This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Zoology – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Zoology Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Leeches have (wall) and (units). A) Somites, septa. B) Septa, somites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Septa, somites. 2. What is the study of nests of birds is called? A) Craniology. B) Nidology. C) Myrmecology. D) Ichnology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nidology. 3. A method of classifying organisms that are based on her overall similarity in physical appearances. A) Phonetics. B) Cladograms. C) Taxonomy. D) Cladistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonetics. 4. This is the most broad level of classification. A) Order. B) Kingdom. C) Class. D) Domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Domain. 5. Any biological behavior that functions on a 24 hour cycle. A) Suckling. B) Reflex. C) Circadian rhythm. D) Internal cue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circadian rhythm. 6. Sponges are filter feeders. Water moves through sponges due to what structure? A) Budding. B) Amebocyte. C) Porocyte. D) Flagella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flagella. 7. What is a Hemocyanin A) Blue respiratory pigment in the plasma of many mollusks and arthropods. B) A pigment cell. C) A shell. D) Free-swimming cilitated form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue respiratory pigment in the plasma of many mollusks and arthropods. 8. The discovery of DNA was very important for future research ..... Watson, Crick, and Wilkins received the Nobel Prize for its discovery in 1962. A) , so. B) Then. C) Because. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) , so. 9. Complete the sentence with the correct collocation. I told her not to come back until she ..... A) Chaired a meeting. B) Came to the point. C) Ceased trading. D) Closed a deal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closed a deal. 10. Animals under Class Arachnida have eight legs. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The function of the somatosensory association area is to ..... A) Receives and localises general sensory input. B) Receive special sensory input. C) Interpret special sensory input. D) Interprets general sensory input. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interprets general sensory input. 12. The body segments of tapeworms are called ..... A) Teguments. B) Proglottids. C) Nematodes. D) Planarians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proglottids. 13. Plants and animals first reached land during the A) Mesozoic Era. B) Paleozoic Era. C) Precambrian. D) Cenozoic Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paleozoic Era. 14. Which group of cephalopods has ability to flatten body to fit in small spaces and change skin to blend with surroundings? A) Cuttlefish. B) Squid. C) Nautilus. D) Octopuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Octopuses. 15. Bleeding of gum is a condition caused by ..... A) Arthritis. B) Periodontist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periodontist. 16. The opposite of the mouth is called A) Distal. B) Proximal. C) Aboral. D) Oral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aboral. 17. Assigning organisms to different categories based on their relationship is called ..... A) Systematics. B) Classification. C) Taxonomy. D) Phylogeny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classification. 18. Pay attention to the following animal! The correct statement regarding class, body division and appendages (legs) is..... A) Myriapoda-Milipedes-Cephal+abdomen, a pair per segment. B) Myriapoda-Centipedes-Head+Abdomen, a pair per segment. C) Myriapoda-Centipedes-Cephalothorax-abdomen-a pair of each segment. D) Myriapoda Milipedes Cephal+abdominal, 2 pairs per segment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myriapoda Milipedes Cephal+abdominal, 2 pairs per segment. 19. Scientists classify animals by their ..... A) Sound. B) Color. C) Size. D) Characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characteristics. 20. Entomology is the study of A) Fish. B) Ants. C) Insects. D) Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insects. 21. Animals with a backbone and an internal skeleton. A) Invertebrates. B) Vertebrates. C) Herbivores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrates. 22. What is the process by which living things create or break down substances within their bodies? A) Metamorphosis. B) Metaverse. C) Metabolism. D) Metagenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metabolism. 23. At which classification level are organisms most related? A) Family. B) Kingdom. C) Order. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Family. 24. Warning coloration is called aposematic coloration. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. The stages of complete metamorphosis are A) Egg, larva, adult. B) Egg, larva, nymph, adult. C) Egg, larva, pupa, adult. D) Egg, nymph, adult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egg, larva, pupa, adult. 26. How tall is a Common Ostrich at maximum. A) Around 3m. B) 1.5 m. C) Approximately 2m. D) Approximately 4m. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around 3m. 27. Paleontologists separate the two main groups of dinosaurs based on their ..... A) Hips. B) Teeth. C) Feet. D) Fur or feathers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hips. 28. What are the 2 most dangerous spiders to humans in the U.S.? A) Brown recluse and wolf spider. B) Brown recluse and black widow. C) Wolf spider and tarantula. D) There are no venomous spiders in the US. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brown recluse and black widow. 29. Ancient artwork that has been etched on rocks. A) Paleontologist. B) Sauropods. C) Hieroglyphics. D) Petroglyphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petroglyphs. 30. An animal with a body cavity completely surrounded by mesoderm is a pseudocoelomate. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. Which is the largest taxa? A) Kingdom. B) Genus. C) Tomorrow. D) Species. E) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tomorrow. 32. A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves is known as a: A) Phylum. B) Genus. C) Animal Family. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Species. 33. Which class of Mollusks is the only class with some terrestrial species? A) Gastropods. B) Bivalves. C) Cephalopods. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gastropods. 34. What is a characteristic of sessile animals' larvae? A) They undergo photosynthesis. B) They are motile. C) They do not require food. D) They are also sessile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are motile. 35. The ..... is where the barb and thread are stored until the cnidocyte is triggered. A) Overture. B) Cnidocil. C) Nematocyst. D) Operculum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nematocyst. 36. What trait allows birds (as well as mammals) to regulate its body temperature? A) Mesothermy. B) Ectothermy. C) Thermothermy. D) Endothermy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endothermy. 37. What will happen if a person has taken a vitamin k and antagonist by mistake? A) Anticoagulation. B) Leukemia. C) Thrombocythemia. D) Inhibition of RBC formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anticoagulation. 38. What does the adjective "prudent" mean? A) Reckless and impulsive. B) Acting with or showing care and thought for the future. C) Lazy and unambitious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acting with or showing care and thought for the future. 39. Where are Chinese Crocodile Lizards located? A) Russia. B) Florida. C) Only China. D) Southern China & Northern Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Southern China & Northern Vietnam. 40. What type of symmetry do Arthropods have? A) Radial. B) Bilateral. C) Asymmetrical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bilateral. 41. The embryo layer that forms the skin and nervous tissue is the ..... A) Ectoderm. B) Protostome. C) Mesoderm. D) Enoderm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ectoderm. 42. Amphibians usually lay their eggs in water A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 43. What habitats do gastropods live in? A) Gardens. B) Deserts. C) Mountains. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. ..... is the ability to do work A) Hard work. B) Strength. C) Energy. D) None tags1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy. 45. Which of the following insects has an incomplete metamorphosis? A) Bee. B) Butterfly. C) Grasshopper. D) Ant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grasshopper. 46. What type of symmetry is described here:the animal can be divided along a vertical plane creating two mirrored portions. A) Radial. B) Bilateral. C) Asymmetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bilateral. 47. Where do big-headed turtles live? A) Forest in Madagascar. B) Slow flowing rivers in Madagascar. C) Swamps in Madagascar. D) Shrek's swamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swamps in Madagascar. 48. Who proposed cascade theory of blood coagulation? A) Wiener. B) Landsteiner. C) William Huxley. D) Macfarlane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macfarlane. 49. What is the final electron acceptor in aerobic respiration? A) Oxygen. B) Ill. C) Water. D) Pyruvate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 50. The earliest vertebrates were A) Fish. B) Reptiles. C) Amphibians. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fish. 51. Spent time reconstructing the appearance of organisms from fossils found in the strata. A) Cuvier. B) Lyell. C) Lamarck. D) Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cuvier. 52. Which of the following is NOT true about Sauropods? A) They probably didn't chew their food because they had hinged jaws. B) They probably chewed their food with their molars and pre-molars. C) They probably used gastroliths to help digest their food. D) They were probably herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They probably chewed their food with their molars and pre-molars. 53. Seven Kingdom classification was introduced by A) B Whittaker. B) A Cavalier Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Cavalier Smith. 54. Concentration of nerves and other sensory organs on the anterior (front) end of the body is called ..... A) Acoelomate. B) Cestoda. C) Cephalization. D) Tegument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cephalization. 55. If finches with large beaks and finches with small beaks increase in a population while finches with average sized beaks decreases, which pattern of natural selection has occurred? A) Directional selection. B) Disruptive selection. C) Stabilizing selection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disruptive selection. 56. Cladistics show evolutionary relationships in a diagram called a ..... A) C-map. B) Graph. C) Cladgaram. D) Family tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cladgaram. 57. Which class does not have open circulatory system? A) Polyplacophora. B) Gastropods. C) Bivalves. D) Cephalopods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cephalopods. 58. Microfilaments are made up of what 2 proteins A) DNA and RNA. B) ATP and ADP. C) Keratin and Tubulin. D) Actin and Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Actin and Myosin. 59. ..... have the ability to regenerate, or regrow, legs that have been lost to predators. A) Frogs. B) Turtles. C) Fish. D) Salamanders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salamanders. 60. What does Paleoecology mean? A) The study of living organisms. B) The science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance. C) The study of ancient organisms and how it interacts with the environment. D) The study of physiology, behavior, and other qualities of a particular organism. 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