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Know Your Bugs Quiz
1.
Which American zoologist and cytologist first identified individual genes by studying the giant chromosomes in the salivary gland cells of fruit flies?
John Dalton
Rachel Carson
Nettie Stevens
Theophilus Shickel Painter
2.
Which of these beetles is also called the “true water beetle”?
ladybird beetle
whirligig beetle
predaceous diving beetle
antlike flower beetle
3.
Which of these insects includes a “slave-maker” that bites the head off the resident queen?
wasp
bee
termite
ant
4.
The click beetle is named for the sound it makes when the insect performs which of these behaviours?
snaps its jaws shut
flips its body into the air
hits its head against wood
knocks its legs against the body
5.
Of what shape are the cells in beehives?
triangular
octagonal
square
hexagonal
6.
Which of these are sold to farmers to help control insect pests?
locusts
chameleons
ladybugs
butterflies
7.
Which of these insects produces a substance called royal jelly?
dung beetles
mosquitoes
honeybees
butterflies
8.
Which beetle is also known as the tumblebug and can eat its weight in 24 hours?
powderpost beetle
tortoise beetle
dung beetle
pleasing fungus beetle
9.
Insects do not have lungs. Instead, they breathe through openings in the body that lead to the internal organs and cells. What are these openings and passages called?
spiracles and tracheae
antennae and palpi
larvae and pupae
bronchi and alveoli
10.
Which of these insects is an aerial predator as an adult and an aquatic predator as a larva?
assassin bug
dragonfly
butterfly
horsefly
11.
Which of these flies, also called the chloropid fly, breeds in decaying vegetation and excrement and feeds on pus, blood, and other animal fluids?
stable fly
owl-fly
frit fly
blow fly
12.
Which of these is
not
a hymenopteran?
ant
bee
wasp
beetle
13.
Which insect has a pair of hard front wings that cover the rear pair?
gladiator bug
grasshopper
termite
beetle
14.
What do butterflies and moths use their antennae for?
smelling
breathing
reproduction
feeding
15.
Termites eat wood but cannot digest it on their own. What organisms live inside termites and break down the wood and other materials they eat?
bacteria and protozoans
plants
fungi
wasps
16.
What dyestuff used in lipstick and other cosmetics is made from the dried and ground bodies of certain cactus-eating insects?
indigo
brazilwood
Congo red
cochineal
17.
Which of these insects do
not
reproduce via parthenogenesis (reproduction without fertilization)?
water fleas
honeybees
aphids
butterflies
18.
Which of these acids derives its name from the Latin word for ant?
formic acid
nitric acid
butyric acid
oxalic acid
19.
What is the physical phenomenon that allows some insects to walk across water?
buoyancy
diffusion
separation of charge
surface tension
20.
Even if honeybees produced no honey, they would still be needed by farmers and gardeners. Why?
honeybees eat insects that are destructive to fruits and vegetables
honeybees eat weeds that grow among crops
honeybees play an important role as pollinators
honeybees protect crops from other insects by stinging them
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