Zoology – Introductory Topics Unit Test
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct answer for the questions below.
1. Which of the following best describes the subject of zoology?
a. The study of life
d. The study of fungus and bacteria
b. The study of cells
e. The study of animals and plants
c. The study of animals
2. The term ventral refers to
a. An object that is situated on the lower or abdominal surface of the animal
b. An object that is situated on the upper or back surface of the animal
c. An object that is situated near the head region of the animal
d. An object that is situated near the rear region of the animal
e. An object that is situated near the side of the animal
3. Which of the following animals displays biradial symmetry?
a. Human
c. Box Turtle
b. Starfish
d. Comb jellyfish
e. Monarch butterfly
4. Multicellular animals are otherwise known as
a. Bacteria
c. Metazoa
b. Protozoa
d. Animalia
e. Chordata
5. Which of the following best describes symmetry?
a. Similarities between organisms that result from a common ancestor
b. Balanced proportions, how does the size/shape of the right/left halves compare
c. The naming and categorization of animals into evolutionary groups
d. The balanced chemical and ecological relationships of animals
e. None of the above
6. Which of the following is not an invertebrate?
a. Sponges
c. Humans
b. Spiders
d. Sea stars
7. Which of the following is not used to categorize animals?
a. Symmetry
b. Evolutionary evidence
c. Body system organization
8. Which of the following is not a body system in animals?
a. Excretory
c. Lymphatic
b. Physiology
d. Circulatory
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e. Clams
d. Cephalization
e. Homologous features
e. Muscular
9. Which of the following best describes the circulatory system?
a. A body system used to breakdown food and absorb nutrients
b. A body system used to relay chemical messages
c. A body system used to transport nutrients and gases
d. A body system used to destroy and remove harmful substances/organisms
e. A body system used to provide movement and control movement of materials
10. The prefix “logy” means
a. Animal/s
b. Life, to live
c. To evolve
d. Double life
e. The study of
11. Which system produces most body hormones?
a. Circulatory
c. Immune
b. Endocrine
d. Reproductive
e. Digestive
12. Which of the following is a piece of evolutionary evidence that scientists use to classify
organisms?
a. Fossils
d. Biogeography
b. Protein/DNA structure
e. All of the above are used
c. Biochemistry/Molecular make-up
13. Which taxonomic groups would fill in the blanks (in the correct order)?
Kingdom,
, Class, Order,
, Genus,
a. Phylum, Family, Species
d. Family, Phylum, Species
b. Species, Family, Phylum
e. Phylum, Group, Species
c. Group, Species, Family
14. How many kingdoms do we, as a scientific community, currently have?
a. 1
c. 3
b. 2
d. 4
e. 5
15. What is the modern naming system for taxonomy/classification called?
a. Phylogeny
d. Taxonomy phylogeny
b. Binomial nomenclature
e. None of the above
c. Genus phylum
16. Which of the following best describes a species?
a. A group with the same DNA
b. All the living things living in a given area
c. A reproductive community living in a given area
d. A group of animals with similar protein and DNA structure
e. A group of organisms with different ecological relationships
17. What does phylogeny use to categorize animals?
a. Ecological relationships
b. DNA and proteins
c. Taxonomy
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d. Cellular make-up
e. Evolutionary trends/evidence
True/False
Fill-in the “A” for true and the “B” for false.
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All animals are in the same kingdom.
A species group is smaller than a genus group.
There are 18 invertebrate Phylum/Phyla.
Organisms in the Plant kingdom have cell walls.
Fungi/Fungus is one of the kingdoms we currently have.
Carl Linnaeus discovered/invented the currently naming system called binomial nomenclature.
Spherical symmetrical animals are usually multicellular.
Homologous features are those that are not similar between organisms.
The skeletal system provides attachment sites for things like organs and muscles.
There are more than 1.9 million species of animals known today.
When you are writing a scientific name, you should either italicize or underline it.
Matching
Choose the body system in which these organs are located. Some may be used once, more than once or
not at all.
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Liver
Kidney
Heart
Mouth
Esophagus
Bladder
Lymph nodes
Thyroid gland
Spinal cord
Nose
Veins
Cartilage
White blood cells
a. Nervous
b. Reproductive
c. Immune
d. Respiratory
e. Circulatory
ab. Digestive
ac. Muscular
ad. Endocrine
ae. Skeletal
bc. Excretory/Urinary
Choose whether or not the animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate.
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Earthworm
Grasshopper
Pelican bird
Lobster
Human
Tree frog
Jellyfish
Snail
Shark
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a. Vertebrate animal
b. Invertebrate animal