ENT 201 Exam 2: NCSU Actual Questions and

ENT 201 Exam 2: NCSU Actual / Questions and

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resilin - ----Answers---Rubbery protein that stores energy in insect cuticle and muscle

shellac - ----Answers---durable, high gloss furniture polish produced by an Asian scale insect

skeletal muscle - ----Answers---those that move body parts of an insect

silk - ----Answers---commercial product of the domesticated silkworm, Bombus mori. Produced by the salivary glands of the caterpillar as it spins its cocoon

synchronous muscle - ----Answers---muscle that contracts one time for a single nerve impulse

stridulation - ----Answers---sound produced by dragging a row of peg-like structures across a file-like structure

surgical maggots - ----Answers---fly larvae, raised in sterile conditions, used to remove necrotic (dead) tissue from wounds

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thysanura - ----Answers---The primitively wingless insect order containing silverfish and their relatives. Three tail appendages, scaled bodies, can molt as adults (unlike virtually all other insects).

tymbal - ----Answers---in insects, a thickend plate of chitin connected to powerful asynchronous muscles; deflection of this by the muscle produces sound. Typified by cicadas

vector - ----Answers---an organism transmitting a disease agent from an infected to an uninfected host

visceral muscles - ----Answers---muscles that move the internal organs of an insect

ortho - ----Answers---means straight

ptera - ----Answers---means wings

ensifera - ----Answers---Crickets and Katydids:

-nocturnal -predatory -herbivorous -omnivorous -poor flyers

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caelifera - ----Answers---grasshoppers and locusts:

• diurnal; smaller than crickets, small antennae

-herbivorous

• strong flyers (locust, 12 mph)

locusts - ----Answers---which insect are pests of cereals and vegetables?

rocky mountain locust - ----Answers---which locust had the largest swarm ever?

fat - ----Answers---crickets and grasshoppers are high in protein and low in what?

crickets and grasshoppers - ----Answers---which insects are used as a biofuel source to break down cellulose and lignin

coleoptera - ----Answers---beetles

phytophagous - ----Answers---feeding on plants

beetles - ----Answers---which insects are phytophagous and detritivores?

ornithoptera alexandrae - ----Answers---queen alexandra's birdwing

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