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Factors Affecting Insect Abundance

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What is the function of the exoskeleton in insects?

Acts as external armour, provides space for muscle attachment, and prevents water loss (correct)

Serves as a sensory organ, aids in camouflage, and supports locomotion

Promotes digestion, facilitates respiration, and enables temperature regulation

Aids in flight, stores excess water, and enhances reproduction

How do insects minimize water loss from their body surface?

By increasing metabolic water production, promoting evaporation, and opening spiracles

By increasing body surface area, reducing wax production, and opening spiracles

By using lipids and polyphenols for waterproofing, developing a wax layer, and closing spiracles (correct)

By reducing lipid production, increasing spiracle size, and promoting water loss through the skin

What physiological and ecological advantages are conferred by the small size of most insects?

Access to numerous ecological niches, less space and energy requirements, and maximum energy utilization (correct)

Access to fewer ecological niches, excessive space and energy requirements, and minimal energy utilization

Reduced ecological niches, increased space and energy requirements, and minimal energy utilization

Access to limited ecological niches, excessive space and energy requirements, and minimal energy utilization

What is the purpose of the tracheal system of respiration in insects?

To ensure direct transfer of adequate oxygen to actively breathing tissues Signup and view all the answers

What contributes to the high reproductive potential of insects?

High egg laying capacity, short development period, careful selection of egg laying sites, and parental care Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the reasons for the dominance of insects?

Capacity for flight Signup and view all the answers

Why do insects thrive well under varied conditions?

Adaptability or Universality Signup and view all the answers

What contributes to the high number of individuals in a single insect species?

Capacity for flight Signup and view all the answers

What allows insects to have a good track record of adaption under different conditions?

Long geological history Signup and view all the answers

Which factor contributes to making insects the earliest groups to make their life on earth and to occupy vast habitats?