Entomology 2010 Quizzes

Front 1

When a parasitoid wasp lays a fertilized egg in her host the larva that hatches from the egg will be?

Back 1

a female

Front 2

True of False: Most of the crop plants grown in the United States are native to this country.

Back 2

false

Front 3

What is one problem with using sterilization to control pest insects?

Back 3

it is hard to rear insects in a lab

Front 4

B.t. is a:

Back 4

bacterium

Front 5

Scientists at UGA inserted the gene for a mite toxin into the DNA of an insect virus in order to:

Back 5

kill a pest insect more quickly

Front 6

Most insects excrete waste nitrogen as:

Back 6

uric acid

Front 7

True of False: Most insect species have incomplete metamorphosis

Back 7

false

Front 8

What is the name of the scientist who gave us the system of binomial nomenclature?

Back 8

Carolus Linnaeus

Front 9

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

Back 9

locomotion

Front 10

a 'period of arrested development' is:

Back 10

diapause

Front 11

Insects that have the largest colonies of all social insects belong to which order?

Back 11

Isoptera

Front 12

What type of metamorphosis do termites have?

Back 12

incomplete metamorphosis

Front 13

What are the four castes of a termite colony?

Back 13

King, Queen, Soldiers, Workers

Front 14

Termites have a symbiotic relationship with protozoa or fungi in order to:

Back 14

degrade cellulose

Front 15

Termites are most closely related to:

Back 15

cockroaches

Front 16

True of False: The muscles of damselflies and dragonflies are attached to their wings in a manner similar to that of birds and bats.

Back 16

true

Front 17

To which order to dragonflies belong?

Back 17

Odonata

Front 18

True of False: Damselflies hold their wings out to the side when at rest.

Back 18

false

Front 19

Dragonflies have which of the following: complete metamorphosis, small eyes, large antennae, or long abdomen

Back 19

long abdomen

Front 20

Why is the penis of a male damselfly shaped like a shovel?

Back 20

to scoop out semen of any other damselflies that have mated with the female to replace with their own semen

Front 21

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

Back 21

hair pencils

Front 22

Which order of insects has the greatest color variation?

Back 22

Lepidoptera

Front 23

The scales of a butterfly are modified _____

Back 23

hairs

Front 24

The DNA used to create the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park came from blood recovered from:

Back 24

mosquito

Front 25

List four types of carnivorous plants

Back 25

sundews, venus fly trap, bladderworts, pitcher plants

Front 26

The vector of Yellow Fever belongs to which genus:

Back 26

Aedes

Front 27

Insects that have halteres belong to which order?

Back 27

Diptera

Front 28

Walter Reed showed that mosquitoes vector:

Back 28

Yellow Fever

Front 29

What type of mouthparts does a housefly have?

Back 29

sponging

Front 30

Plasmodium is:

Back 30

a protozoan

Front 31

The vector of Elephantiasis is a:

Back 31

mosquito

Front 32

Insect that contain resilin belong to which order?

Back 32

Siphonaptera

Front 33

An expert on the biology of fleas is:

Back 33

Miriam Rothschild

Front 34

Yersinia pestis is a:

Back 34

bacterium

Front 35

The disease agent that causes River Blindness is:

Back 35

round worm

Front 36

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:

Back 36

a nymph

Front 37

The disease agent that causes Lyme Disease is:

Back 37

a bacterium

Front 38

To what class do scorpions belong?

Back 38

Arachnida

Front 39

To what subclass do spiders belong?

Back 39

Araneae

Front 40

To what subclass do ticks and mites belong?

Back 40

Acari

Front 41

The first commercial silk production was in:

Back 41

China

Front 42

A male jumping spider attracts a female:

Back 42

with his leg movements

Front 43

True or False: A black widow spider was a red hourglass on the abdomen.

Back 43

true

Front 44

What is the name given to the zigzag cross strands in the web of an orb weaver spider?

Back 44

stabilimentum

Front 45

Who is the scientist from the University of Wyoming who has cloned the gene for spider silk?

Back 45

Randy Lewis

Front 46

True of False: Wasps apply fatty acids to the base of their nest to repel ants.

Back 46

True

Front 47

The stinger of a social wasp is a modified ______

Back 47

ovipositor

Front 48

To which order does the paper wasp, Polistes metricus, belong?

Back 48

Hymenoptera

Front 49

How many species of hornets do we have in Georgia?

Back 49

two

Front 50

What is the nest of a paper wasp made of?

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paper (plant fiber) and glue (saliva)

Front 51

The insects that are most important in calculating postmortem interval are:

Back 51

blowflies

Front 52

Which model animal is often used in test studies carried out by forensic entomologists:

Back 52

pig

Front 53

In Chicago, a man was found guilty of rape after the following was found in his ski mask:

Back 53

live caterpillars in burrs

Front 54

"Foreign insects" found in a corpse mights suggest:

Back 54

corpse relocation

Front 55

True or False. Insects in a corpse have been used to show that the person was using drugs prior to death.

Back 55

True

Front 56

The fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, belongs to which order?

Back 56

Hymenoptera

Front 57

The larvae of mud dauber wasps feed on:

Back 57

live spiders

Front 58

True or False. An adult velvet ant has two pair of wings that hook together and beat as if they were one pair.

Back 58

False (females=wingless)

Front 59

Which bee collects pollen by "buzzing" the flowers?

Back 59

blueberry bee

Front 60

Who is the scientist from the USDA laboratory in Tifton, Georgia who has shown that parasitoid wasps are attracted to the smell of wounded plants?

Back 60

Joe Lewis