The Insect Egg

1.    What is the name for the "shell" of an insect's egg?

Chorion

Morula

Serosa

Blastula

 

2.   What is the chemical makeup of the insect's egg shell?

Polysaccharide

Protein

Lipid

Calcium

 

3.   Which statement about the vitelline membrane is CORRECT?

It is the egg cell membrane

It surrounds the egg nucleus

It prevents water loss

It forms the germ band of the embryo

 

4.   A sperm cell enters the egg through the:

Oosome

Germ band

Morula

Micropyle

 

5.   What is the function of an aeropyle?

Prevent water loss

Absorb moisture

Gas exchange

Excrete nitrogenous wastes

 

6.   Which statement about the periplasm is CORRECT?

It is part of the egg nucleus

It protects the egg from crushing

It is surrounded by the amnion

It is concentrated near the vitelline membrane

 

7.   Which of these occupies the largest volume in an unfertilized insect egg?

Periplasm

Yolk

Nucleus

Embryo