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Gadaea Proper Noun Ibididae Noun Jacanidae Noun Labiduridae Noun (plural; a zoological family name) Tabanidae Noun

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1. What kind of word is 'Gadaea'?

A verb of motion A common noun A proper noun, likely a place name An adjective

2. How is 'Gadaea' pronounced?

GAD-ay-ah guh-DEE-uh ga-DEE-ah-ah GUH-day

3. The root Labidura comes from the Greek labis plus oura. What do those two words mean?

Forceps and tail Wing and wing Night and day Stone and sand

4. How is the '-idae' ending pronounced?

Like 'day' Like 'dee' Like 'dye' Like 'duh'

5. Which bird belongs to the old Ibididae?

The scarlet ibis The mallard The barn owl The peregrine

6. What is the singular, lowercase term for a single insect in this family?

Horsefly Tabanid Gadfly Dipteran

7. What is Jacanidae?

A single bird species A type of nest The scientific family name for jacanas An order of fish

8. Which syllable of Labiduridae carries the primary stress?

lab dyoo rid dee

9. Where do Tabanidae larvae typically develop?

Inside animal hosts In dry sand In aquatic or semi-aquatic habitats On the leaves of plants

10. Which order does the family Labiduridae belong to?

Orthoptera Coleoptera Lepidoptera Dermaptera

11. How many living species does Jacanidae contain?

Eight Two Forty Over a hundred

12. Which nickname belongs to members of Jacanidae?

Sea-swallows Mud-hens Sky-robins Lily-trotters

13. Which sentence treats 'Gadaea' correctly?

The gad-aea was old. Two Gadaeas exist. We Gadaeaed through the archive. Gadaea appears in comprehensive word lists.

14. What does the ending '-aea' suggest?

A Germanic root A verb ending A modern slang coinage A Latinized classical place name

15. Why do words like 'Gadaea' survive at all?

Daily conversation Advertising The collating habit of list-makers and lexicographers Political speeches

16. How is the word 'Tabanidae' correctly pronounced?

TAB-an-day tuh-BAN-ih-dee ta-BAN-ih-day TAB-ih-nade

17. What kind of noun is Labiduridae?

A singular count noun for one insect An uncountable material noun A verb-derived action noun A plural-form family name for a group

18. Which disease is commonly transmitted to horses by Tabanidae?

Malaria Equine infectious anemia West Nile virus Lyme disease

19. Which sentence uses Labiduridae correctly?

A Labiduridae stung my ankle at the beach. The Labiduridae are a family of earwigs within the order Dermaptera. The Labiduridae is flying south for the winter. She Labiduridae'd the insect very carefully.

20. Is 'Ibididae' related to the footnote word 'Ibid'?

Yes, both Latin Yes, both abbreviations No, it comes from the bird name Ibis Only in spelling

21. Jacanidae was built from which parts?

Latin jacere, to throw Jacana plus the family suffix -idae Greek iax, a Healing herb French jacasse, a chatterbox

22. Which word is a close comparison for Gadaea's obscurity?

Household word Slang Trending term Fossil word

23. Which phrase correctly refers to one member bird?

An ibidida An ibis An Ibididae An ibididae

24. Which order of insects does the family Tabanidae belong to?

Coleoptera Hymenoptera Diptera Lepidoptera

25. Which famous name shares the -aea ending?

Nicaea London Paris Boston

26. Which modern family name replaced 'Ibididae'?

Ardeidae Threskiornithidae Ciconiidae Scolopacidae

27. Which verb agrees with 'The Ibididae'?

Is Was Were Has

28. Which sentence uses 'Tabanidae' correctly?

I was bitten by a Tabanidae. The insect belongs to the family Tabanidae. I saw a Tabanidae on the wall. Tabanidae is a species of fly.

29. Which larger order do jacanas belong to?

Passeriformes Charadriiformes Falconiformes Anseriformes

30. How should 'Tabanidae' be capitalized in a biology paper?

Always lowercase Only the 'T' is capitalized All letters are capitalized Only capitalized at the start of a sentence

31. What is 'Tabanidae'?

A single species of mosquito The biological family of horseflies A disease spread by flies A type of insect repellent

32. What is the most careful way to describe Gadaea's history?

Invent a founding date Call it a famous biblical city Say the record is obscure and it survives in lists Claim it was a Roman capital

33. How is Jacanidae usually pronounced?

juh-KAN-uh-dee ja-cha-NEE-duh JAY-kun-aid juh-KAY-nee

34. How should 'Ibididae' be printed?

Italicized In roman type with a capital I In lowercase In bold

35. How many syllables does 'Gadaea' have?

Three Two Four Five

36. What did 'Ibididae' name in older zoology?

A family of hawks The ibis family A group of ducks A genus of fish

37. How should family names like Jacanidae appear in print?

Always lowercase In quotation marks Capitalized but not italicized In all capitals

38. What do female Tabanidae require to develop their eggs?

Nectar Water A blood meal Pollen

39. Which famous giant was a member of the Labiduridae?

The Saint Helena earwig, Labidura herculeana The monarch butterfly The American cockroach The stag beetle

40. Which group did the modern family merge with the ibises?

The herons The storks The spoonbills The pelicans

41. Which statement about Jacanidae is true?

It contains ducks and geese It is a family of penguins It sits within the shorebird order Charadriiformes It was named after a Spanish explorer

42. The suffix '-idae' in 'Ibididae' marks what rank?

Species Genus Family Order

43. From which language does the root 'tabanus' originate?

Greek French Latin Arabic

44. What does the suffix -idae signal in a zoological name?

A single individual animal A family - literally 'descendants of' A kind of wing A kind of tail

45. Where are you most likely to meet the word Labiduridae?

A sports recap A cooking blog A fashion magazine An entomology textbook or field guide

46. Felidae is to cats as Labiduridae is to what?

Bees Earwigs Dogs Fishes

47. Where is the stress in 'Gadaea'?

First syllable Middle syllable Last syllable No stress

48. What does the word Labiduridae mean?

A family of beetles A single species of butterfly The zoological family of earwigs that contains the genus Labidura A family of crickets and grasshoppers

49. What does the suffix -idae mean in biology?

A single species A genus of plants The largest rank in taxonomy A family of animals

50. Which of these is NOT a member of Jacanidae?

Northern jacana Pheasant-tailed jacana Comb-crested jacana Barnacle goose