Zoology
Introduction and Protista
Test Review
1. What are the seven essential life properties?
2. List the seven taxa of classification in order, from largest to smallest.
3. Define the following terms:
taxon
prokaryotic
homology
species
eukaryotic
common descent
evolution
symbiosis
adaptive radiation
cephalization
mutualism
perpetual change
autotrophic
commensalisms
heterotrophic
parasitism
4. What is the theory of evolution and what does it attempt to explain?
5. What are two examples of evolution?
6. Be able to explain the peppered moth phenomenon as it relates to changes in gene frequencies.
7. What are the four levels of organization in living organisms?
8. Define radial symmetry and give an example.
9. Define bilateral symmetry and give an example.
10. Be able to define and use appropriately the following terms:
Medial
Pelvic
Frontal plane
Ventral
Distal
Sagittal plane
Posterior
Proximal
Transverse plane
Anterior
Dorsal
Pectoral
Ventral
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Be able to correctly write the scientific name of a human being.
What does the first word of a scientific name represent?
What does the second word of a scientific name represent?
What does protist mean?
What is an example of asexual reproduction in protists? Does it produce genetic variation?
What type of sexual reproduction is performed by Paramecium? Does it produce genetic
variation? Which nucleus is involved?
17. Discuss three types of locomotion used by protists. Give an example of a protist that performs
each.
18. What are the functions of the following, and which protist(s) has/have it?
 Contractile
 Stigma/
 Cilium
vacuole
eyespot
 Pseudopodium
 Gullet
 Flagellum
 Chloroplast
19. What are the three phyla of protists that we studied? What is an example of each?
20. Which phylum of protists has an apical complex? What is its function?
21. Be able to label diagrams of Paramecium, Euglena, and Amoeba. Be able to label organelles and tell
their functions.
22. Know the common names, scientific names, modes of transmission or vectors,
treatments, preventions, and who is at risk for the following protist diseases:
Malaria
Amoebic dysentery
African Sleeping sickness
Chagas disease
Toxoplasmosis
Giardiasis