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ib 109 (final) 2
insects and people
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an example of an entomological error made by the court? | Ben Hur Holding o vs. Rox 1933 |
| According to insurance laws, in what ways have insects caused motor vehicle accidents? | 1. flying into the mouth, 2. biting or stinging a driver,3. dying on road surfaces and causing slippery conditions |
| what can be considered a public nuisance? | power company damming a stream to create standing water in which mosquitoes breed |
| Like bees, what would be considered ferae naturae? | tiger in a cage |
| what are reasons bee keepers can be sued by neighbors? | 1. creating a nuisance, 2.zoning ordinance violation, 3.trespassing in pursuit |
| what are reasons bee keepers sue their neighbors? | 1. theft of swarm, 2.theft of honey, 3.pesticide drift |
| According to new york health code section 161.01, beekeeping is... | illegal under any circumstances because bees are "naturally incline to do harm" |
| According to Anderson vs. state of Minnesota Dept. Natural Resources (2005)... | pesticide applicators have a common-law duty to protect bees when applying pesticides |
| T/F? collecting insects on federal land is legal | False |
| Why are apiaries inspected? | to protect against American foulbrood |
| FIFRA is the Federal Insecticide Fungicide_______Act | Rodenticide |
| when was FIFRA enacted? | 1947 |
| What federal agencies regulate pesticides? | EPA, FDA, and USDA |
| Under Food quality protections act, safety levels for pesticide exposure were reduced to what fraction of previous levels? | 10% |
| What items of information, other than the product, must be on the pesticide label? | ingredient statement, manufacturer/s name and address, and reentry statement |
| T/F pheromones when used for insect control can be considered a pesticide | True |
| What was California Department of Food and Agriculture sued for spraying pheromones? | local population were worried about possible negative effect of spraying the pheromones (even though there was nothing to worry about) |
| What was the goal of the insect-related lawsuit,filed by Greenpeace International, and other parties against the EPA that was dismissed in July 2006 for lack of evidence? | banning genetically modified crops |
| why were four major producers of transgenic corn sued by 22 organic farmers in 1999? | transgenic corn might create corn borers resistant to bacillus thuringiensis, which is used by organic growers |
| T/F the laboratory animal welfare act applies equally to invertebrates and vertebrates | False |
| Totemism is recognized by anthropologists by several attributes. What is an not attribute that deals with attitudes toward animals and plants? | marriage outside the clan |
| What is NOT a theory proposed to account for the origin of totemic? | physical resemblance theory |
| What is involved in a totemism system in Australia? | 1. honey ant, 2. witchety grub, 3. manna psyllid |
| What is a churinga? | a sacred object representing the ancestral spirit of its owner |
| What attribute of insect biology might explain why insects are featured so prominently in so many creation myths worldwide? | 1. their creative activities are conspicuous, 2.they are generally recognized as the ancient life form |
| Lord of the flies, later associated with the devil in Christianity, is known as | Baalzebub |
| The greek word psyche has two meanings, what's the entomological meaning? | butterfly |
| Aesop wrote many fables featuring insects, what isn't one? | the apple and the grub |
| What literary tradition commenced with the publication of Physiologus in 600 AD? | the bestiary |
| What insect might you find on the Combe family coat of arms? | bee |
| A common motif in renaissance emblems relating to the relative value of ancient and modern scholarship is... | the spider and the bee |
| Bees/hives were symbols of what french leaders? | Napoleon and Louis XII |
| What arthropods were popular heraldic symbols in Tokugawa Japan? | silkworms, dragonflies, and centipedes |
| New Orleans team | hornets |
| Chicago team | Sting |
| University of Richmond | Spiders |
| Georgia Tech | yellowjackets |
| University of Arkansas | Boll Weevils |
| The salt lake city minor league baseball team is named for what insect? | bee |
| What insect is the state insect for the greatest number of states? | honey bee |
| The IL company Catepillar owes its corporate name to... | its production of "track type" tractors |
| What's wrong entomologically with the "spokes-bee" for both nabisco wheat honeys and honey nut cheerios? | the gender of the character |
| What is odd about antonio bandeira's voice work as the nasonex spokes-bee? | males bees have nothing to do with pollen and bee-pollinated flowers aren't responsible for pollen allergies |
| What aspect of the biology of Ephemeroptera appeals to a broad cross-section of advertisers? | their short life expectency |
| What aspect of the biology of Hymenoptera appeals to a broad cross-section of advertisers? | their social behavior |
| What aspect of the biology of Lepidoptera appeals to a broad cross-section of advertisers? | their brilliant colors |
| To convey the idea of dramatic change, what type of insect is most likely to appear in an advertisement? | holometabolous |
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