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Mandolin
The mandolin has been used occasionally in rock music, first appearing in the psychedelic era of the late 1960s. Levon Helm of The Band occasionally moved from his drum kit to play mandolin, most notably on Rag Mama Rag, Rockin' Chair, and Evangeline. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull played mandolin on Fat Man, from their s...
What artist from the Greatful Dead played the mandolin?
{ "text": [ "David Grisman" ], "answer_start": [ 462 ] }
5728ba044b864d1900164cea
Mandolin
The mandolin has been used occasionally in rock music, first appearing in the psychedelic era of the late 1960s. Levon Helm of The Band occasionally moved from his drum kit to play mandolin, most notably on Rag Mama Rag, Rockin' Chair, and Evangeline. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull played mandolin on Fat Man, from their s...
Tommy Shaw sang and played the mandolin in which Styx song?
{ "text": [ "Boat on the River" ], "answer_start": [ 1012 ] }
5728ba8eff5b5019007da588
Mandolin
Some rock musicians today use mandolins, often single-stringed electric models rather than double-stringed acoustic mandolins. One example is Tim Brennan of the Irish-American punk rock band Dropkick Murphys. In addition to electric guitar, bass, and drums, the band uses several instruments associated with traditional ...
What type of mandolin do rock musicians today use?
{ "text": [ "single-stringed electric" ], "answer_start": [ 47 ] }
5728ba8eff5b5019007da589
Mandolin
Some rock musicians today use mandolins, often single-stringed electric models rather than double-stringed acoustic mandolins. One example is Tim Brennan of the Irish-American punk rock band Dropkick Murphys. In addition to electric guitar, bass, and drums, the band uses several instruments associated with traditional ...
Which Irish-American punk band uses Mandolins?
{ "text": [ "Dropkick Murphys" ], "answer_start": [ 191 ] }
5728ba8eff5b5019007da58a
Mandolin
Some rock musicians today use mandolins, often single-stringed electric models rather than double-stringed acoustic mandolins. One example is Tim Brennan of the Irish-American punk rock band Dropkick Murphys. In addition to electric guitar, bass, and drums, the band uses several instruments associated with traditional ...
What REM song uses simple mandolin licks?
{ "text": [ "Losing My Religion" ], "answer_start": [ 500 ] }
5728ba8eff5b5019007da58b
Mandolin
Some rock musicians today use mandolins, often single-stringed electric models rather than double-stringed acoustic mandolins. One example is Tim Brennan of the Irish-American punk rock band Dropkick Murphys. In addition to electric guitar, bass, and drums, the band uses several instruments associated with traditional ...
What American rock band has extensive use of mandolins?
{ "text": [ "System of A Down" ], "answer_start": [ 944 ] }
5728ba8eff5b5019007da58c
Mandolin
Some rock musicians today use mandolins, often single-stringed electric models rather than double-stringed acoustic mandolins. One example is Tim Brennan of the Irish-American punk rock band Dropkick Murphys. In addition to electric guitar, bass, and drums, the band uses several instruments associated with traditional ...
What film's theme song uses a mandolin?
{ "text": [ "Days of Thunder" ], "answer_start": [ 1632 ] }
5728bb153acd2414000dfd55
Mandolin
As in Brazil, the mandolin has played an important role in the Music of Venezuela. It has enjoyed a privileged position as the main melodic instrument in several different regions of the country. Specifically, the eastern states of Sucre, Nueva Esparta, Anzoategui and Monagas have made the mandolin the main instrument ...
What place in Brazil do mandolins play an important role?
{ "text": [ "Venezuela" ], "answer_start": [ 72 ] }
5728bb153acd2414000dfd56
Mandolin
As in Brazil, the mandolin has played an important role in the Music of Venezuela. It has enjoyed a privileged position as the main melodic instrument in several different regions of the country. Specifically, the eastern states of Sucre, Nueva Esparta, Anzoategui and Monagas have made the mandolin the main instrument ...
What is the sound of mandolin associated with in the west country?
{ "text": [ "regional genres of the Venezuelan Andes" ], "answer_start": [ 511 ] }
5728bbc42ca10214002da6ad
Mandolin
To fill this gap in the literature, mandolin orchestras have traditionally played many arrangements of music written for regular orchestras or other ensembles. Some players have sought out contemporary composers to solicit new works. Traditional mandolin orchestras remain especially popular in Japan and Germany, but al...
Where do traditional mandolin orchestras remain popular?
{ "text": [ "Japan and Germany" ], "answer_start": [ 295 ] }
5728bbc42ca10214002da6ae
Mandolin
To fill this gap in the literature, mandolin orchestras have traditionally played many arrangements of music written for regular orchestras or other ensembles. Some players have sought out contemporary composers to solicit new works. Traditional mandolin orchestras remain especially popular in Japan and Germany, but al...
What do the structure of a contempory traditional orchestra consist of?
{ "text": [ "first and second mandolins," ], "answer_start": [ 574 ] }
5728bbc42ca10214002da6af
Mandolin
To fill this gap in the literature, mandolin orchestras have traditionally played many arrangements of music written for regular orchestras or other ensembles. Some players have sought out contemporary composers to solicit new works. Traditional mandolin orchestras remain especially popular in Japan and Germany, but al...
What are smalled ensambles composed of?
{ "text": [ "two mandolins, mandola, and mandocello," ], "answer_start": [ 871 ] }
5728bbc42ca10214002da6b0
Mandolin
To fill this gap in the literature, mandolin orchestras have traditionally played many arrangements of music written for regular orchestras or other ensembles. Some players have sought out contemporary composers to solicit new works. Traditional mandolin orchestras remain especially popular in Japan and Germany, but al...
What are the mandocellos usually tuned like?
{ "text": [ "cello" ], "answer_start": [ 742 ] }
5728a0da2ca10214002da4e6
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
In what phylum are insects classified?
{ "text": [ "arthropod" ], "answer_start": [ 128 ] }
5728a0da2ca10214002da4e7
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
How many parts comprise the body of an insect?
{ "text": [ "three-part" ], "answer_start": [ 182 ] }
5728a0da2ca10214002da4e8
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
In addition to the head and abdomen, what is the other major section of an insect's body?
{ "text": [ "thorax" ], "answer_start": [ 205 ] }
5728a0da2ca10214002da4e9
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
What type of exoskeleton do insects have?
{ "text": [ "chitinous" ], "answer_start": [ 157 ] }
5728a0da2ca10214002da4ea
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
How many pairs of jointed legs do insects have?
{ "text": [ "three" ], "answer_start": [ 226 ] }
57290f1faf94a219006aa009
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
What does insect mean in latin?
{ "text": [ "cut into sections" ], "answer_start": [ 68 ] }
57290f1faf94a219006aa00a
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
What is the Latin word for insect?
{ "text": [ "insectum" ], "answer_start": [ 20 ] }
57290f1faf94a219006aa00b
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
Insects are a class of what?
{ "text": [ "invertebrates" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
57290f1faf94a219006aa00c
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
Insects have what kind of skeleton?
{ "text": [ "chitinous exoskeleton" ], "answer_start": [ 157 ] }
57290f1faf94a219006aa00d
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are the most diverse...
An insects 3-part body includes a throat, abdomen, and what?
{ "text": [ "head" ], "answer_start": [ 199 ] }
5728a39f3acd2414000dfbad
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
How does the lifecycle of most insects typically begin?
{ "text": [ "hatch from eggs" ], "answer_start": [ 41 ] }
5728a39f3acd2414000dfbae
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
What is the primary constraint on the physical growth of an insect?
{ "text": [ "inelastic exoskeleton" ], "answer_start": [ 94 ] }
5728a39f3acd2414000dfbaf
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
What stage of development differentiates a 4-stage metamorphosis from a 3-stage metamorphosis, notably absent in the latter?
{ "text": [ "pupal stage" ], "answer_start": [ 401 ] }
5728a39f3acd2414000dfbb0
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
What is the term given to denote the series of stages involved in the development of an adult insect?
{ "text": [ "nymphal" ], "answer_start": [ 452 ] }
5728a39f3acd2414000dfbb1
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
What era is attributed to the findings of enormous fossilized dragonflies with extremely long wingspans?
{ "text": [ "Paleozoic" ], "answer_start": [ 587 ] }
57291034af94a219006aa013
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
Insects hatch from what?
{ "text": [ "eggs" ], "answer_start": [ 52 ] }
57291034af94a219006aa014
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
Insects growth is constrained by what?
{ "text": [ "the inelastic exoskeleton" ], "answer_start": [ 90 ] }
57291034af94a219006aa015
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
An insects developement involves a series of what?
{ "text": [ "molts" ], "answer_start": [ 153 ] }
57291034af94a219006aa016
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
How many stages of metamorphosis does an insect go through?
{ "text": [ "4-stage" ], "answer_start": [ 307 ] }
57291034af94a219006aa017
Insect
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat, and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo 4-stage metam...
The most diverse insects coevolved with what?
{ "text": [ "flowering plants" ], "answer_start": [ 733 ] }
5728a8b94b864d1900164baa
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
What is the term for the gait of an insect characterized by walking in alternating triangles?
{ "text": [ "tripedal" ], "answer_start": [ 167 ] }
5728a8b94b864d1900164bab
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
What larval adaptation is common to underwater insects?
{ "text": [ "gills" ], "answer_start": [ 419 ] }
5728a8b94b864d1900164bac
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
What species of insect has the capability to walk on the surface of water?
{ "text": [ "water striders" ], "answer_start": [ 518 ] }
5728a8b94b864d1900164bad
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
What do crickets do in order to attract or repel a mate?
{ "text": [ "stridulate" ], "answer_start": [ 983 ] }
5728a8b94b864d1900164bae
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
What variation of beetle in the Coleoptera order communicate by way of light?
{ "text": [ "Lampyridae" ], "answer_start": [ 1065 ] }
572911821d04691400779011
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
Insects move by walking, flying, and what else?
{ "text": [ "swimming" ], "answer_start": [ 68 ] }
572911821d04691400779012
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
Which insects walk, fly, and swim?
{ "text": [ "Adult" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
572911821d04691400779013
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
Insects walk the ground in alternating what?
{ "text": [ "triangles" ], "answer_start": [ 251 ] }
572911821d04691400779014
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
Insects walking in an alternating triangle is called a what?
{ "text": [ "tripedal gait" ], "answer_start": [ 167 ] }
572911821d04691400779015
Insect
Adult insects typically move about by walking, flying, or sometimes swimming (see below, Locomotion). As it allows for rapid yet stable movement, many insects adopt a tripedal gait in which they walk with their legs touching the ground in alternating triangles. Insects are the only invertebrates to have evolved flight....
What can insects do with each other in a variety of ways?
{ "text": [ "communicate" ], "answer_start": [ 811 ] }
5728aa3d2ca10214002da572
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
By what method do humans often try to control the spread of insects?
{ "text": [ "insecticides" ], "answer_start": [ 74 ] }
5728aa3d2ca10214002da573
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
What portion of the biosphere would be devastated absent the complex pollination role of insects?
{ "text": [ "terrestrial" ], "answer_start": [ 516 ] }
5728aa3d2ca10214002da574
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
What insect provides a tangible economic benefit via the production of silk?
{ "text": [ "Silkworms" ], "answer_start": [ 707 ] }
5728aa3d2ca10214002da575
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
What insect is known to consume carrion?
{ "text": [ "blow-flies" ], "answer_start": [ 269 ] }
5729125daf94a219006aa027
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
Humans consider most insects as what?
{ "text": [ "pests" ], "answer_start": [ 33 ] }
5729125daf94a219006aa028
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
Humans can control insects using what?
{ "text": [ "insecticides" ], "answer_start": [ 74 ] }
5729125daf94a219006aa029
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
Insects have the potential to damage what?
{ "text": [ "crops" ], "answer_start": [ 139 ] }
5729125daf94a219006aa02a
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
Insects can damage crops by feeing on sap, fruits, or what?
{ "text": [ "leaves" ], "answer_start": [ 164 ] }
5729125daf94a219006aa02b
Insect
Humans regard certain insects as pests, and attempt to control them using insecticides and a host of other techniques. Some insects damage crops by feeding on sap, leaves or fruits. A few parasitic species are pathogenic. Some insects perform complex ecological roles; blow-flies, for example, help consume carrion but a...
Silkworms are used by humans for producing what?
{ "text": [ "silk" ], "answer_start": [ 785 ] }
5728ab90ff5b5019007da40a
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
What is the Latin term for insect?
{ "text": [ "insectum" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
5728ab90ff5b5019007da40b
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
Who introduced the Latin term for insect, borrowing from the Greek vernacular?
{ "text": [ "Pliny the Elder" ], "answer_start": [ 300 ] }
5728ab90ff5b5019007da40c
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
How many sections does an insect's body appear to be divided?
{ "text": [ "three" ], "answer_start": [ 284 ] }
5728ab90ff5b5019007da40d
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
Which Greek philosopher used the term entomos to describe insects, making reference to their notched bodies?
{ "text": [ "Aristotle" ], "answer_start": [ 639 ] }
5728ab90ff5b5019007da40e
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
In what year is it typically reported that the word insect was first documented in English?
{ "text": [ "1601" ], "answer_start": [ 583 ] }
572913d3af94a219006aa041
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
Insect means to have a notched or divided what?
{ "text": [ "body" ], "answer_start": [ 89 ] }
572913d3af94a219006aa042
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
Insects are cut into how many sections?
{ "text": [ "three sections" ], "answer_start": [ 284 ] }
572913d3af94a219006aa043
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
Who gave this class of life the name "insect"?
{ "text": [ "Aristotle" ], "answer_start": [ 449 ] }
572913d3af94a219006aa044
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
In what year did the word "insect" appear in a document?
{ "text": [ "1601" ], "answer_start": [ 583 ] }
572913d3af94a219006aa045
Insect
The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare, "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; because insects appear "cut into" three sections. Pliny the Elder intr...
Who introduced the Latin version of the word "insect"?
{ "text": [ "Pliny the Elder" ], "answer_start": [ 300 ] }
5728b8b93acd2414000dfd4b
Insect
The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
From what period do researchers believe that the oldest known full-body impression of a flying insect originates?
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Insect
The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
What is believed to be the oldest known insect fossil?
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Insect
The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
In what year did Tufts researchers reportedly uncover what is believed to be the oldest known impression of a flying insect?
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Insect
The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
What is the term for a mandible with two articulations?
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The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
With what type of insect is a dicondylic mandible associated?
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Insect
The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
What higher-level is constantly up for debate and research?
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The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
The higher-level phylogeny is of the what?
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Insect
The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
What kind of impression has been uncovered by a University?
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The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
A University discovered a primitive flying what?
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The higher-level phylogeny of the arthropods continues to be a matter of debate and research. In 2008, researchers at Tufts University uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest known full-body impression of a primitive flying insect, a 300 million-year-old specimen from the Carboniferous period. The oldest defi...
How old is the primitive plying insect found by the University?
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
In addition to Carboniferous, what other insect order is inclusive of extant groups, stem groups and Paleozoic groups?
{ "text": [ "Early Permian" ], "answer_start": [ 23 ] }
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
To what measurement, in cm, did the wingspans of giant dragonfly-like forms reach?
{ "text": [ "55 to 70" ], "answer_start": [ 215 ] }
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
Higher levels of what substance possibly contributed to the phenomenon of gigantism?
{ "text": [ "oxygen" ], "answer_start": [ 344 ] }
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
How many million years ago is the Permian period believed to have begun?
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
The most significant mass extinction of insect groups is commonly ascribed to what period?
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
Late Caboniferous and Early Permain are what kind of orders?
{ "text": [ "insect orders" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
The insect orders include both of what?
{ "text": [ "extant groups" ], "answer_start": [ 64 ] }
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
The insect orders include a number of what kind of groups?
{ "text": [ "Paleozoic groups" ], "answer_start": [ 114 ] }
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
What kind of giant insect form had wingspans?
{ "text": [ "dragonfly-like forms" ], "answer_start": [ 173 ] }
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Late Carboniferous and Early Permian insect orders include both extant groups, their stem groups, and a number of Paleozoic groups, now extinct. During this era, some giant dragonfly-like forms reached wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), making them far larger than any living insect. This gigantism may have been du...
How wide were the wingspans of the dragonfly-like forms?
{ "text": [ "55 to 70 cm" ], "answer_start": [ 215 ] }
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Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
What type of defense did plants adaptively evolve in response to insects?
{ "text": [ "chemical" ], "answer_start": [ 117 ] }
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Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
What is the term for a plant-eating insect?
{ "text": [ "herbivores" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
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Insect
Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
What do many insects adaptively utilize in self-defense from predators?
{ "text": [ "plant toxins" ], "answer_start": [ 216 ] }
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Insect
Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
How is toxicity sometimes visibly displayed by insects as a warning?
{ "text": [ "colors" ], "answer_start": [ 370 ] }
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Insect
Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
What is an example of a mutually beneficial process indicating the coevolution of plants and insects?
{ "text": [ "pollination" ], "answer_start": [ 572 ] }
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Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
Insects are considered terrestrial what?
{ "text": [ "herbivores" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
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Insect
Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
What were insects the major selection agents of?
{ "text": [ "plants" ], "answer_start": [ 94 ] }
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Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
What did plants eventually form against insects?
{ "text": [ "chemical defenses" ], "answer_start": [ 117 ] }
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Insect
Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
Insects formed mechanisms to shield against what?
{ "text": [ "plant toxins" ], "answer_start": [ 216 ] }
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Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such ins...
Insects show how toxic they are with what kind of colors?
{ "text": [ "warning colors" ], "answer_start": [ 362 ] }
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Insect
Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ...
What is the term for the class of insects with wings?
{ "text": [ "Pterygota" ], "answer_start": [ 143 ] }
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Insect
Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ...
What is the term for the class of insects without wings?
{ "text": [ "Apterygota" ], "answer_start": [ 102 ] }
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Insect
Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ...
What group of insects are inclusive within the Monocondylia primarily due to the shape of their mandible?
{ "text": [ "Archaeognatha" ], "answer_start": [ 242 ] }
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Insect
Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ...
What is the collective group to which Thysanura and Pterygota belong?
{ "text": [ "Dicondylia" ], "answer_start": [ 374 ] }
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Insect
Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ...
Insects are historically divided into how many groups?
{ "text": [ "two groups" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
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Insect
Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ...
Insects with wings are known as what?
{ "text": [ "Pterygota" ], "answer_start": [ 143 ] }
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Insect
Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ...
Does an Apterygots have wings or wingless?
{ "text": [ "wingless" ], "answer_start": [ 75 ] }
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Insect
Insects can be divided into two groups historically treated as subclasses: wingless insects, known as Apterygota, and winged insects, known as Pterygota. The Apterygota consist of the primitively wingless order of the silverfish (Thysanura). Archaeognatha make up the Monocondylia based on the shape of their mandibles, ...
What is a Thysanura?
{ "text": [ "silverfish" ], "answer_start": [ 218 ] }