Arthropoda (AIPVT)
Comprehensive quiz covering arthropod biology, anatomy, reproduction, and classification including insects, arachnids, and crustaceans.
Questions
Which arthropod transmits Lyme disease?
- Culex mosquito
- Sand fly
- Tick
- Asian tiger mosquito
What is the primary nitrogenous waste in arachnids?
- Urea
- Uric acid
- Guanine
- Ammonia
Which structure facilitates the image formation in spiders?
- Pigment-cup ocelli
- Tapeta lucida
- Trichobothria
- Proprioceptors
How do arachnids like spiders and whip scorpions extend their limbs?
- Thickening in the joint muscle
- Pressure of hemolymph
- Special muscles
- Elastic recoil
Which of the following is the smallest microscopic species of arthropods?
- Japanese spider crab
- Stygotantulus
- Tick
- Oribatid turtle-mite
A pair of appendages called chelicerae is found in
- peripatuses
- moths
- spiders
- centipedes
In which arthropods are spermatophores deposited directly into the female genital opening?
- Scorpions
- Mites
- Cockroaches
- Centipedes
Which respiratory pigment is found in insects to carry oxygen?
- Hemocyanin
- Hemoglobin
- Methemoglobin
- No pigment
Which of the following is the most speciose order of class Insecta?
- Hymenoptera
- Diptera
- Lepidoptera
- Coleoptera
Which of the following statements is false?
- Slit sense organs enable spiders to detect ground vibrations produced by approaching prey.
- Among arthropods, the greatest visual acuity is found in the predaceous mantis shrimp.
- The sensory nerve endings are lodged in cuticular hair.
- The arthropod nervous system consists of a dorsal brain and a ventral, ganglionated longitudinal nerve cord.
Which of the following is an extinct subphylum of phylum Arthropoda?
- Chelicerata
- Trilobitomorpha
- Hexapoda
- Myriapoda
What is the special structure in which honey bees carry pollen grains called?
- Corbicula
- Scopa
- Sphecidae
- Proboscis
What are darkling beetle and rhinoceros beetle used for?
- Pest reduction
- Food
- Nutrient recycling
- Scientific specimen preparation
What is the method of reproduction in bees and wasps?
- Thelytoky parthenogenesis
- Arrhenotoky parthenogenesis
- Polyembryony
- Viviparity
- #
Match the following:
| Arthropods | Number of pairs of legs |
| 1. Pill bugs | a. 3 |
| 2. Shrimps | b. 7 |
| 3. Ticks | c. 5 |
| 4. Bees | d. 4 |
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|---|---|
|1. Pill bugs|c. 5|
|2. Shrimps|d. 4|
|3. Ticks|a. 3|
|4. Bees|b. 7| -
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|---|---|
|1. Pill bugs|d. 4|
|2. Shrimps|b. 7|
|3. Ticks|a. 3|
|4. Bees|c. 5| -
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|---|---|
|1. Pill bugs|b. 7|
|2. Shrimps|c. 5|
|3. Ticks|d. 4|
|4. Bees|a. 3| -
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|---|---|
|1. Pill bugs|d. 4|
|2. Shrimps|a. 3|
|3. Ticks|b. 7|
|4. Bees|c. 5|