Master Gardener Handbook Quiz on Chapter 7:
Introduction to Entomology
Questions
1) Thirty percent of the insect population is considered
pests.
True______
False_____
2) There are _____ orders of insects.
3) Insects have the following characteristics (choose the
incorrect statement).
a) three body parts
b) three pairs of legs
c) warm-blooded
d) one pair of antennae
4) Insects with chewing mouthparts have a
_________that moves from side to side to chew food.
5) Bumblebees and honeybees are examples of insects
that have piercing-sucking mouthparts.
True_____
False______
6) Many insect order names end in “ptera,” which comes
from the Greek word meaning “with ________.
7) The mouthparts of larval insects (immature insects with
complete metamorphosis) tend to be sucking.
True______
False_____
8) Certain immature insects, such as caterpillars, have
short abdominal legs called _____.
9) The three stages of gradual metamorphosis are: egg,
________, and adult.
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10)
Which of these insects does not undergo a
complete metamorphosis?
a) butterflies
b) dragonflies
c) sawflies
d) flies
11)
Grasshoppers, crickets and other insects in Order
Orthoptera share the following characteristics (choose
the incorrect answer):
a) 4 inches long
b) chewing mouthparts
c) elongated bodies
d) two pairs of wings
12)
Aphids, adelgids, scale insects, and mealybugs are
all plant feeders.
True______
False____
13)
a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) 40
What percent of all insect species are beetles?
14)
Ants and bees are part of Order ________, the
most advanced order and most beneficial to humans.
15)
Not all spiders are predators.
True______
False_____
(Answers on next page)
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Master Gardener Handbook Quiz on Chapter 7
Answers
Page in Handbook
1) False (less than 10 percent)
99
2) 27
99
3) c. cold-blooded
99
4) mandible
100
5) False (chewing-lapping)
101
6) wings
102
7) False (chewing)
102
8) prolegs
102
9) nymph
103
10) b. dragonflies
103
11) a. six inches
104
12) True
105
13) d. 40
106
14) Hymenoptera
107
15) False (All are predators.)
108
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