This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Zoology – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Zoology Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is NOT true regarding Carolus Linnaeus? A) He was the first person to attempt to scientifically classify organisms. B) The "father" of modern day taxonomy. C) Developed a classification system still used by scientists today. D) He created the binomial nomenclature naming method. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was the first person to attempt to scientifically classify organisms. 2. Glomerular filtration occurs through filtration membrane which contains all except: A) Epithelial cells of bowman; s capsule. B) Epithelial cells of glomenular blood capillaries. C) Basement membrane. D) Epithelial cells of arteriole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithelial cells of arteriole. 3. There are two categories of Embryology, what category describes the development of structures having the same embryonic origin but different functions? A) Homologous structure. B) Analogous structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homologous structure. 4. Carbohydrates are made of ..... A) C H O N S. B) C H O N P. C) C H O. D) C H O N. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C H O. 5. Any given animal or plant is given a scientific name consisting of ..... A) Two Words. B) Three syllables. C) Three Words. D) Two syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two Words. 6. Find out the wrong statement about heterochromatin, A) It is densely packed. B) It stains dark. C) It is transcriptionally active. D) It is late replicating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is transcriptionally active. 7. This is the color-changing cells that are often found in cephalopods A) Cephalothroax. B) Chelicerae. C) Shape. D) Chromatophores. E) Cinocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chromatophores. 8. Identify the correct phylum:flatworm A) Cnidarians. B) Plathelmiths. C) Annelids. D) Nematodes. E) Echinoderms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plathelmiths. 9. Ranikhet is a..... disease. A) Viral. B) Bacterial. C) Parasitic. D) Fungal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viral. 10. Which of the following is the renewable energy source A) Petroleum. B) Wind energy. C) Nuclear energy. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind energy. 11. How is mammal skin unique? A) It is water resistant. B) It is a strong barrier against toxins and dirt. C) It houses sweat and oil glands. D) All of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It houses sweat and oil glands. 12. A type of flight commonly used by hummingbirds is ..... flight. A) Flapping. B) Gliding. C) Soaring. D) Hovering. E) Flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hovering. 13. The Ascidian tadpole larva undergoes: A) Retrogressive metamorphosis. B) Partial metamorphosis. C) Complete metamorphosis. D) Progressive metamorphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retrogressive metamorphosis. 14. Cephalopod molluscs perform gas exchange via ..... A) Gills. B) Cutaneous respiration. C) Lungs. D) Diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gills. 15. What is the purpose of intervertebral discs? A) Cushioning. B) Compression. C) Absorbing shock. D) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absorbing shock. 16. What is a scientist who studies animals called? A) Physicist. B) Cytologist. C) Zoologist. D) Botanist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zoologist. 17. A group of related phyla can be described as a ..... A) Family. B) Kingdom. C) Order. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kingdom. 18. Describe the skin of fish A) Skin with scales. B) Skin with hair. C) Moist, smooth skin. D) Dry, scaly skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skin with scales. 19. Means away from the face or toward the backside A) Superior. B) Anterior. C) Proximal. D) Posterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Posterior. 20. It protect the cell from bacterial invasion A) Cell membrane. B) Lysosome. C) Ribosome. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell membrane. 21. What are small groups of nerve cells called? A) Ganglia. B) Nerves. C) Brains. D) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganglia. 22. Identify this fish, which is commonly used in aquarium? A) Guppy. B) Betta fish. C) Tetra. D) Gold fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guppy. 23. Which of the following is a possible explanation for the disappearance of dinosaurs? A) The flood produced an Ice Age, which made the climate very cold, which reptiles don't tolerate. B) The flood produced an Ice Age, which affected the food supply for many creatures. C) Dinosaurs may have been hunted to extinction. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 24. Which is true about Amphibians? A) Dry skin. B) Lay eggs on land. C) Prefer warm temperatures. D) Moist skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moist skin. 25. Ventilation in the birds is accomplished by expansion and contraction of the A) Air capillaries. B) Lungs. C) Diaphragm. D) Trachea. E) Air sacs. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Air sacs. 26. Depending on the way of feeding, fiber is divided into groups A) Heterotrophic. B) Autotrophic. C) Mixotorophts. D) Autotrophic, heterotrophic, mixotrophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autotrophic, heterotrophic, mixotrophic. 27. Where do Monito del Montes live? A) Jungles of Africa. B) Mountains of Switzerland. C) Mountain forests of Chile. D) Everywhere in North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain forests of Chile. 28. Which is an animal trait? A) Autotrophic. B) Multicellular. C) Prokaryotic. D) Cell Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multicellular. 29. All of these are herbivores EXCEPT: A) Giraffes. B) Snakes. C) Elephants. D) Deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snakes. 30. When writing the scientific name of an organism which word is capitalized? A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First. 31. Bandicoots burrow holes like moles but look like? A) Rabbits. B) Rats. C) Koalas. D) Opossum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rats. 32. What is the cytostome used for in protozoa? A) Eliminates food waste. B) It is involved in the secretion of the exoskeleton. C) Helps in phagocytosis of food. D) Helps with mobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helps in phagocytosis of food. 33. Class Crustacea consists of invertebrates enveloped by a crust. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Retina contains the sensitive cells called A) Rods and cones. B) Cones and cortex. C) Rods and pelvis. D) Cortex and fovea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rods and cones. 35. Layer of cells on the outer surface of the gastrula A) Mesoderm. B) Endoderm. C) Ectoderm. D) Protostome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ectoderm. 36. Who designed the "modern" taxonomic system? A) Buffon. B) Linnaeus. C) Lamarck. D) Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linnaeus. 37. Which of the following is a characteristic of an acid A) Donate hydroxyl ions . B) PH more than 7. C) Donate hydrogen ions. D) PH = 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Donate hydrogen ions. 38. The minerals we get from fish is A) Iodine. B) Magnesium. C) Iron. D) None tags2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iodine. 39. Which has one one jaw bone? A) An amphibian. B) A mammal. C) A bird. D) A reptile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mammal. 40. How many openings to the digestive tract to roundworms have? A) 0. B) 1. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 41. The largest organelle is the A) Mitochondria. B) Golgi complex. C) Endoplasmic reticulum. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleus. 42. How many adhesive papillae are present in trunk of ascidian tadpole larva. A) 4. B) 3. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 43. Outdoors and tourism are? A) Regulatory. B) Cultural. C) Supporting. D) Provisionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural. 44. Study of mammels A) Arachnology. B) Mammology. C) Ornithology. D) Primatology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mammology. 45. The science of life is called A) Zoology. B) Ecology. C) Physiology. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biology. 46. What type of mollusc has eight overlapping shell plates? A) Snail. B) Chiton. C) Bivalve. D) Tusk shell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiton. 47. Which of the following alleles is homozygous (purebred) recessive? A) T. B) Tt. C) TT. D) Tt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tt. 48. A gecko sheds part of its tail structure through a process called autotomy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Which word best describes a dog? A) Invertebrate. B) Vertebrate. C) Reptile. D) Amphibian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrate. 50. The end result of meiosis is ..... A) 4 identical cells. B) 4 genetically different cells. C) 2 identical cells. D) 2 genetically different cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 genetically different cells. 51. These organisms all have nematocysts. A) Mollusca. B) Porifera. C) Arthropods. D) Cnidarians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cnidarians. 52. How many of classes of Gnathostomes are still living? A) 5. B) 3. C) 14. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 53. It is the "power house"of the cell A) Endoplasmic reticulum. B) Golgi bodies. C) Lysosome. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitochondria. 54. Animals that do not have a backbone A) Invertebrate. B) Ungrateful. C) Vertebrate. D) Non-vertebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invertebrate. 55. Which is NOT a characteristic of arthropods? A) Exoskeleton. B) Jointed legs. C) Segmented body. D) Vertebral column. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebral column. 56. Are megalodons still alive A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 57. Which is not one of the three building blocks of zoology? A) Genetics. B) Synthetic biology. C) Organic evolution. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synthetic biology. 58. What has the foot and radula turned into in the class Cephalopoda A) Hairs. B) Nails. C) Toes and fingers. D) Arms and tentacles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arms and tentacles. 59. Which of the following is NOT one of the three prefixes used along with the eight taxa? A) Sub. B) Infra. C) Semi. D) Super. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semi. 60. Whats the length of ganges dolphin A) A.12-2.Tahm. B) More general. C) A. Khaam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A.12-2.Tahm. ← 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