This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Zoology – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Zoology Quiz 55 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This person is credited with the development of palaeontology. he studied fossils from different layers of rock, or stratum, and found the that the deeper down or older the fossil was, the less similar it was to modern animals, which gave evidence to evolution. He explained this by saying many disasters happened in the past. A) Darwin. B) Wallace. C) Cuvier. D) Lyell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cuvier. 2. Percent of animals that are chordates (vertebrates) A) 100%. B) 50%. C) 5%. D) 95%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5%. 3. A ..... is the remains or evidence of an ancient organism. A) Extinct. B) Fossil. C) Preserved. D) Paleontologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil. 4. Is the regular/seasonal journey of an animal from one place to another and sometimes back. A) Circadian Rhythm. B) Hibernation. C) Cooperative Behavior. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circadian Rhythm. 5. What is the function of the mouth on a snail? A) To breath. B) To attack their predators. C) To eat. D) To communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To eat. 6. ..... is essential for forming haemoglobin in the blood A) Phosphorus. B) Calcium. C) Iron. D) Magnesium tags2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron. 7. Where are nautilus usually found? A) Near the bottom of the water; 50-500m deep. B) The surface of the water. C) The shore. D) The reefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the bottom of the water; 50-500m deep. 8. The smallest bird is A) Humming bird. B) Cuckoo. C) Woodpecker. D) Kite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humming bird. 9. If a person is undergoing artificial pace make transplant, then at which of the following structure of heart electrodes are connected A) Right ventricles. B) AV node. C) Left ventricle. D) Because of the difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right ventricles. 10. What is the name of the classification system scientist use to classify organisms? A) Biology Chart. B) Graphs. C) Taxonomy. D) Lists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxonomy. 11. Which RNA carries the amino acids from the amino acid pool to mRnA during protein synthesis? A) RRNA. B) /RNA. C) HnRNA. D) MRNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) /RNA. 12. Why is it important to raise awareness about the importance of biodiversity? A) To protect and manage natural habitats. B) To decrease the population size of endangered species. C) To create new species through controlled breeding. D) To prevent the loss of genetic variation within populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protect and manage natural habitats. 13. Trophical bobbit worms (Eunice aphroditois) have very conspicuous mandibles and these worms will extend their heads from the sediment at night to look for prey. The feeding type of this worm is..... A) Filter feeder. B) Raptorial. C) Suspension feeders. D) Deposit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raptorial. 14. Starfish-Common Sunstar A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. What term describes toward the midline? A) Ventral. B) Lateral. C) Distal. D) Medial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medial. 16. What type of symmetry is described here:have no pattern of symmetry at all. It can't be cut using planes of symmetry A) Radial. B) Bilateral. C) Asymmetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asymmetry. 17. WHY DOES PROFESSOR O'CONELL-RODWELL COMPARE WRITING A SCIENTIFIC PAPER WITH WRITING A NARRATIVE? A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 18. Speciation that occurs in populations separated by geographical barriers is A) Allopatric speciation. B) Parapatric speciation. C) Sympatric speciation. D) Speciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allopatric speciation. 19. Hormones produced in the body due to exercise A) Serotonin. B) Endorphins. C) Serotonin and endorphins. D) Thymosin and serotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Serotonin and endorphins. 20. Which type of worm is good for the soil because it decomposes and returns nutrients to the soil? A) Segmented worms (earthworms). B) Parasitic worms. C) Round worms. D) Flat worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segmented worms (earthworms). 21. Mammillary bodies are attached to the ventral side of A) Medulla oblongata. B) Diencephaloncorrect. C) Cerebral hemisphere. D) Olfactory lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diencephaloncorrect. 22. Which describes the transformation into an amphibian adult? A) Loses gills and grows two legs. B) Develops lungs and grows four legs and long tail. C) Loses gills and grows four legs. D) Loses gills and grows four legs and long tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loses gills and grows four legs. 23. What does "malevolence" refer to? A) Kindness and benevolence. B) The quality of having a wish to do evil to others. C) Indifference and neutrality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The quality of having a wish to do evil to others. 24. Study of milk producing animals A) Ornithology. B) Mammalogy. C) Herpetology. D) Microbiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mammalogy. 25. Which of the following is the site for energy production A) Nucleoplasm. B) Cytoplasm. C) Nuclear membrane tags4. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitochondria. 26. Giraffes need a ..... blood pressure in order for blood to be pumped all the way up their long necks. A) High. B) Low. C) Medium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High. 27. Hydra have a tree-like or a ..... appearance. A) Fan-like. B) Run-like. C) Man-like. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fan-like. 28. Which class does a scorpion belong to? A) Class Arachnida. B) Class Diplopoda. C) Class Crustacea. D) Class Insecta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Class Arachnida. 29. What are the eggs of a frog called? A) Egg. B) Larva. C) Tadpole. D) Frogspawn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frogspawn. 30. What is the Linnaean system of classification based on? A) Shared characteristics among organisms. B) The color of the organism. C) The location of the organism. D) The size of the organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shared characteristics among organisms. 31. " ..... are groups of actually, or potentially interbreeding populations, which are reproductively isolated from other such groups." Ernst Mayr A) Phyla. B) Species. C) Families. D) Cousins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 32. A population is never in Hardy-Wien Berg equilibrium A) A When organisms choose and engage in education. B) Absence of sudden change. C) In the absence of e. D) If the size of the fly population is large. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A When organisms choose and engage in education. 33. Which of the following is the most general taxon? A) Species. B) Phylum. C) Genus. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kingdom. 34. Which is the outermost layer of an animal cell A) Cell wall. B) Cytoplasm. C) Plasma membrane. D) Protoplasm tags4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plasma membrane. 35. What is genetic diversity? A) The number of different habitats within an ecosystem or environment. B) The variety of different genes within a population or species. C) The number of individuals within a population or species. D) The variety of different species within an ecosystem or environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The variety of different genes within a population or species. 36. Members of kingdom ..... are multicellular, are often able to move about, and respond to their environment. A) The animal. B) Archaea. C) Protista. D) Planta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The animal. 37. The inner layer of sponges formed of A) A choanocytes. B) B pinacocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A choanocytes. 38. Biodiversity is described as A) The range of different species in an environment. B) The seasonal and daily changes in an environment. C) The way species differ from one another. D) The influence of physical factors on an environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The range of different species in an environment. 39. Archaeopteryx is ..... A) Connecting link between aves and mammals. B) Connecting link between Pisces and aves. C) Connecting link between reptiles and aves. D) Connecting link between mammals and reptiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connecting link between reptiles and aves. 40. This phylum means spiny skin and lives in water A) Annelids. B) Cnidarians. C) Arthropods. D) Echinoderm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Echinoderm. 41. An evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species A) Adaptation. B) Convergent Evolution. C) Adaptive Radiation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adaptive Radiation. 42. Archaeans that live in extremely hot temperatures A) Methanogens. B) Mesophiles. C) Halophiles. D) Psychrophiles. E) Thermophiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Thermophiles. 43. Which of the following steps in transcription is catalysed by RNA polymerase? A) Initiation. B) Elongation. C) Termination. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. Class of Echinodermata that has a body that is shaped like a star with 5 arms coming from the central part where the mouth is. A) Class Holothuroidea. B) Class Ophiuroidea. C) Class Echinoidea. D) Class Crinoidea. E) Class asteroidea. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Class asteroidea. 45. Select living thing in the following options A) Table. B) Book. C) Tiger. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tiger. 46. What is systematics? A) The study of animal behavior in natural habitats. B) The genetic modification of organisms. C) The science of describing relationships between organisms. D) The classification of animals based on their diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The science of describing relationships between organisms. 47. These frogs live in Central and South America and are known for being very poisonous. A) Poison toads. B) Poison dart frogs. C) Newts. D) Salamanders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poison dart frogs. 48. Some scientists group all marsupials together into this order. A) Order Notorcytemrophia. B) Order Marsupialia. C) Order Diprotodontia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Order Marsupialia. 49. What is the term for a trait that provides a competitive advantage and is passed down to offspring? A) Adaptation. B) Vestigial trait. C) Exaptation. D) Heritable trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heritable trait. 50. Cross the odd one A) Fish. B) Pigeon. C) Lemon. D) Frog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lemon. 51. Heart muscles are supplied by ..... arteries A) C 4. B) A 3. C) B 2. D) D 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B 2. 52. Here are some statements about nephron in human identify the incorrect one of them A) Each kidney has nearly 1 million reference. B) Nephron is structural unit of kidney but not a functional unit. C) Nephron is a complex tubular structure. D) Nephron has two parts glomerulus and renal tubule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nephron is structural unit of kidney but not a functional unit. 53. List the stages of a frog's life cycle in order. A) Frog, Froglet, Tadpole, Adult. B) Mother, Froglet, Tadpole, Frog, Egg. C) Egg, Tadpole, Froglet, Frog. D) Tadpole, Egg, Frog, Froglet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egg, Tadpole, Froglet, Frog. 54. The condition or period of an animal spending the winter in a dormant state A) Predator. B) Habituation. C) Hibernation. D) Ungulates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hibernation. 55. How does energy flow through an ecosystem? A) Through fungi. B) Through animals absorbing the sun. C) Through Eating Other Organisms. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through Eating Other Organisms. 56. The chief constituent of honey is A) Lipid. B) Protein. C) Fat. D) Carbohydrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbohydrate. 57. Study of animals that live on/in other animals A) Marine biology. B) Zoology. C) Paleontology. D) Parasitology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasitology. 58. The female goats are called as doe A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. Which is not a difference between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells? A) Nuclear membrane. B) There is no correct answer. C) Cell membrane. D) Organelle membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear membrane. 60. An animal with bilateral symmetry can be divided into two identical halves across an imaginary dividing line. Which animal displays this type of symmetry? A) A sea star. B) A fish. C) A sea sponge. D) A jellyfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fish. ← 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