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Entomology | 10 Question Animals Multiple Choice Quiz

This quiz is full of the information about insects that I learned from the FFA contest team I was on. Most of the information comes from the book "The Practical Entomologist."

A multiple-choice quiz by calbert_05. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
calbert_05

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
291,737

Updated
Feb 19 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
997

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What order contains butterflies and moths? Hint

Lepidoptera

Homoptera

Isoptera

Hemiptera

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Question 2 of 10

2. Carolus Linnaeus created the two part naming system for classifying insects.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. Select the correct way to abbreviate a date on an insect pin. Hint

March 3, 2008

3/3/08

Mar. 3, 2008

3 Mar. 2008

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Question 4 of 10

4. A tick is an insect.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. What does the word "bug" refer to? Hint

any creepy crawly thing

an insect in the Homoptera or Hemiptera order

an insect in the Coleoptera order

any insect

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Question 6 of 10

6. What collection method would be the most efficient way to collect insects that scurry on the ground? Hint

dip net

light trap

beating tray

pitfall trap

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Question 7 of 10

7. What order does the dobsonfly belong to? Hint

Plecoptera

Megaloptera

Isoptera

Blattodea

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Question 8 of 10

8. Some scientists believe that insects, not humans, are the dominant life form on earth.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which insect was successfully controlled using the sterilization control method? Hint

Japanese beetle

screwworm

metallic wood-boring beetle

mole cricket

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following insects is a member of the order Coleoptera? Hint

white lined sphinx

assassin bug

camelcricket

lightning bug

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What order contains butterflies and moths?

Answer: Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera means "scale wing."

2. Carolus Linnaeus created the two part naming system for classifying insects.

Answer: True

Linnaeus is known today as the father of taxonomy.

3. Select the correct way to abbreviate a date on an insect pin.

Answer: 3 Mar. 2008

This is found in "The Practical Entomologist" in the section on creating an insect collection.

4. A tick is an insect.

Answer: False

A tick is actually an arachnid, not an insect.

5. What does the word "bug" refer to?

Answer: an insect in the Homoptera or Hemiptera order

Insects in the Homoptera order are called "true bugs."

6. What collection method would be the most efficient way to collect insects that scurry on the ground?

Answer: pitfall trap

This trap is just a glass jar with isopropyl alcohol in it buried in the ground up to its rim.

7. What order does the dobsonfly belong to?

Answer: Megaloptera

The dobsonfly and the alderfly are two insects in this order.

8. Some scientists believe that insects, not humans, are the dominant life form on earth.

Answer: True

This is because insects have a higher population than humans.

9. Which insect was successfully controlled using the sterilization control method?

Answer: screwworm

Other control methods include biological and cultural control.

10. Which of the following insects is a member of the order Coleoptera?

Answer: lightning bug

The lightning bug is also called a firefly and is one "bug" not in the Homoptera order.

Source: Author calbert_05

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