Bugs and People Exam 1
Study Questions for Exam 1 Chapter 1:
What do taxonomists do?
Classify, name, and identify organisms.
What is classification?
Arrangement of things into groups sharing certain, specified similarities.
What is the Historia Animalium?
Attempt by Aristotle to classify insects.
Original definition of a bug: refers to a ghost or hobgoblin (something unpleasant or difficult to see).
What did Bartholomaeus Anglicus do of importance?
Compilied an entire "Book of the Universe." Who was Linnaeus and what did he do of importance?
Used a binomial naming system in his book, Systema Naturae. Universally adopted. What is the binomial system of nomenclature? What do taxonomists do?
Contains name of species of the genus, (in capitals) and the species name (not capitalized). What types of organisms are in the Myriapoda?
Class in phylum Arthropoda, contain millipedes and centipedes. What is the dominant life form on Earth?
The class Insecta. What does the word Siphonaptera literally mean?
"Wingless pipe." What type insect is in it?
Flea
What do millipedes ooze when they are threatened?
Can ooze noxious substances or hydrogen cyanide/quaaludes. What is the primary way in which Mandibulates and Chelicerates differ?
Sub-phylum Chelicerates: pincers. Sub-phylum Mandibulates: mandibles. Chapter 2:
Most of the problems insects faced can be traced back to what?
Their surface area/volume ratio. What is an exoskeleton?
An external skeleton. What is a cuticle? outside covering of an insect.
Having an external skeleton.
What is the biggest drawback of having an exoskeleton?
Exoskeletons must be shed for the organism to increase in size. What does ekdysis mean?
Means "getting out" or shedding an exoskeleton. What is a
What do taxonomists do?
Classify, name, and identify organisms.
What is classification?
Arrangement of things into groups sharing certain, specified similarities.
What is the Historia Animalium?
Attempt by Aristotle to classify insects.
Original definition of a bug: refers to a ghost or hobgoblin (something unpleasant or difficult to see).
What did Bartholomaeus Anglicus do of importance?
Compilied an entire "Book of the Universe." Who was Linnaeus and what did he do of importance?
Used a binomial naming system in his book, Systema Naturae. Universally adopted. What is the binomial system of nomenclature? What do taxonomists do?
Contains name of species of the genus, (in capitals) and the species name (not capitalized). What types of organisms are in the Myriapoda?
Class in phylum Arthropoda, contain millipedes and centipedes. What is the dominant life form on Earth?
The class Insecta. What does the word Siphonaptera literally mean?
"Wingless pipe." What type insect is in it?
Flea
What do millipedes ooze when they are threatened?
Can ooze noxious substances or hydrogen cyanide/quaaludes. What is the primary way in which Mandibulates and Chelicerates differ?
Sub-phylum Chelicerates: pincers. Sub-phylum Mandibulates: mandibles. Chapter 2:
Most of the problems insects faced can be traced back to what?
Their surface area/volume ratio. What is an exoskeleton?
An external skeleton. What is a cuticle? outside covering of an insect.
Having an external skeleton.
What is the biggest drawback of having an exoskeleton?
Exoskeletons must be shed for the organism to increase in size. What does ekdysis mean?
Means "getting out" or shedding an exoskeleton. What is a