Arthropoda (AIPVT)

Comprehensive quiz covering arthropod biology, anatomy, reproduction, and classification including insects, arachnids, and crustaceans.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which arthropod transmits Lyme disease?

  1. Culex mosquito
  2. Sand fly
  3. Tick
  4. Asian tiger mosquito
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the primary nitrogenous waste in arachnids?

  1. Urea
  2. Uric acid
  3. Guanine
  4. Ammonia
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which structure facilitates the image formation in spiders?

  1. Pigment-cup ocelli
  2. Tapeta lucida
  3. Trichobothria
  4. Proprioceptors
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How do arachnids like spiders and whip scorpions extend their limbs?

  1. Thickening in the joint muscle
  2. Pressure of hemolymph
  3. Special muscles
  4. Elastic recoil
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the smallest microscopic species of arthropods?

  1. Japanese spider crab
  2. Stygotantulus
  3. Tick
  4. Oribatid turtle-mite
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A pair of appendages called chelicerae is found in

  1. peripatuses
  2. moths
  3. spiders
  4. centipedes
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which arthropods are spermatophores deposited directly into the female genital opening?

  1. Scorpions
  2. Mites
  3. Cockroaches
  4. Centipedes
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which respiratory pigment is found in insects to carry oxygen?

  1. Hemocyanin
  2. Hemoglobin
  3. Methemoglobin
  4. No pigment
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the most speciose order of class Insecta?

  1. Hymenoptera
  2. Diptera
  3. Lepidoptera
  4. Coleoptera
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is false?

  1. Slit sense organs enable spiders to detect ground vibrations produced by approaching prey.
  2. Among arthropods, the greatest visual acuity is found in the predaceous mantis shrimp.
  3. The sensory nerve endings are lodged in cuticular hair.
  4. The arthropod nervous system consists of a dorsal brain and a ventral, ganglionated longitudinal nerve cord.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an extinct subphylum of phylum Arthropoda?

  1. Chelicerata
  2. Trilobitomorpha
  3. Hexapoda
  4. Myriapoda
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the special structure in which honey bees carry pollen grains called?

  1. Corbicula
  2. Scopa
  3. Sphecidae
  4. Proboscis
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are darkling beetle and rhinoceros beetle used for?

  1. Pest reduction
  2. Food
  3. Nutrient recycling
  4. Scientific specimen preparation
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the method of reproduction in bees and wasps?

  1. Thelytoky parthenogenesis
  2. Arrhenotoky parthenogenesis
  3. Polyembryony
  4. Viviparity
  5. #
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. | ||
    |---|---|
    |1. Pill bugs|c. 5|
    |2. Shrimps|d. 4|
    |3. Ticks|a. 3|
    |4. Bees|b. 7|

  2. | ||
    |---|---|
    |1. Pill bugs|d. 4|
    |2. Shrimps|b. 7|
    |3. Ticks|a. 3|
    |4. Bees|c. 5|

  3. | ||
    |---|---|
    |1. Pill bugs|b. 7|
    |2. Shrimps|c. 5|
    |3. Ticks|d. 4|
    |4. Bees|a. 3|

  4. | ||
    |---|---|
    |1. Pill bugs|d. 4|
    |2. Shrimps|a. 3|
    |3. Ticks|b. 7|
    |4. Bees|c. 5|