Animal Basics Quiz

Binomial nomenclature means that animals are scientifically named with

• 1 name

• 2 names

• 3 names

• 4 names

Which of the following could be a scientific name for this animal?

• Carpospiza brachydactyla

• Carpospiza

• Pale Rock Finch

• Bird

• Carpospiza brachydactyla

To create the scientific name for an animal, scientists combine two taxa names: the ____________ first and then the species second.

Classifying animals by similar features and relationships is known as

• anatomy

• taxonomy

• biology

• botony

Kings Play Chess On Fined Grained Sand. The P in Play stands for _________________

Fill in the missing taxa: Kingdom, Phylum, ___________, ____________, Family, Genus, ___________. Type your answer as _____, ______, ______

Homeostasis is

• the process in which a cell makes energy

• the process in which a bacteria divides

• the process in which plants use light energy to make their own food

• the process in which an animal maintains constant or near constant internal conditions inside its body

Name at least 4 of the 8 characteristics of living things.

What type of symmetry does this animal demonstrate?

• asymmetry

• spherical symmetry

• radial symmetry

• bilateral symmetry

This Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) demonstrates which type of symmetry?

• asymmetry

• spherical symmetry

• radial symmetry

• bilateral symmetry