Alabama pesticide applicator study
guide: Chapter 1 Questions & Answers
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Pests - ANSWER Living things that compete with us for food, fiber, or space, or attack us directly.
Insects - ANSWER Have six jointed legs, three body segments.
Wings and mouthparts - ANSWER Most important identifiers of insects.
Arachnids - ANSWER Eight jointed legs, two body regions, no wings
Snails and slugs - ANSWER Mollusks, feed on plant foliage.
Vertebrates - ANSWER Pests with Jointed backbone
Plant disease agent - ANSWER Any harmful condition that makes a plant different from a normal
plant in function or appearance.
Ex. of non living agents - ANSWER Nutrient deficiency, extreme temperatures, toxic chemical,
mechanical injury and to much/little water.
Metamorphosis - ANSWER The change in shape, form, and size during a life cycle.
Nymph - ANSWER This hatches from an egg, looks like a tiny adult, and grows into a winged adult.
4 stage metamorphosis - ANSWER Egg, larva, pupa, adult
guide: Chapter 1 Questions & Answers
100% Correct!!
Pests - ANSWER Living things that compete with us for food, fiber, or space, or attack us directly.
Insects - ANSWER Have six jointed legs, three body segments.
Wings and mouthparts - ANSWER Most important identifiers of insects.
Arachnids - ANSWER Eight jointed legs, two body regions, no wings
Snails and slugs - ANSWER Mollusks, feed on plant foliage.
Vertebrates - ANSWER Pests with Jointed backbone
Plant disease agent - ANSWER Any harmful condition that makes a plant different from a normal
plant in function or appearance.
Ex. of non living agents - ANSWER Nutrient deficiency, extreme temperatures, toxic chemical,
mechanical injury and to much/little water.
Metamorphosis - ANSWER The change in shape, form, and size during a life cycle.
Nymph - ANSWER This hatches from an egg, looks like a tiny adult, and grows into a winged adult.
4 stage metamorphosis - ANSWER Egg, larva, pupa, adult
