Zoology Quiz 145 (20 MCQs)

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1. A word meaning:open to possibility of being harmed or attacked

Correct Answer: A) Vulnerable.

2. This phylum has a medusa and polyp stage, stinging tentacles, and radial symmetry. What phyla is it?

Correct Answer: C) Cnidarian.

3. What is the basis for modern taxonomy?

Correct Answer: C) Morphology.

4. Tasmanian devils produce what when nervous or scared?

Correct Answer: A) Foul odor.

5. Natural selection that occurs when individuals at one phenotypic extreme have an advantage over individuals with more common phenotypes

Correct Answer: A) Directional selection.

6. Which cats are amazing runners, jumpers, and swimmers who are also called pumas and mountain lions?

Correct Answer: C) Cougars.

7. Arthropods have an outer covering called a(n) .....

Correct Answer: C) Exoskeleton.

8. Which of the following might cause a species to become extinct?

Correct Answer: D) Overharvesting.

9. ..... is defined as the study of relationships of organisms to their environment and to other organisms.

Correct Answer: A) Ecology.

10. A endangered species is one that is at risk of becoming .....

Correct Answer: B) Extinct.

11. How do animals obtain their energy?

Correct Answer: C) Consuming other organisms.

12. Non living things can grow.

Correct Answer: B) No.

13. The polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of proteins is based onthe following properties of proteins.

Correct Answer: D) Size and charge only.

14. Speciation that occurs in small, local populations called demes is

Correct Answer: B) Parapatric speciation.

15. The prokaryotic cells are characterized by

Correct Answer: D) Absence of nuclear membrane.

16. Bandicoot predators include?

Correct Answer: A) Owls, dingos, foxes.

17. Polar bears have white .....

Correct Answer: B) Fur.

18. Attributes of groups that have been retained from a common ancestor are referred to as .....

Correct Answer: A) Symplesiomorphies.

19. What kind of animal is Newts?

Correct Answer: A) Vertebrate.

20. The first body segment of annelids is called.....

Correct Answer: C) Peristomium.