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Reading Study Guide Chapter 10 Mollusks,
Arthropods, and Echinoderms
10-3
Insects (pp.343-347)
Body Structure (p.344)
1-8. Check the correct characteristics of Insects.
_____ 2 Body segments _____ 1 pair of antenna _____ Jointed Legs
_____ 3 Body Segments _____ 2 pair of antenna _____ 6 Legs
_____ All have 1 or 2 pair of wings _____ Some have 1 or 2 pairs of wings
9. Compound eyes see ___________________.
10. Simple eyes distinguish between ________________________________.
11. The body section to which wings and legs are attached is the ____________________.
12. Most of an insect's organs are inside the ______________________.
13. Insects get oxygen into their bodies through a system of __________________.
14-17. Identify the three body sections of a grasshopper: Thorax, Head, Abdomen

Obtaining Food (p.345)

Identify the mouthparts to the correct insect.
18. Chewing mouth parts _____ A. Butterfly
19. Sucking mouth parts _____ B. Fly
20. Lapping mouth parts _____ C. Ant
21. What do Book Lice eat? ____________________
22. What do Dung Beetles eat? __________________
23. What do Burying Beetles eat? ________________________
Life Cycle (p.345-347)
24-27. Name the 4 stages of complete metamorphosis
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28. What do larvae usually look like? __________________________
29. At which stage of development would an insect be enclosed in a cocoon? ___________
30. Name an animal that goes through Gradual Metamorphosis. __________________
31. Name an animal that goes through Complete Metamorphosis. __________________
10-4 Insect Ecology (350-355)
(Page 350)
32. Define a Food Chain.________________________________________________
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33. Define Ecology.
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Insects and the Food Chain (p.350-353)
Match the word with its definition
34. Producer _____ A. Obtains energy by eating other organisms
35. Consumer _____ B. Breaks down wastes and dead bodies of other organisms
36. Decomposer _____ C. Makes its own food.
37. Insects eat about ______ percent of the crops grown for humans.
Tech & Design in History: Products in History (page 352-353)
38. What timespan does the timeline show? ___________________________________
39. How many years ago did humans first spin silk from silkworms? _________________
40. What insect is used to make shellac? ____________
41. What is shellac? ______________________________________________
42. Name 2 products of bees. _______________________________________
Other Interactions (p.354)
43. What does a pollinator do? ___________________________________________
44-46. Name 3 pollinators. __________ __________ __________
47-48. Name two insects that spread disease.
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Controlling Pests (p.355)
49. Harmful insects are called _______________.
50. Chemicals that kill insects are called ______________________.
51. Putting ladybugs on plants to eat aphids is an example of a _______________________
Evaluation
52. What would a world without pollinators be like?
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53. Do you think pesticides should be used to kill insect pests? YES NO
Explain why?
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