問題一覧
1
Sensory organs involved in chemical perception (taste and smell) can be found on the:
All of the above
2
Which is true of odor receptors in insects?
All of the above
3
Visual acuity (sharpness) in insects is largely a function of
The number of ommatidia
4
The similarities between human and insect eyes include the presence of
All of the above
5
Among the insects that typically have very sharp eyesight are:
Fast-flying aerial predators, such as Odonata
6
Both male and female insects have accessory glands associated with their reproductive systems. Among the products of these glands are:
All of the above
7
The ways that insects avoid mating with memebers of the wrong species include:
All of the above
8
When haplodiploid insects engage in asexual reproduction:
They produce only male offspring
9
In diploid parthenogenetic insects:
Males may be absent from the species
10
Sperm enters an insect egg by passing through the:
Micropyle
11
How many eggs are produced by the typical insect over the course of her lifetime?
50 to a few hundred
12
Among the tactics used by nocturnal insects to find mates are:
All of the above
13
The simpler behaviors thought to have preceded the evolution of eusociality include:
All of the above
14
The potential costs of group living include:
All of the above
15
Which of the following is true of parental care in insects?
All of the above
16
In termites, caste may be determined by:
All of the above
17
Termites are able to feed on wood because:
They have symbiotic relationships with protozoans or fungi that break down wood
18
Eusocual Insects
All of the above
19
Among eusocial insects, “division of reproductive labor” means that:
Most members of a colony are completely sterile
20
Within the Hymenoptera,
All ants are eusocial
21
Male hymenopterans have no:
Fathers
22
Which of the following is true of bumblebees?
All of the above
23
Ants communicate with each other mainly by:
Chemical signals
24
An individual honeybee worker may carry out many different tasks in the hive during her life time, usually starting with:
Cleaning the cells
25
The complicated dance language of honeybees is thought to have evolved from simpler communication behaviors seen in other bees. These simpler behaviors include:
All of the above
26
The round dance of honeybees differs from the waggle dance in that:
The round dance is used only when the food source is close to the hive
27
The jobs carried out by male honeybees (drones) include
Mating with the queen
28
The largest colonies of eusocial Hymenoptera are found among:
Ants
29
The evolution of eusociality in termites:
May have been preceded by subsocial behaviors like those found in some modern cockroaches
30
Which of the following orders of insects consists almost entirely of herbivores?
Phasmatodea (walking sticks)
31
If you find an insect feeding internally within plant tissues, what type of insect is it most likely to be?
An immature holometabolous insect
32
Gall wasp larvae feed:
Within a tumor-like mass of plant tissue
33
In natural habitats, the impact of insect herbivory on plants is:
Usually modest but measurable
34
Alkaloids are organic compounds that:
Are basic and contain nitrogen
35
Tannins are plant compounds that:
All of the above
36
Nicotine is produced by tobacco plants in order to:
Deter herbivores
37
“Puddling” butterflies are seeking which nutrients?
Sodium
38
Which of the following is true of carnivorous plants?
All of the above
39
Flowers that smell like rotten meat are typically pollinated by:
Diptera (flies)
40
One reason why bees are the most important group of insect pollinators is that:
They gather food for their larvae, not just for themselves
41
Pseudocopulation is:
A trick used by some orchids to attract specific pollinators
42
Karl von Frisch won a Nobel Prize for:
Decoding the dance language of bees
43
Which of the following orders of insects consists entirely of predators?
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
44
What is 1-5, consecutively?
1) Esophagus; 2) Crop; 3) Gastric Caecae; 4) Midgut; 5) Malphghian Tubules; 6) Hindgut
45
Label 1-4 correctly:
1) Compound Eye; 2) Antenna; 3) Labial Palp; 4) Mandible