Entomology Quiz 3 (30 MCQs)

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1. Predictable sequence of changing species that inhabit a decomposing body
2. Tiny eight legged creatures belonging to the order acarina, related to spiders and ticks. some mites live freely, others as parasites
3. Application of entomology to civil and criminal legal cases
4. Body development in 4 stages:egg, larva, pupa, & adult
5. Why do Forensic entomologists look at blow fly larvae at a crime scene?
6. What is the life cycle of an insect called
7. Depositing, or laying, of eggs
8. Explain the difference between a cut and a scrape wound.
9. Aquatic insects spend at least part of their life cycle in or around
10. The insect's body is made up of what three body parts:
11. Insects help forensic investigators determine
12. A body found with no food in the stomach or small intestines has been dead for at least ..... hours
13. Nonfeeding stage of development between larva & adult
14. An elected official who usually has no special medical training.
15. What do entomologists learn by studying the insects at a crime scene?
16. Pada tahun berapa Rentokil beroperasi di Indonesia
17. Why does an infants skeleton contain a higher number of bones?
18. What are the two most important insects?
19. Predators as nymphs and adults; larvae have unusual mouthparts; help significantly to control mosquito populations
20. Decomposition of a mammal begins at this stage:
21. The fact that insect development is ..... allows insects to be used to determine time since death.
22. The spontaneous breakdown of cells as they self-digest
23. Algor mortis is Latin for:
24. Immatures called "hellgramite" (fierce, 3" +long, strong jaws to pinch); Like fast moving water in rocky streams; a dults have giant jaws but they do not pinch
25. A forensic entomologist is .....
26. Insects such as blowflies tend to lay their eggs in
27. After a meal, the average time it takes for the stomach to empty is
28. Insect stage after the egg hatches
29. As a dead body decomposes, two gases putrescine and ..... are released that alert blowflies to a possible location to lay their eggs.
30. Insects, or Hexapods, have how many legs?