This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Zoology – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Zoology Quiz 33 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes. Which characteristic of life does this represent? A) All living things adapt to their environment. B) All living things grow. C) All living things have cells. D) All living things use energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All living things adapt to their environment. 2. Which two classes of vertebrates are homeotherms because their body temperatures remain relatively constant? A) Fish and birds. B) Mammals and amphibians. C) Birds and mammals. D) Amphibians and reptiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birds and mammals. 3. Which of the following is directly involved in the transportation of materials inside/within the cell? A) Mitochondria. B) Endoplasmic Reticulum. C) Lysosome. D) Vacuoles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoplasmic Reticulum. 4. In transcription in eukaryotes, heterogenous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) is tmascribed by A) RNA polymerase I. B) RNA polymerase II. C) RNA poly merase II. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RNA polymerase II. 5. Choose the word or phrase to complete the collocation. lay off ..... A) A deal. B) A loss. C) Staff. D) Bankrupt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Staff. 6. Which class of mollusks is characterized by a single, often coiled shell and a body that undergoes torsion? A) Class Gastropoda. B) Class Cephalopoda. C) Class Polyplacophora. D) Class Bivalvia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Class Gastropoda. 7. Kingdom of Fungi A) Six Kingdoms. B) Three Kingdoms. C) Five Kingdoms. D) Four Kingdoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five Kingdoms. 8. Which of the following phenomena was experimentally proved by Meselson and Stahl? A) Transformation. B) Transduction. C) Central dogma. D) Semi-conservative DNA replication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semi-conservative DNA replication. 9. In the level of organization of life what is described as the group of cell performing the same function? A) Organs. B) Biomolecules. C) Cell. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tissue. 10. The animal is a nocturnal, carnivorous scavenger living only in Tasmania. A) Tasmanian devil. B) Marsupial moles. C) Tasmanian Devil. D) Koalas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tasmanian Devil. 11. Derived characters shared by members of a group A) Outgroup. B) Synapomorphies. C) Clade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synapomorphies. 12. Imagine you're a marine biologist, diving deep into the ocean. You encounter a fascinating creature that has both a medusa and a polyp stage, stinging tentacles, and radial symmetry. Can you identify which phylum this creature belongs to? A) Mollusks. B) Echinoderms. C) Annelids. D) Cnidarians. E) Arthropods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cnidarians. 13. The term species was coined by A) B John Ray. B) A Linnaeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B John Ray. 14. A turtles shell is connected to the turtle's ribs so it is unable to leave its shell A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. Which is the method used by most birds to communicate? A) Communication with sound. B) Communication with sight. C) Communication with scent. D) Birds use all of the above methods equally to communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communication with sound. 16. Which zone of the lymph node actively secrete antibodies A) A cortex. B) B medulla. C) C for cortex. D) D none of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B medulla. 17. Leaf-shaped flatworms are called ..... A) Flukes. B) Planarians. C) Tapeworms. D) Rotifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flukes. 18. Echinoderms have no head or brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. "Lion" is an example of what? A) Food. B) Scientific name. C) Common name. D) Adaptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Common name. 20. The weather reports are prepared by the A) Meteorological department. B) Thermometer. C) Both. D) None tags4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorological department. 21. What helps the hedgehog to defend itself? A) Eating poisonous plants and licking the poisonous saliva onto its spines. B) Its sharp spines. C) Both of these answer choices are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these answer choices are correct. 22. What are the habitats of Gastropod? A) Freshwater, saltwater, & terrestrial. B) Saltwater, freshwater. C) Saltwater only. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freshwater, saltwater, & terrestrial. 23. This phylum contains animals that have a muscular foot, visceral body, and mantel A) Porifera. B) Worms (annelida, nematoda, plathelminths). C) Cnidarians. D) Arthorpoda. E) Mollusca. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mollusca. 24. The middle layer of the pericardium is A) A epicardium. B) B endocardium. C) C myocardium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C myocardium. 25. Competition among members of the same species is called symbiosis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. How does climate change pose a threat to biodiversity? A) It increases the risk of extinction. B) It affects species' behavior. C) It disrupts habitats. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 27. Most common in symbols A) Ah Ig A. B) И Eg D. C) E Ig M. D) A Ig E. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ah Ig A. 28. The fact that sauropods had their nostrils on the top of their head meant that: A) They probably spent a lot of time in the water. B) They probably avoided being in water. C) They probably were fast runners. D) They probably were very small dinosaurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They probably spent a lot of time in the water. 29. The normal lifespan of an erythrocyte is A) 100 days. B) 140 days. C) 120 days. D) 80 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 120 days. 30. Identify the correct phylum:crayfish A) Arthropoda. B) Echinoderms. C) Cnidarians. D) Mollusca. E) Worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthropoda. 31. Another name for Mega Nephridia A) A skin nephridia. B) A septal nephridia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A septal nephridia. 32. The study of organisms in their environments is ..... A) Zoogeography. B) Taxonomy. C) Physiology. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecology. 33. Urochordata animals also known as ..... A) Mammals. B) Sea squirts. C) Aves. D) Fishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea squirts. 34. Urochordates are classified into ..... classes A) Five. B) Three. C) Four. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three. 35. The classification system used today began with the work of ..... A) Charles Darwin. B) Carl von Linne. C) Francis Crick. D) James Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carl von Linne. 36. Who classified the animals according to their habitat( Air, water and land) ..... A) Aristotle. B) Linnaeus. C) Plato. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 37. Wrote the book Hen's teeth and Horse's toes and talked about punctuated equilibrium which stated that evolution was not always smooth and gradual. A) Gould. B) Lyell. C) Darwin. D) Hardy and Weinberg. E) Wallace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gould. 38. The larval form of most molluscs. A) Chromatophore. B) Trochophore. C) Nacreous. D) Periostracum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trochophore. 39. Gastropods are ..... A) Two-shelled. B) Multi-shelled. C) No-shelled. D) Single-shelled, AND No-shelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Single-shelled, AND No-shelled. 40. Shark teeth are actually modified ..... A) Skin. B) Gum material. C) Cartilage. D) Scales. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scales. 41. Which of the following referred as ischemic heart disease A) A stroke. B) B myocardial infarction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B myocardial infarction. 42. How many levels of classification are there? A) 1. B) 15. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 43. Which of the following animals are not mammals? A) Sharks. B) Tigers. C) Zebras. D) Kangaroos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharks. 44. Mollusks include..... A) Snails, slugs, and worms. B) Scallops, crabs, and lobsters. C) Clams, scallops, oysters, and mussels. D) Worms, lobsters, squid, and sea cucumbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clams, scallops, oysters, and mussels. 45. Occurrence of one of the greatest evolutionary innovations which enabled animals to lay eggs. A) Neogene. B) Carboniferous. C) Permian. D) Triassic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carboniferous. 46. Sharks and rays breath through a process called A) Expiration. B) Ram-ventilation. C) Respiration. D) Tonic Immobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ram-ventilation. 47. How many alleles (letters) does a child get from each parent for each trait? A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 48. Natural selection happens because animals A) Fulfill their destiny. B) Refine and reoperate. C) Survive and reproduce. D) Want to change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Survive and reproduce. 49. Study of animals only A) Anatomy. B) Ecology. C) Biology. D) Zoology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zoology. 50. The highest concentration of minerals are found in A) Bones and teeth. B) Skin. C) Arm and legs. D) None tags2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones and teeth. 51. Organ on the outside of the frog where sound vibrations are transmitted to the inner ear A) Optic lobes. B) Pancreas. C) Tympanic membrane. D) Olfactory lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tympanic membrane. 52. What type of animal is a whale? A) Reptile. B) Fish. C) Mammal. D) Amphibian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mammal. 53. Which of the following provides glucose for the cells of animals? A) Water the animal drinks. B) Air the animal breathes. C) Photosynthesis. D) Food the animals eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food the animals eats. 54. Which group do turtles belong to? A) Turtles. B) Rhynchocephalia. C) Crocodilia. D) Scaly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turtles. 55. Planarians can reproduce sexually and asexually A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 56. The organism which lives in salty environment is called A) A methanogens. B) B halophiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B halophiles. 57. Fruit flies are mostly red-eyed, regardless of the environment they were raised in, generation after generation. These flies would be considered ..... A) True breeding. B) Cross-breeding. C) Inbreeding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True breeding. 58. Which is an example of an Ophiuroidea member? A) Basket star. B) Sea cucumber. C) Sea lily. D) Sea star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basket star. 59. Excretory organ of earthworm A) Ah Nepheridias. B) A Mal Pegian element. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ah Nepheridias. 60. Which phylum has the largest number of animals on Earth? A) Echinoderms. B) The asteroid. C) Arthropods. D) Crustacea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthropods. ← 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