Ento chp 7 Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 1. Most members of a wasp nest are a. haploid males c. haploid females b. diploid males d. diploid females 2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of water a. Freezes form top to bottom c. water has a film at its surface b. warmer water contains more oxygen d. due to its polarity it dissolves many things 3. Which of the following is not an adaptation to living in an aquatic environment a. a plastron c. halteres b. hydrophobic tarsi d. rectal gills 4. An animal that must depend on the radiation from the sun for internal body temperature all of the time would be called a. ectothermic c. heterothermic b. endothermic d. homeostatic 5. What is population growth a. number of individuals added minus the c. number of individuals added divided by number lost the number lost b. number of individuals added multiplied by d. number of individuals added plus the the number lost number lost 6. Which of the following is not one of the six kingdoms a. plant c. Arthropod b. animal d. fungus 7. What is the largest order (number of species) of insects? a. lepidoptera c. diptera b. coleoptera d. orthoptera 8. What is the phylum of all things that we study in this class a. arthropod c. bugs b. insecta d. animal 9. What is habituation a. a decrease in a specific response due to c. a place where the insect lives repeated stimuli b. The product of different habits that insects d. a decrease in a specific response due to develop muscle fatigue 10. Which of the following is used to describe an organism that is active during the day. a. nocturnal c. crepuscular b. diurnal d. phytophagous 11. Which of the following is not a method of finding a mate in insects. a. visual c. wing beating b. pheromones d. foot stomping Completion Complete each sentence or statement. 12. ___________________ caterpillars would be likely to live in groups and spend a great deal of their time very close together. The may even share a large “web” that they feed in. 13. I group of insects that have all of the characteristics of Social insects would be called __________________. 14. The order for termites is ____________________ 15. The most advanced social behaviors occur in the order ____________________ 16. The different groups or social roles in an insect colony are called _______________ 17. When comparing primitive and highley evolved societies the trend for population size is that it will ____________________. 18. ____________________ have the strongest nest of the social insects. 19. ____________________ are the only domesticated insects. 20. Larval worker bees eat __________________ 21. Larval Queen bees eat _____________________________ 22. Bees make honey by evaporating water out of ____________________ 23. Bees use the _____________dance for food sources that are close to the hive. 24. Bees use the ______________ dance for food sources that are distant from the hive. 25. Guest beetles and mites are called __________________ when found in a hymenoptera colony. Short Answer 26. What happens if two queens in a beehive emerge at the same time? 27. Why do Termites have to live in a colony? Remember what they need to digest. 28. What are 4 of the characteristics of Animals 29. What are three reasons that people would keep honeybees? Essay 30. What are the three characteristics of Social insects?
