Question

Over exploitation for food and commercial use are some of the key challenges to conservation in Ghana

True /false

Spanish fly is an insect whose chemical substance is used as an aphrodisiac.

True / False

Insects have a narrower range of foods than human.

True / false

The compound eye is the only eye found in insects.

True / false

The Endo-skeleton in insects provides them with a strong physical protection

True / false

Creating favorable non-hostile habitats is one of the way of controlling insects

True / false

Some insects are known to be carriers or vectors of diseases

True /false

Insects are the most numerous of all living things on mars

True / False

The insect dye , cochineal is to give brown sugar it’s color

True / false

The fashion industry got its first design from the wings of butterflies

True / false

Insects poisons or venoms are always bad

True / false

The navigational abilities of insects can be likened to the modern day GPS device

True / false

There are adult insects that do not feed on solid food

True / false

John the Baptiste survived on insect meal all his life

True / false

Organic insecticides are man-made or synthetic

True/ false

Contact insecticides are sprayed onto insects and work directly on insects cuticle.

True / false

Smokeless coils can kill mosquitoes and are therefore not safe to sleep with them burning

True / false

Dancing in bees is used for communication

True / false

The spider is one of the most common household insects

True / false

Millipedes and centipedes are two groups of insects found in farms

True / false

Insects are known to have six pairs of legs

True / false

Answer 1

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1.Over exploitation for food and commercial use are some of the key challenges to conservation in Ghana

True / false

Explanation-   Although 16% of the area has been set to conserve the natural resources of Ghana in the form of national parks, wildlife reserve along with the forest reserves, but still the country has to suffer for the conservation because of the commercial uses of various natural products as well as agricultural expansion, mining, timber extraction and other economic activities that are indeed leading the conservation in the negative manner.

2. Spanish fly is an insect whose chemical substance is used as an aphrodisiac.

True / False

Explanation- Spanish fly , the scientific name Lytta vesicatoria is the source of  terpenoid cantharidin, used as an aphrodisiac ( the substances that can increase the sexual desire and sexual pleasure, these substances can be in the form of spice, fruits or the lab synthesized chemicals).

3.Insects have a narrower range of foods than human.

True / False

Explanation- No, because humans have narrower range of food than the insects, since human can feed in vegetables(not all), animals(not all) etc but insects have some unlimited sources like soft decaying garbage, feces, blood , cow dung, plant leaves, and world wide resources.

4.The compound eye is the only eye found in insects.

True / False

Explanation- Compound eyes wre the complex structures, where thousands of ommatidia are present, along with the many structures they help to distinguish brightness and colour in the Arthropodes in the INSECTS and CRUSTANCEANS.

5.The Endo-skeleton in insects provides them with a strong physical protection

True / False

Explanation- Because, it is the internal part that is present inside the body and covered by the exo-skeleton with the process called MOLTING.

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