Week 13 Science Test- Insects

__________ is the study of the principles of scientific classification.

• Antonomy

• Clasonomy

• Taxonomy

• Cricketonomy

True or False? Having an exoskeleton is not a characteristic of an Arthropoda.

• True

• False

True or False? A characteristic of an Arthropoda is appendages are jointed.

• True

• False

True or False? Not having a body formed of a number of segments, is a characteristic of an Arthropoda.

• True

• False

Some characteristics of insects are:

• The body is divided into three distinct regions: ____, ______ and _______.

• • head, thorax and abdomen

• face, neck and arms

• head, torso and legs

How many pair of antennae does a Hexapoda have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Most insects possess one pair of _________ eyes and sometimes some simple eyes called "____."

• simple, eyeballs

• complex, jointed

• compound, ocelli

• jointed, eyeballs

The thorax has _____ segments.

• two

• three

• four

• five

Each segment has pair of legs.

• one

• two

• three

• six

The _____ are borne by the second and/or third of the thoracic segments.

• arms

• legs

• stingers

• wings