EXERCISES, LESSON 2
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that
BEST answers the question, by completing the incomplete statement, or by writing the
answer in the space provided at the end of the question.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly,
reread the material referenced with the solution.
1.
Insects have:
b. Three pairs of walking legs.
c.
Four pairs of walking legs.
d. Many pairs of walking legs.
2.
______________________________ are characteristic only to arachnids.
b. Compound eyes.
c.
Pedipalps.
3.
The science of classification is called. _____________________________
4.
Below are three instances of a preventive medicine specialist at work. In which
instance is he using his taxonomic capabiIitv?
a. In the field, a specialist is transferring mosquito larvae into vials of alcohol.
b. Having placed a tick specimen in the famiIy Ixodidae, the specialist consults
references to identify the species.
c.
The specialist undertakes emergency treatment for a soldier who has gone
into anaphylactic shock from a bee sting.
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