Ento 2010: Review From Test 1 And 2

Front 1

In order to make an insect virus kill a pest more quickly a gene for a ______ from a ______ was put into the DNA of an insect ________.

Back 1

Toxin; mite; virus

Front 2

__________ is an insect whose larvae consume their host.

Back 2

Parasitoid

Front 3

B.t. toxin destroys the __________ of the insect that eats it.

Back 3

Stomach

Front 4

Anthrax is a _________.

Back 4

Bacterium

Front 5

If a female wasp lays an unfertilized egg in a caterpillar, the insect that develops from that egg will be a ________.

Back 5

Male

Front 6

The four different types of insect pheromone are:

Back 6

-Sex
-Alarm
-Aggregation
-Trail

Front 7

_________ is the name of the aminosugar polymer that is the main component of the insect cuticle.

Back 7

Chitin

Front 8

Most insects get rid of waste nitrogen products by excreting __________.

Back 8

Uric acid

Front 9

Insect blood is a __________.

Back 9

Hemolymph

Front 10

Insects can oxidize sugar to produce ___________, __________ and _________.

Back 10

Carbon dioxide, energy and water.

Front 11

Birds sometimes nest in Acacia trees that have wasp nests. The wasps help to protect the baby birds from _________.

Back 11

Monkeys

Front 12

In laboratory studies, Monarch butterfly larvae died when they ate _________________.

Back 12

Pollen from B.t. corn

Front 13

Beltian bodies are made by ______________.

Back 13

Acacia trees

Front 14

Mistletoe butterflies lay their eggs on mistletoe. The larvae of the mistletoe butterfly feed on ______________.

Back 14

Mistletoe leaves

Front 15

"Relationship between two species that benefits both parties" is ___________.

Back 15

Mutualism

Front 16

Insects who have the largest colonies of all social insects belong to the order ___________.

Back 16

Isoptera

Front 17

Termites have _____________ metamorphosis.

Back 17

Incomplete

Front 18

The four castes of a termite colony are:

Back 18

-Soldier
-Worker
-King
-Queen

Front 19

Termites have a symbolic relationship with protozoa or fungi in order to ________________.

Back 19

Degrade cellulose

Front 20

Termites are most closely related to ____________.

Back 20

Cockroaches

Front 21

Mayfly adults live for 1 to 3 _______.

Back 21

Days

Front 22

Mayfly nymphs breathe with _______, feed on _______ and live 1 to 3 _______.

Back 22

Gills; plants; years

Front 23

Mayflies have _________ metamorphosis.

Back 23

Incomplete

Front 24

____________ is the name of the insect order for which the translation is "Short-lived" "wings".

Back 24

Ephemeroptera

Front 25

When keying out insects, one usually uses _________.

Back 25

Adults

Front 26

______________ is the order weevils belong to.

Back 26

Coleoptera

Front 27

Ladybugs found on hop plants are probably feeding on ________.

Back 27

Aphids

Front 28

Fireflies produce light by combing ____________ and __________.

Back 28

Luciferin and oxygen

Front 29

Female fireflies have flash patterns that are ___________ from that of male fireflies of the same species.

Back 29

Different

Front 30

___________ is the order mayflies belong to. ____________ is the order fireflies belong to.

Back 30

Ephemeropera; Coleoptera

Front 31

Blister beetles produce ____________.

Back 31

Cantharidin

Front 32

When grassland was being lost, dung beetles were imported into ___________.

Back 32

Australia

Front 33

Civetone is produced by _____________.

Back 33

Civet cats

Front 34

In ancient Egypt, the sun god Ra was a __________.

Back 34

Beetle

Front 35

Whriligig beetles are ____________, have divided _______ and swim in circles to help find _________.

Back 35

Scavengers; eyes; food

Front 36

All of the moths of Costa Rica are being identified by ____________.

Back 36

Dan Janzen

Front 37

_______________ is the order of insects that has the greatest color variation.

Back 37

Lepidoptera

Front 38

The scales of a butterfly are modified _________.

Back 38

Hairs

Front 39

Monarch butterfly larvae sequester _____________.

Back 39

Cardenolides

Front 40

Male and female Florida queen butterflies do a mating dance. The male dusts the female with a sex pheromone by using _____________.

Back 40

Hair pencils

Front 41

In the novel Jurassic Park dinosaur DNA was recovered from a ___________ that was preserved in ___________.

Back 41

Mosquito; amber

Front 42

__________ plant has downward pointing hairs and a "pool" into which insects fall.

Back 42

Pitcher

Front 43

_________ plant is native only to the wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina.

Back 43

Venus fly trap

Front 44

__________ plant has bright colors to attract insects and leaf tentacles that are sticky.

Back 44

Sundew

Front 45

Plants may defend against herbivores by having _______________ in leaves, ___________ inhibitors and secondary plant products that are _________.

Back 45

Silicon oxide; proteinase; toxic

Front 46

___________ is the name of the insect order where the translation means "apparition."

Back 46

Phasimida

Front 47

Preying mantids have ____________ forelegs.

Back 47

Raptorial

Front 48

Mantids can "hear" the sonar of _________.

Back 48

Bats

Front 49

____________ is the order that the preying mantis (Mantis religiosa) belongs to.

Back 49

Mantodea

Front 50

___________ is the class do scorpions belong to.

Back 50

Arachnida

Front 51

The deer tick is the vector of Lyme disease. A person is most likely to get Lyme disease from a deer tick when it is a __________.

Back 51

Nymph

Front 52

___________ is the subclass that ticks and mites belong to.

Back 52

Acari

Front 53

The disease agent that causes Lyme disease is a ____________.

Back 53

Bacterium (Borrelia)

Front 54

The two main body parts of a tick are ____________ and ____________.

Back 54

Cehpalothorax and abdomen

Front 55

___________ is the subclass that spiders belong to.

Back 55

Araneae

Front 56

Male spiders deliver sperm to a female with _________.

Back 56

Palps

Front 57

The zig zag cross strands in the web of an orb weaver spider are called the ______________.

Back 57

Stabilimentum

Front 58

Spiders have ______ legs.

Back 58

8

Front 59

The movements of the front legs are very important for the mating dance of the male ______________.

Back 59

Jumping spider

Front 60

A _______________ has a red hourglass on its abdomen.

Back 60

Black widow

Front 61

____________ can throw its own body hairs at a potential predator as a form of defense.

Back 61

Tarantulas

Front 62

Randy Lewis from the University of Wyoming cloned the gene for silk from _________.

Back 62

Spiders

Front 63

The bite of the __________ can cause skin necrosis.

Back 63

Brown recluse

Front 64

Silk is a _________.

Back 64

Protein

Front 65

The nest cell of a carpenter bee is larger if the egg that was laid in the nest cell is going to be a _________.

Back 65

Female

Front 66

_____________ collects pollen by "buzzing" the flowers.

Back 66

Blueberry bee

Front 67

Joe Lewis form the USDA lab in Tifton, GA works with _______________.

Back 67

Parasitic wasps

Front 68

Bees can carry more pollen if they have _________ on their legs.

Back 68

Branched hairs

Front 69

The larvae of solitary bees feed on _________.

Back 69

Pollen

Front 70

Wasps apply ______________ to the base of their nest to repel ants.

Back 70

Fatty acids

Front 71

The paper wasp nest is made of paper which is __________________ and glue which is _______________.

Back 71

Chewed plant fiber; protein from wasp saliva

Front 72

______________ is the order the paper wasp (Polistes metricus) belongs to.

Back 72

Hymenoptera

Front 73

We have _____ species of hornets in Georgia.

Back 73

Two

Front 74

The stinger of a social wasp is a modified ____________.

Back 74

Ovipositor

Front 75

___________ are attracted to electrical circuits.

Back 75

Fire ants

Front 76

Fire ants compete for food with _____________.

Back 76

Blue birds

Front 77

Fire ants came to the U.S. from _____________.

Back 77

South America

Front 78

Ants, bees and wasps are able to recognize their nestmates because they have ____________________.

Back 78

Unique patterns of cuticular hydrocarbons

Front 79

Exchange of liquid between members of a colony is _____________.

Back 79

Trophallaxis

Front 80

Most of the crop plants grown in the U.S. are not _________ to this country.

Back 80

Native

Front 81

One problem with using sterilization to control pest insects is that they are difficult to ________________.

Back 81

Rear in lab

Front 82

B.t. is a __________.

Back 82

Bacterium

Front 83

Most species have __________ metamorphosis.

Back 83

Complete

Front 84

________________ is the scientist who gave us the system of binomial nomenclature.

Back 84

Carolus Linneaus

Front 85

Jointed appendages on the thorax of an insect are usually used for ___________.

Back 85

Locomotion

Front 86

_____________ is a "period of arrested development"

Back 86

Diapause

Front 87

Insects that have two or three tails in the adult stage belong to the order _____________.

Back 87

Ephemeroptera

Front 88

The muscles of _______________ and ____________ are attached to their wings in a manner similar to that of birds and bats.

Back 88

Damselflies and dragonflies

Front 89

____________ is the order that dragonflies belong to.

Back 89

Odonata

Front 90

_______________ hold their wings out to the side when at rest.

Back 90

Dragonflies

Front 91

Dragonflies have a long __________.

Back 91

Abdomen

Front 92

The penis of the male damselfly is shaped like a shovel to ______________________.

Back 92

Scoop out other males sperm

Front 93

The four types of carnivorous plants are:

Back 93

-Sundews
-Pitcher plants
-Venus fly traps
-Bladderworts

Front 94

The genus of the vector of Yellow Fever is ____________.

Back 94

Aedes

Front 95

Insects that have halteres belong to the order __________.

Back 95

Diptera

Front 96

Walter Reed showed that mosquitoes vector _______________.

Back 96

Yellow fever

Front 97

Houseflies have __________ mouthparts.

Back 97

Sponging

Front 98

Plasmodium is a ___________.

Back 98

Protozoan

Front 99

________ are often the model animal used in test studies carried out by forensic entomologists.

Back 99

Pigs

Front 100

In Chicago a man was found guilty of rape after _______________ were found in his ski mask.

Back 100

Live caterpillars in burrs

Front 101

"Foreign insects" found in a corpse might suggest ____________.

Back 101

Corpse relocation

Front 102

Insects in a corpse have been used to show that the person was using _______ prior to death.

Back 102

Drugs

Front 103

The first commercial silk production was in __________.

Back 103

China