This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Zoology – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Zoology Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is the Order for the Tuatara A) Rhynchocephalia. B) Scaly. C) Turtles. D) Crocodilia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhynchocephalia. 2. Which class of Mollusks contains species like clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels? A) Bivalves. B) Gastropods. C) Polyplacophora. D) Cephalopods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bivalves. 3. Why is biodiversity important for the stability and resilience of ecosystems? A) It supports a unique set of species in each ecosystem. B) It helps to maintain a healthy and balanced environment. C) It allows for greater resilience to environmental changes. D) It provides a wider range of traits within a species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It allows for greater resilience to environmental changes. 4. Which is NOT a characteristic of arthropod? A) Exoskeleton. B) Segmented body. C) Jointed legs. D) Vertebral column. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebral column. 5. What is the Domain and Kingdom of a paramecium? A) Archaea, Protista. B) Eukarya, Protista. C) Bacteria, Eubacteria. D) Archaea, Plantae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eukarya, Protista. 6. The more traditional approach to systematics is called ..... A) Phylogenetics. B) Cladistics. C) Taxonomy. D) Classification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cladistics. 7. The change of body form from larva to adult is called? A) Polythermal. B) Metamorphosis. C) Condensation. D) Frogspawn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metamorphosis. 8. Trees that Koalas eat but are poisonous to most other animals. A) Bamboo. B) Eucalyptus. C) Oak leaves. D) Pine trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eucalyptus. 9. Fish belongs to phylum ..... A) Echinoderms. B) Fish. C) Chordates. D) Vertebrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chordates. 10. Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist? A) Stephen Hawking. B) Charles Darwin. C) Isaac Newton. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Darwin. 11. All Vertebrates have a skeleton made of bone A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. Food habits of people in TamilNadu A) Idli. B) Dosa. C) Rice sambhar. D) All of these tags2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these tags2. 13. What does layers in the rocks tell us about geologic time? A) You can tell which rocks are oldest and which are youngest by their relative position. B) Every time we find index fossils, we can figure out the age of the rocks they are preserved in. C) Organisms that once lived in the ocean, indicates that Mountain summit was one the ocean floor. D) Continents were once joined together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You can tell which rocks are oldest and which are youngest by their relative position. 14. Flagellum is an example of an external organelle used for the cell's movement. How does a flagellum move? A) Back and forth motion. B) Jellyfish-life motion. C) Zigzag motion. D) Propeller-like motion. E) Slow motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Propeller-like motion. 15. Salamanders are amphibians. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Dengue fever is spread by A) Bat. B) House Fly. C) Contaminated water. D) Anopheles mosquito. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anopheles mosquito. 17. If you are 'fond of' something, you ..... A) Don't like it. B) Want to eat it. C) Choose it. D) Have a liking for it, or love it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have a liking for it, or love it. 18. When the ..... is triggered, the operculum opens on the cnidocyte. A) Nematocyst. B) Barb. C) Cnidocil. D) Cnidocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cnidocil. 19. Which insect does not belong to the group? A) Black Carpet Beetle. B) Rose Chafer. C) Cotton Fleahopper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton Fleahopper. 20. Which term refers to a true body cavity? A) Kelom. B) Endoskeleton. C) Cephalization. D) Exoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kelom. 21. Match the class of arthropods that has the characteristics listed. Wings (a) A) Arachnid. B) A insect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A insect. 22. Why is genetic diversity important for species? A) To prevent the loss of genetic variation within populations. B) To provide the raw material for adaptation to changing environmental conditions. C) To decrease the population size of endangered species. D) To create new species through controlled breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide the raw material for adaptation to changing environmental conditions. 23. Which group of animals does this list of characteristics describe?-lays eggs in water-thin skin-undergoes metamorphosis A) Reptiles. B) Birds. C) Amphibians. D) Mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amphibians. 24. The Latin word felix means ..... A) Roaring cat. B) Happy. C) Cat. D) Meercat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happy. 25. A animal whose body temperature changes A) Vertebral column. B) Homeotherm. C) Polythermic. D) Endoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polythermic. 26. An animal with a relatively constant body temperature A) Polythermic. B) Larva. C) Invertebrate. D) Homeotherm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homeotherm. 27. Material which composes the inner layer of the mollusk shell A) Mother-of-pearl. B) Ctenidia. C) Calcium Carbonate. D) Nephridia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother-of-pearl. 28. Organisms in this kingdom are single celled, prokaryotic, and have a cell wall. A) Monera or Eubacteria. B) Plantae. C) Fungi. D) Protista. E) Archaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monera or Eubacteria. 29. Choose the word or phrase to complete the collocation. annual ..... A) Product. B) Trading. C) A meeting. D) Turnover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turnover. 30. What does Comparative Anatomy study? A) Similarities and differences in animal anatomy. B) Evolutionary changes in anatomy. C) Animal behavior in different habitats. D) Human and animal anatomical structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similarities and differences in animal anatomy. 31. Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits, and vegetables are A) Omnivores. B) Producers. C) Herbivores. D) Carnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omnivores. 32. Which mammal eats meat? A) Herbivore. B) Decoposer. C) Carnivore. D) Omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carnivore. 33. The sequence of structural genes in lac operon is A) Lac Y, Lac A, Lac A. B) Lac A, Lac Z, Lac Y. C) Lac A, Lac Y, Lac Z. D) Lac Z, Lac Y, Lac A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lac Z, Lac Y, Lac A. 34. Where do most marsupials live? A) Canada. B) Australia. C) Africa. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia. 35. Spotted hyenas form groups called ..... A) Packs. B) Prides. C) Herds. D) Clans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clans. 36. Major organs of the nervous system A) Brain, spinal cord, nerve. B) Heart, blood vessels, blood. C) Kidneys, nephrons. D) Stomach, intestines, mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, spinal cord, nerve. 37. The functional unit of contractile system of a striated muscle is A) Sarcomere. B) Z band. C) Sarcosome. D) Myofibril. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcomere. 38. Archaeans that live in moderate temperatures A) Psychrophiles. B) Halophiles. C) Thermophiles. D) Methanogens. E) Mesophiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mesophiles. 39. Where are fossils commonly found? A) E sedimentary rocks. B) Ah metamorphic rocks. C) A thermal rocks. D) E volcanic rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) E sedimentary rocks. 40. Night in desert are much cooler because A) Humidity becomes high. B) Sand cool down faster. C) Wind blows vigorously. D) It rains at night tags1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand cool down faster. 41. Composed of single cells A) Simple epithelium. B) Joint epithelium. C) Connective tissue. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple epithelium. 42. The shell of a mollusc is made out of what compound? A) Calcium Carbonate. B) Calcium Phosphate. C) Calcium. D) Iron Phosphate. E) Strontium Chloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium Carbonate. 43. Mollusks are a diverse group found in mostly ..... habitats A) Desert. B) Water. C) Tundra. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 44. Identify the correct class:bee A) Gastropod. B) Crustacea. C) Cephalopods. D) Insect. E) Arachnids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insect. 45. All birds lay eggs that develop outside the body. This means they are ..... A) Ovoviviparous. B) Oviparous. C) Oboliparous. D) Viviparous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oviparous. 46. What is the shape of RBC? A) Spherical. B) Concave and disc shaped. C) Biconcave and disc shaped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biconcave and disc shaped. 47. Old cell organelles, viruses, bacteria etc. That a cell can ingests are broken down in A) Lysosomes tags4. B) TO BE. C) RER. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lysosomes tags4. 48. How do animals get their energy? A) They are autotrophs, so they make their own food. B) They are autotrophs, so they find and eat food. C) They are heterotrophs, so they make their own food. D) They are heterotrophs, so they find and eat food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are heterotrophs, so they find and eat food. 49. Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain plants with the greatest amount of variety and differences? A) Family. B) Order. C) Kingdom. D) Phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kingdom. 50. Medullary sheath is synthesized by A) Neuroglia. B) Nodes of Ranvier. C) Schwann cell. D) Nissl's granules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann cell. 51. What is the study of prehistoric life through the fossil record? A) Embryology. B) Biogeography. C) Morphology. D) Paleontology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paleontology. 52. The animals in order Artiodactyla are even-toed ungulates. What is an ungulate? A) An animal with extra toes. B) An animal with hooves. C) An animal with horns. D) An animal with a snout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An animal with hooves. 53. Which of the following animals of the sea are not mammals? A) Whales. B) Beluga whales. C) Dolphins. D) Sharks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharks. 54. Excessive body weight due overnutrition leads to A) Obesity tags2. B) Rickets. C) Kwashiorkor. D) Maramus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obesity tags2. 55. These turtles live in freshwater and are unable to pull their heads into their shells, so they tend to stay in water and be very aggressive. A) Snapping turtle. B) Snake-necked turtle. C) Box Turtles. D) Pig-nose turtles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snapping turtle. 56. What disease is caused by tapeworms? A) Trematodosis. B) Nematodes. C) Cestodosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cestodosis. 57. Animal in which the mouth does not develop from the gastrula's opening A) Kelom. B) Protostome. C) Deuterostome. D) Acoelomate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deuterostome. 58. What is the condition in which the environment within the animal's body is relatively stable? A) Isopathy. B) Equality. C) Homeostasis. D) Homepathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homeostasis. 59. ..... muscle is found in only one place in the body-the heart, where it forms the bulk of the heart walls. A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac. 60. The role of pacemaker in heart is to A) Purify blood. B) Control atherosclerosis. C) Initiate heartbeat. D) Control blood pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Initiate heartbeat. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesZoology Quiz 1Zoology Quiz 2Zoology Quiz 3Zoology Quiz 4Zoology Quiz 5Zoology Quiz 6Zoology Quiz 7Zoology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books