Entomology Exam 1 questions with verified
answers
3 main segments of an insects body Ans✓✓✓ head, thorax, and
abdomen
After the K-T extinction, "avian" dinosaurs replaced by what Ans✓✓✓
Birds
After the K-T extinction, "Non-Avian" dinosaurs replaced by what
Ans✓✓✓ Mammals
Coleoptera's common name Ans✓✓✓ Beetles
Common name of the class Arachnida Ans✓✓✓ Spiders
Common name of the class Chilopoda Ans✓✓✓ Centipedes
Common name of the class Diplopoda Ans✓✓✓ Millipede
compound eyes Ans✓✓✓ Made up of light sensing structures called
ommatidia which have 6-8 sensory cells each and visual acuity is based
on number of ommatidia (30,000 per compound eye in grasshoppers)
, Diptera's common name Ans✓✓✓ Flies
For what do we credit Linnaeus Ans✓✓✓ Hierarchical system, binomial
nomenclature system, and describing many species
hearing organs in insects are called what Ans✓✓✓ tynpanum
Hemiptera's common name Ans✓✓✓ true bugs
How can insects can AVOID cold temperatures Ans✓✓✓ migrate,
hibernate, cluster together, create "anti-freeze", or cluster together
How do insects lower their body temperature? Ans✓✓✓ Move to
shade or underground and elevate body off ground (stilting)
how do insects maintain body temperature Ans✓✓✓
Thermoregulation (internally)
How do insects raise their body temperature? Ans✓✓✓ Orient
towards the sun or warm surfaces and shiver/fast wingbeats
how does oxygen get to the cells in an insect Ans✓✓✓ diffused and
entered through spiracles
answers
3 main segments of an insects body Ans✓✓✓ head, thorax, and
abdomen
After the K-T extinction, "avian" dinosaurs replaced by what Ans✓✓✓
Birds
After the K-T extinction, "Non-Avian" dinosaurs replaced by what
Ans✓✓✓ Mammals
Coleoptera's common name Ans✓✓✓ Beetles
Common name of the class Arachnida Ans✓✓✓ Spiders
Common name of the class Chilopoda Ans✓✓✓ Centipedes
Common name of the class Diplopoda Ans✓✓✓ Millipede
compound eyes Ans✓✓✓ Made up of light sensing structures called
ommatidia which have 6-8 sensory cells each and visual acuity is based
on number of ommatidia (30,000 per compound eye in grasshoppers)
, Diptera's common name Ans✓✓✓ Flies
For what do we credit Linnaeus Ans✓✓✓ Hierarchical system, binomial
nomenclature system, and describing many species
hearing organs in insects are called what Ans✓✓✓ tynpanum
Hemiptera's common name Ans✓✓✓ true bugs
How can insects can AVOID cold temperatures Ans✓✓✓ migrate,
hibernate, cluster together, create "anti-freeze", or cluster together
How do insects lower their body temperature? Ans✓✓✓ Move to
shade or underground and elevate body off ground (stilting)
how do insects maintain body temperature Ans✓✓✓
Thermoregulation (internally)
How do insects raise their body temperature? Ans✓✓✓ Orient
towards the sun or warm surfaces and shiver/fast wingbeats
how does oxygen get to the cells in an insect Ans✓✓✓ diffused and
entered through spiracles
