Zoology Quiz 215 (20 MCQs)

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1. The top of a turtle's shell is called this:

Correct Answer: A) Carapace.

2. After interphase is completed the cell moves into the next stage of the cell cycle called .....

Correct Answer: D) Mitosis.

3. What is the process called when an adaptation or set of adaptations splits one species into two?

Correct Answer: B) Speciation.

4. Animals are

Correct Answer: B) All multicellular.

5. Which of the following is NOT a structure in the integumentary system?

Correct Answer: D) Teeth.

6. The study of life in former time periods

Correct Answer: B) Paleontology.

7. Snake is

Correct Answer: B) Snakes.

8. This organelle breaks down (digest) worn out cell parts

Correct Answer: B) Lysosomes.

9. I didn't like the house I looked at today. It was rather cramped and there was a ..... smell in the basement.

Correct Answer: C) Strong.

10. What does growth rings in a fossil tree or shell tell us?

Correct Answer: A) How long an individual has lived.

11. Wheel organ are seen in which protochordates

Correct Answer: A) Cephalochordates.

12. Foot

Correct Answer: A) Ped/pod.

13. What is the function of the Prefrontal Cortex

Correct Answer: B) Responsible for intelligence (cognition), personality and behaviours.

14. UTRs are the untranslated regions present on

Correct Answer: C) MRNA.

15. The two kinds of cellular division are

Correct Answer: A) Mitosis and meiosis.

16. Organisms which make their own food is called as .....

Correct Answer: C) Autotrophs.

17. What would most likely happen if the rabbit population was removed from the food chain grass-› rabbit-› fox?

Correct Answer: A) Their would be more grass.

18. Where do new cells come from?

Correct Answer: A) Other cells.

19. Series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

Correct Answer: C) Food chain.

20. True or False. Humans are not omnivores.

Correct Answer: B) False.