Zoology Intro. Review
Name____________________
Date _______________Per___
Directions: Use class notes & the text to answer the following questions. Hint : Use the index!
Part A. General Properties of Living Systems (Matching ) (1 ea) (7)
____1. Chemical uniqueness
____2. Complexity & hierarchial organization
____3. Reproduction
____4. Possession of a genetic program
____5. Metabolism
____6. Development
____7. Environmental interaction
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
obtaining nutrients & obtaining energy from them + synthesis of chemicals & structures
living things generate others like themselves
DNA sequences code for inherited traits
successively more complex levels of organization in living things
having biological macromolecules such as carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids & lipids
organisms demonstrate irritability, or response to a stimulus
structural & chemical changes undergone by an organism during its life cycle
Part B. Classification List the taxonomic categories to which the gorilla belongs. (note: the scientific
name must be correctly spelled & written to receive credit.) (14)
8. Kingdom
___________________ (1)
9. Phylum
___________________ (1)
10. Subphylum
___________________ (1)
11. Class
___________________ (1)
12. Order
___________________ (1)
13. Family
___________________ (1)
14. Genus
___________________ (1)
15. Species
___________________ (2)
16. _____________________ developed the system of binomial nomenclature. (1)
17. The scientific name of humans is: (Be careful!)
(2)
18. A group of interbreeding organisms of common ancestry is a(n) ____________. (1)
19. A taxon containing only one type of animal with common characteristics is a _____________. (1)
Part C. The Theory of Evolution (11)
20. ___________________________ is the concept that living species on Earth continually change.
21. The theory of _____________________states that all living things share a common ancestor.
22. The theory of _________________ states that major anatomical changes in a species are the result of
many small genetic changes over an extended period of time.
23. _______________________ causes genetic variations within a population that are favorable to the
current environmental conditions to be passed on to future generations, causing changes in a species
over time, or giving rise to new species.
24. _______________ involves a structure, process or trait that improves an animal’s fitness for survival.
25. The similarity in the forelimb bones of birds, bats, whales & humans are used to demonstrate the
concept of ____________.
26. The production of ecologically diverse species from a common ancestral stock is ______________.
27. Explain how the peppered moth situation in the U. K. shows evolutionary change by describing the
change in environmental conditions & the causes of these changes. What caused the genetic frequency
of the melanic (darker) form to decrease in the population? Why did the light vs. melanic population
return to 50:50 in the 1950’s? (4)
Part D. Animal architecture (17)
28. An example of an animal with radial symmetry is ___________________________. (1)
29. An example of an animal with bilateral symmetry is _________________________. (1)
30. Define cephalization.
(1)
31. What type of symmetry does an animal with cephalization possess?
(1)
Matching (13)
___32. Distal
___33. Lateral
___34. Anterior
___35. Dorsal
___36. Posterior
___37. Ventral
___38. Medial
___39. Proximal
___40. Frontal
___41. Sagittal
___42. Transverse
___43. Pelvic
___44. Pectoral
A. hip region
B. toward the point of attachment
C. belly side
D. a plane that section left from right
E. a plane that sections front from back
F. a plane that sections across the body
G. chest region
H. toward the sides of the body
I. (back) spine side
J. tail end
K. toward the midline of the body
L. away from the point of attachment
M. head end