling insects.
Ans✓✓✓ pitfall trap
A ____________ is the stage of development of an insect between the
immature form and the adult in holometabolous insects (those insects
that go through complete metamorphosis). Ans✓✓✓ pupa
A _______________ is the immature, aquatic stage of a dobsonfly.
Ans✓✓✓ hellgrammite
A ____________is a trap used to separate insects from soil or leaf litter
Ans✓✓✓ berlese funnel
A beating tray or beat sheet is best used to collect which type of
insects? Ans✓✓✓ insects that frequent plants and are reluctant to fly
or run
A caterpillar does not have _________. Ans✓✓✓ compound eyes
,A caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly is a common pest of Ans✓✓✓
vegetables
A dun is a fly fishing term used to describe what type of insect
Ans✓✓✓ a mayfly sub-adult
A geniculate insect antenna is Ans✓✓✓ elbowed
A hearing organ of an insect is the Ans✓✓✓ tympanum
A legless, eyeless, vermiform larva that is approximately 5 mm in length
would probably belong to what insect order? Ans✓✓✓ Siphonaptera
A mass of neural tissue that contains mostly nerve cell bodies and
interneurons in an insect is called a
_________________. Ans✓✓✓ ganglion
A mass of neural tissue that contains mostly nerve cell bodies and
interneurons in an insect is called a
_________________. Ans✓✓✓ ganglion
A measure of insect dispersion gives an indication of Ans✓✓✓ the
random, clumped, or uniform distribution of individuals across a given
area
, A parsley worm is in the order ______________________ and the adult
turns into a
_____________________. Ans✓✓✓ Lepidoptera, swallowtail
A sperm cell enters the insect egg through the Ans✓✓✓ micropyle
A suture of the exoskeleton is best described as a Ans✓✓✓ line or
junction between two sclerites.
A tool that allows one to adjust the height and position of a pinned
specimen and accompanying label is
a ___________. Ans✓✓✓ pinning block
A tool used to collect insects using your mouth or a hand bulb and a
small vial is called an Ans✓✓✓ aspirator
A/an ______________ is used by female insects to lay eggs. Ans✓✓✓
ovipositor
Abdominal gills allow insects to utilize oxygen that is Ans✓✓✓
dissolved in the surrounding water
verified answers
____ are the two orders of primitively wingless insects. Ans✓✓✓
Archaeognatha and Thysanura
______ determines whether bee larvae become a queen or worker.
Ans✓✓✓ food
_______ is a primary characteristic of the order Orthoptera and is the
type of forewing of this group. Ans✓✓✓ tegmina
__________ are regarded as the most important group of insect
pollinators. Ans✓✓✓ Hymenoptera, Apoidea
___________ is an ability of insects to survive toxicity after chronic
exposure to pesticides. Ans✓✓✓ resistance
______________ belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ans✓✓✓ wasps
and ants
_______________ is the largest professional society dedicated to the
study of insects. Ans✓✓✓ Entomological Society of America
,_________________ is where digestive enzymes are secreted and most
food absorption occurs in the insect gut. Ans✓✓✓ mesenteron
______are not considered a biological control agent for killing insect
pests. Ans✓✓✓ pheromones
A ___________ is used to collect ground dwelling, crawling insects.
Ans✓✓✓ pitfall trap
A ____________ is the stage of development of an insect between the
immature form and the adult in holometabolous insects (those insects
that go through complete metamorphosis). Ans✓✓✓ pupa
A _______________ is the immature, aquatic stage of a dobsonfly.
Ans✓✓✓ hellgrammite
A ____________is a trap used to separate insects from soil or leaf litter
Ans✓✓✓ berlese funnel
A beating tray or beat sheet is best used to collect which type of
insects? Ans✓✓✓ insects that frequent plants and are reluctant to fly
or run
A caterpillar does not have _________. Ans✓✓✓ compound eyes
,A caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly is a common pest of Ans✓✓✓
vegetables
A dun is a fly fishing term used to describe what type of insect
Ans✓✓✓ a mayfly sub-adult
A geniculate insect antenna is Ans✓✓✓ elbowed
A hearing organ of an insect is the Ans✓✓✓ tympanum
A legless, eyeless, vermiform larva that is approximately 5 mm in length
would probably belong to what insect order? Ans✓✓✓ Siphonaptera
A mass of neural tissue that contains mostly nerve cell bodies and
interneurons in an insect is called a
_________________. Ans✓✓✓ ganglion
A mass of neural tissue that contains mostly nerve cell bodies and
interneurons in an insect is called a
_________________. Ans✓✓✓ ganglion
A measure of insect dispersion gives an indication of Ans✓✓✓ the
random, clumped, or uniform distribution of individuals across a given
area
, A parsley worm is in the order ______________________ and the adult
turns into a
_____________________. Ans✓✓✓ Lepidoptera, swallowtail
A sperm cell enters the insect egg through the Ans✓✓✓ micropyle
A suture of the exoskeleton is best described as a Ans✓✓✓ line or
junction between two sclerites.
A tool that allows one to adjust the height and position of a pinned
specimen and accompanying label is
a ___________. Ans✓✓✓ pinning block
A tool used to collect insects using your mouth or a hand bulb and a
small vial is called an Ans✓✓✓ aspirator
A/an ______________ is used by female insects to lay eggs. Ans✓✓✓
ovipositor
Abdominal gills allow insects to utilize oxygen that is Ans✓✓✓
dissolved in the surrounding water
