WorksheetsZoology Study Guide
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
What is the significance of quadrate bones?
These are movable bones that make it possible for snakes and lizards to open the upper jaw very wide.
These are movable bones that make it possible for snakes to glide along the ground.
These are movable bones that make it possible for lizards to regenerate lost limbs.
These are movable bones that make it possible for snakes to shed their skin.
What statement best describes the sensory pits of crocodillians?
Area with nerve fibers that allows the animal to hear disturbances.
Area with nerve fibers that responds to disturbances in surface water.
Area with nerve fibers that allows the animal to smell prey.
Area with nerve fibers that allows the animal to feel motion.
What determines the sex of developing crocodilians?
The presence (or absence) of the Y chromosome.
The number of eggs laid after fertilization.
The presence of two X chromosomes.
The temperature of the eggs during incubation.
Which is an important bird adaptation for flight?
a four-chambered heart
a lightweight but strong skeleton
a high metabolism
all of the above
What is brood parasitism?
When a bird of one species lays its eggs in the nest of a bird of another species.
Having more than one mate at a time.
Act of a bird sitting on the eggs to warm them.
Single exit and entrance for sperm, eggs, and waste.
What mollusks produce pearls?
gastropods
bivalves
cephalopods
none of the above
What habitats do gastropods live in?
gardens
deserts
mountains
all of the above
Examples of cephalopods include ______________.
clams and scallops
the octopus and squid
snails and slugs
all of the above
Which type of mollusk uses its foot to crawl?
gastropod
bivalve
monofoot
cephalopod
Two types of ______ are circadian rhythms and migration.
cyclic behaviors
social behaviors
learned behaviors
none of the above
What is the difference between an invertebrate and a vertebrate?
Vertebrate have specialized features and invertebrate have non-specialized features.
Vertebrate have jaws and invertebrate do not have jaws.
Vertebrate have a backbone and invertebrate do not have a backbone.
None of the above
Describe one criteria used to classify animals into groups.
Embryonic development
Charateristics
Personalities
Both B and C
What characteristic makes porifera the simplest animals?
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Non-specialized tissue
Specialized tissue
What is the function of an echinoderm's water vascular system?
Eating
Moving
Moving food through the digestive tract
None of the above
Describe one of the general body forms of cnidarians.
Medusa
Dome-shaped
Circular
None of the above
Features for arthropods include all of the following except?
Jointed appendages
Exoskeleton
Segmented bodies
Ability to produce silk
What adaptations did insects develop that allowed them to live on land?
Book lungs, Spiracles
Spiracles, Tracheae
Four pairs of legs, antennaes
None of the above
An arthropods exoskeleton is made out of ?
Cellulose
Chitin
Epidermis
None of the above
What important features set insects apart from other arthropods? Mark all that apply
Have a thorax
Have an abdomen
Have two antennae
Have four pairs of legs
How do book lungs help arachnids to reduce water loss?
Having their lungs inside rather than on the outside.
The lungs have to stay humid and hold water.
The lungs are great for terrestrial life.
None of the above.
Countercurrent flow in a fish's gills allows blood to efficiently release carbon dioxide into the water and absorb oxygen from the water. This maintenance of oxygen levels in the fish's body is an example of
homeostasis
bioregulation
nutrient cycling
biomagnification
Why does amphibian reproduction require a moist environment?
So the amphibians can hide and reproduce.
So the amphibians sperm can swim to the female.
So the eggs stay moist after the eggs are made.
Both B and C
What is the function of the swim bladder in a ray-finned fish?
To help the fish swim.
To help with bouyance while swimming.
To fill the swim bladder up during swimming.
None of the above.
When the mudskipper is out of the water how might the lungless mudskipper breathe?
The mudskipper has lungs and can breathe on the surface.
The mudskipper has only one lung and one gill and can breathe in both areas.
The mudskipper has the ability to hold water in its mouth allowing it to breathe on land.
None of the above.
Why do amniotes do not need to return to water to reproduce?
Amniotes are land based animals.
Amniotes lay eggs.
Amniotes do not need water.
None of the above.
Birds live in hot deserts and in Antarctica. How is it possible for birds to live in hot and frigid environments where reptiles cannot survive?
Birds have fur.
Birds have feathers that are repellent to water.
Birds feathers are close to the body which insulates them.
None of the above.
Describe one similarity and one difference between the functions of a three-chambered heart and those of a four-chambered heart.
Both hearts are made of cardiac muscle however the three chambered-heart has three chambers and the four chambered-heart has four chambers.
Both hearts are made of skeletal muscle however the three chambered-heart has three chambers and the four chambered-heart has four chambers.
Both hearts are made of smooth muscle however the three chambered-heart has three chambers and the four chambered-heart has four chambers.
All of the above
What part of a bird's body can indicate what ecological niche the bird fills?
beak
feathers
fur
wings
Elephants and leopards both live in Africa, where it is hot. Elephants have very little hair, and leopards have a full coat of hair. Explain why this might be.
Elephants can stay warm with all of their body mass while leopards need fur to stay warm.
Elephants can stay warm with all of their body mass while leopards need fur to stay camouflaged.
Both A and B.
Elephants need little hair and camouflage because of their large mass, while leopards need a full coat and camouflage to hunt and stay warm.
You discover a new species in the rainforest. It has four limbs and a tail. Scientists observe that it can swallow prey larger than its head. It gives birth to live young. Based on this information, how would you classify this animal? Explain your answer.
This is a mammalia since its young are born live.
This is a reptilia since its young are born live and it can swallow prey larger than its head.
This is an arthropod since it has a tail and four limbs.
This is an echinoderm since it has a tail and four limbs.
A zookeeper needs to use a scale to measure the weight of an otter. How might she use operant conditioning to get the otter onto the scale?
Praise the otter by saying "Good job" after the otter gets on the scale.
Give the otter a treat after the otter gets on the scale.
Give the otter a talking to after the otter gets on the scale.
It is an otter it doesn't matter just get the job done.
What does it mean to have an innate behavior?
It is a behavior that somebody does not have to learn.
It is a behavior that somebody has to learn.
It is a behavior that is just innate.
None of the above
In the meerkat group, one animal always stands guard and sounds an alarm call if a bird of prey is sighted. Why is this an altruistic behavior?
The meerkat might be giving alarms to the other meerkats.
The meerkat might be risking its life if it continues to give the alarm.
The meerkat is about to have an altercation with another meerkat.
All of the above.
Why is labeling a certain group of dogs or animals as a behavior not always true? Choose the best answer.
The labeled group could be quite different depending on how the animal grew up. Nurture side of behaviors.
The labeled group might have an altercation with other animals.
The labeled group could have been breed to act or behave in such a way (Nature). Also the labeled group could have learned the behavior through nurturing.
All of the above are correct.
