Chapter 8 Review: The Nature of Farming

  1. These nestlings are
    1. Barn Swallows <==== correct
    2. Killdeers (wrong)
    3. Fritillaries (wrong)
    4. Checkerspots (wrong)
    5. Froghoppers (wrong)
      Hint
  2. This female Blue-fronted Dancer is a
    1. hoverfly (wrong)
    2. butterfly (wrong)
    3. damselfly <==== correct
    4. dragonfly (wrong)
    5. botfly (wrong)
      Hint
  3. The caterpillars of Fritillary butterflies feed on
    1. milkweed (wrong)
    2. asters (wrong)
    3. violets <==== correct
    4. wheat (wrong)
    5. corn (wrong)
      Hint
  4. The larvae of a fly such as Walnut Husk Fly are called
    1. grubs (wrong)
    2. caterpillars (wrong)
    3. tadpoles (wrong)
    4. nymphs (wrong)
    5. maggots <==== correct
      Hint
  5. Which of the following is extinct?
    1. Red-legged Grasshopper (wrong)
    2. Mormon Cricket (wrong)
    3. Rocky Mountain Locust <==== correct
    4. Snowy Tree Cricket (wrong)
    5. Greater Angle-wing Katydid (wrong)
      Hint
  6. This singing insect is:
    1. Red-legged Grasshopper (wrong)
    2. Mormon Cricket (wrong)
    3. Carolina Grasshopper (wrong)
    4. Snowy Tree Cricket <==== correct
    5. Greater Angle-wing Katydid (wrong)
      Hint
  7. Crickets "sing" by a process called ________: rubbing the file on one wing against a scraper on the other wing.
    1. caroling (wrong)
    2. intonation (wrong)
    3. stridulation <==== correct
    4. serenading (wrong)
    5. yodeling (wrong)
      Hint
  8. Tachinid Fly larvae
    1. form galls (wrong)
    2. eat corn leaves (wrong)
    3. are called grubs (wrong)
    4. are parasites on the larvae of other insects <==== correct
    5. all of the above (wrong)
      Hint
  9. Which kind of weevil is a parasite of a Compass Plant?
    1. Pecan Weevil (wrong)
    2. Seeno Weevil (wrong)
    3. Acorn Weevil (wrong)
    4. Baptisia Weevil (wrong)
    5. Sunflower Headclipping Weevil <==== correct
      Hint