ENT 201 Exam 1 (NCSU) Questions and
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• trilobites, horseshoe crabs . CORRECT ANSWER: what are the first 2 distant
ancestors to insects?
• 400-600 million years . CORRECT ANSWER: how old are trilobites?
• 350 million years . CORRECT ANSWER: how old are horseshoe crabs?
• tiny, wingless, soft bodied . CORRECT ANSWER: What are the first insect
fossils?
• 380 million years . CORRECT ANSWER: how old are the first insect fossils?
• 180 million years ago . CORRECT ANSWER: when were the most modern
insect relatives present?
• cave drawings, china silkworms, egypt honeybees, scarabs, greece body pests .
CORRECT ANSWER: what are 5 examples of bugs through history?
• aristotle . CORRECT ANSWER: who is the father of zoology?`
• theophrastus . CORRECT ANSWER: who was the first to catalog insect crop
pests?
,• pliny the elder . CORRECT ANSWER: who wrote Historia Naturales Book 11?
• Johann Sperling . CORRECT ANSWER: Who wrote Zoologia physica
• John Ray . CORRECT ANSWER: who wrote Historia Insectorum?
• Linnaeus . CORRECT ANSWER: Who wrote Systema Naturae 10th -- the
binomial system of nomenclature?
• athropods . CORRECT ANSWER: Almost 2/3 of all identified living species are
______________.
• insects . CORRECT ANSWER: more than half of all identified living species are
_____________.
• about 1,000,000 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many insect species have been
identifed so far?
• 200,000,000 . CORRECT ANSWER: there are about how many individual
insects for every human?
• arthropoda . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the phylum of insects?
• jointed foot . CORRECT ANSWER: what does arthropoda mean?
• exoskeleton, segmented body, jointed apendages, bilateral symmetry .
CORRECT ANSWER: what 4 features make up an insect?
, • crustacea . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the class for crabs, lobsters, etc.?
• chilopoda . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the class for centipedes?
• 2 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many legs do centipedes have per body segment?
• centipede . CORRECT ANSWER: which insect has fangs?
• diploda . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the class for millipedes?
• 4 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many legs do millipedes have per body segment?
• arachnida . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the class for spiders, scorpions, ticks,
and mites?
• arachnida . CORRECT ANSWER: which class has pedipalps?
• 3 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many body regions does an adult insect have?
• 6 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many legs does an adult insect have?
• 0,2, or 4 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many wings does an adult insect have?
• kingdom phylum class order family genus species . CORRECT ANSWER: name
each level of classification from top to bottom
Answers (2026/2027) | Updated Review
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• trilobites, horseshoe crabs . CORRECT ANSWER: what are the first 2 distant
ancestors to insects?
• 400-600 million years . CORRECT ANSWER: how old are trilobites?
• 350 million years . CORRECT ANSWER: how old are horseshoe crabs?
• tiny, wingless, soft bodied . CORRECT ANSWER: What are the first insect
fossils?
• 380 million years . CORRECT ANSWER: how old are the first insect fossils?
• 180 million years ago . CORRECT ANSWER: when were the most modern
insect relatives present?
• cave drawings, china silkworms, egypt honeybees, scarabs, greece body pests .
CORRECT ANSWER: what are 5 examples of bugs through history?
• aristotle . CORRECT ANSWER: who is the father of zoology?`
• theophrastus . CORRECT ANSWER: who was the first to catalog insect crop
pests?
,• pliny the elder . CORRECT ANSWER: who wrote Historia Naturales Book 11?
• Johann Sperling . CORRECT ANSWER: Who wrote Zoologia physica
• John Ray . CORRECT ANSWER: who wrote Historia Insectorum?
• Linnaeus . CORRECT ANSWER: Who wrote Systema Naturae 10th -- the
binomial system of nomenclature?
• athropods . CORRECT ANSWER: Almost 2/3 of all identified living species are
______________.
• insects . CORRECT ANSWER: more than half of all identified living species are
_____________.
• about 1,000,000 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many insect species have been
identifed so far?
• 200,000,000 . CORRECT ANSWER: there are about how many individual
insects for every human?
• arthropoda . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the phylum of insects?
• jointed foot . CORRECT ANSWER: what does arthropoda mean?
• exoskeleton, segmented body, jointed apendages, bilateral symmetry .
CORRECT ANSWER: what 4 features make up an insect?
, • crustacea . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the class for crabs, lobsters, etc.?
• chilopoda . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the class for centipedes?
• 2 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many legs do centipedes have per body segment?
• centipede . CORRECT ANSWER: which insect has fangs?
• diploda . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the class for millipedes?
• 4 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many legs do millipedes have per body segment?
• arachnida . CORRECT ANSWER: what is the class for spiders, scorpions, ticks,
and mites?
• arachnida . CORRECT ANSWER: which class has pedipalps?
• 3 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many body regions does an adult insect have?
• 6 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many legs does an adult insect have?
• 0,2, or 4 . CORRECT ANSWER: how many wings does an adult insect have?
• kingdom phylum class order family genus species . CORRECT ANSWER: name
each level of classification from top to bottom
