Test 9 Study Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Which order of insects have wings that form an x or v on theri back? | Hemiptera |
Name the largest order of insects. | Coleoptera |
What is the purpose of the eyespots on a luna moth's wings? | To protect |
What is the exoskelton? | The outside skeleton of the arthropod. |
What do Pantheists worship? | Nature |
What do entomologists study? | They are zoolologists that study insects. |
Which man used broth & flasks to disprove spontaneous generation? | Pasteur |
Who is called the "Pathfinder of the Sea"? | Maury |
Define scavengers. | Insects that feed on decaying matter. |
T/F Several queens can be found in an ant colony? | True |
Define nocturnal. | Insects that are active at night. |
Define herbivor. | Insects which eat only plants. |
Dragonflies & dameselflies belong to which order. | Odonata |
Spiders & scorpions belong to which order? | Arachnida |
What is the foundation of modern science? | The Bible. |
Social insects belong to what order? | Hymenoptera |
Why aren't mutations able to cause things to evolve? | Because mutations are usually harmful. |
What is the purpose of a cricket's organ of stridulation? | To help it find a mate. |
Define uniformitarianism. | Materialistic idea saying the present is the key to the past. |
Who discovered blood circulation in the body? | Harvey |
Name the man that wrote Origin of Species. | Darwin |
Name 3 methods of pest control. | Pesticides, crop rotation, & natural enemies |
Flies & mosquitoes are from what order? | Diptera |
Bees & ants are from what order? | Hymenoptera |
What is technology? | When science is put to practical use. |
Which body part is the labrum? | The upper lip. |
What are the spiracles? | Air openings in the abdomen. |
How do moths spend their pupal stage? | In a cocoon. |
What does the moth use its proboscis for? | To drink nectar. |
What are the male bees called? | Drones |
Define molting. | When an insect sheds its exoskeleton. |
Define paleontology. | The study of fossils. |
Which order do true bugs belong? | Hemiptera |
What is an ovipositor? | An egg-laying structure. |
What is the trachaea? | The breathing tubes. |
Who introduced the use of antiseptics? | Lister |
What was Copernicus' discovery? | That the earth & planets revolve around the sun. |
What are the sensilla? | Sensory hairs. |
What is circular reasoning? | When evolutionists use fossils to date the rock layers & the rock layers to date fossils. |
What is bioluminescence? | The process by which fireflies produce light. |
Define ocelli. | Simlpe eyes. |
Define mandibles. | Side-to-side jaws. |
Cicadas & leaf hoppers belong to which order? | Homoptera |
Crickets & grasshoppers belong to which order? | Orthoptera |
Beetles belong to which order? | Coleoptera |
Be able to name the two types of insect metamorphosos & be able to describe the states of each. | Complete metamorphosis- egg larva pupa adultIncomplete metamorphosis- egg nymph adult |
Be able to explain spontaneous generation & how it was disproved by two men's experiments. State the scientific law that was established as a result. | The belief that living things can arise from nonliving things. Redi & Pasteur conducted experiments to disprove this theory. The law of biogenesis was established as a result of their experiments. |
Butterflies & moths are from which order? | Lepidoptera |
Lacewings & antlions are from which order? | Neuroptera |
Who was the man that became known as the world's greatest entomologist? | Fabre |
What is the easiest way to distinguish between the thorax & the abdomen? | By looking at the attachment of the legs. |
How does a dragonfly spend most of its life? | In the water. |
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