2023 District Entomology Written Test - True or False
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Which of the following best describes the use of rotating crops outside of the tomato family for three years or more?

  • It increases the infestation by Colorado potato beetles
  • It worsens infestation by Colorado potato beetles
  • It helps to stop an infestation by Colorado potato beetles (correct)
  • It has no effect on infestation by Colorado potato beetles
  • Which of the following best describes the relationship between sowbugs, centipedes, and millipedes?

  • They are not related at all
  • Sowbugs are in the same family as centipedes, but not millipedes
  • They are all in the same family (correct)
  • Sowbugs are in the same family as millipedes, but not centipedes
  • What is the relationship between division in plants and phylum in the animal kingdom?

  • Division is a broader classification than phylum
  • They have no similarity
  • Phylum is a broader classification than division
  • They are equivalent terms (correct)
  • How often is parthenogenesis witnessed in social insects like ants and bees?

    <p>Rarely witnessed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is neem, in relation to its use as a pesticide?

    <p>An organic pesticide made from a tropical tree seed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can Bacillus thuringiensis be used to combat mosquitos?

    <p>In rain barrels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the individual units of an insect’s compound eye?

    <p>ommatidia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which order of insects primarily feeds on feathers?

    <p>feathers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes the abdomen of an insect more flexible than the head or thorax?

    <p>tracheal system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the excrement of a boring or leaf-eating insect known as?

    <p>frass</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a type of insect mouthpart?

    <p>all of the above are mouthparts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which flowering family can produce specific floral fragrances for long-range attraction to specific bee species?

    <p>orchids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What component in the exoskeleton determines its hardness?

    <p>chitin in the cuticle</p> Signup and view all the answers

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