Entomology Quiz 2 (30 MCQs)

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1. Rigor mortis peaks how many hours after death?
2. Suture Lines on the ..... are helpful in determining the ..... of a victim
3. The insect uses what body part to hear
4. Forensic entomologists use insects to gain information about
5. What do the flies eggs hatch into?
6. A unit of measure of the energy absorbed by a biological system, causing growth
7. Loss of body heat after death is known as
8. The living insect in the stage prior to metamorphosis in the blow fly life-cycle is called the .....
9. Insect ..... at the crime scene stops the clock on the insects.
10. Emergence of an adult from its pupal case
11. What was the name of the video?
12. One of four means by which someone dies
13. The Agonal Period means
14. Case 1:Police Report:The body of a female deer was found behind a fence along a busy two-lane road on the edge of the city limits of Charlotte. Animal Control was called and reported no apparent wounds on the body. It was not hunting season.Weather Report:Daytime temperatures have been fairly consistent for the past three weeks, ranging from 70 to 74$^\circ$ F.There were 2 house fly larvae that measure 29 & 20 mm, 2 blow fly larvae at 29 & 25 mm, 1 flesh fly larvae that was 29 mm a skipper fly larvae that was 9 mm and 1 flesh fly pupae that measured 39 mm.Why are there larvae of different ages for the same type of fly found on the body of the deer?
15. During the ..... stage, blow fly larvae are delicate and prone to desiccation.
16. One of the three larval stages of insect development
17. Which is an example of a pest insect?
18. During what stage does house flies begin to show up and lay eggs?
19. The cessation, or end, of life
20. The immediate reason for a person's death
21. What can entomologists know by studying the insects at a crime scene?
22. How can a blowfly help an investigation?
23. Application of entomology to civil & criminal legal cases
24. What is done by a medical examiner to determine the cause of death?
25. Type of animal that is often used to simulate human body in entomology
26. Forensic entomologists use their knowledge of ..... to help them solve a crime
27. The pelvis of a female is ..... as compared to a male.
28. What does a forensic entomologist study?
29. This stage begins with the splitting of the skin to allow the gases to escape.
30. What is the insect stage after the egg hatches called?