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biology test 9

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What organ allows some viperids to "see" warm objects in the dark?

a)

Jacobson's organ

b)

Pit organ

c)

Nasal meatuses

d)

Vomerids

2.

Where is the embryo located in the egg?

a)

Yolk

b)

Albumen

c)

Germinal spot

d)

Chalaza

3.

What is the scientific name for the quill of a feather?

a)

Barb

b)

Vane

c)

Rachis

d)

Barbule

4.

What is the belief that living things can rise from non-living things?

a)

Spontaneous generation

b)

Punctuated equilibrium

c)

Gaia hypothesis

d)

Doctrine of intellect

5.

Which British naturalist was mostly responsible for the popularization of the idea that all living things come from a common ancestor?

a)

William Paley

b)

Charles Lyell

c)

Charles Dawson

d)

Charles Darwin

6.

What principle says that animals and plants that are more well-suited to their environment will be more likely to survive than organisms that are poorly-suited?

a)

Eugenics

b)

Embryonic recapitulation

c)

Spontaneous generation

d)

Natural selection

7.

What are the three groups that mammals are divided into based on reproduction?

a)

Marsupials

b)

Placental

c)

Monotremes

d)

Poikilotherms

e)

Endotherms

8.

What is the sudden outburst of living things of great variety in the fossil record?

a)

Devonion Revolution

b)

Cambrian Explosion

c)

Big Bang

d)

Jurassic Period

9.

What is a large geographic region identified by its climax vegetation and distinctive animal life?

a)

Community

b)

Biosphere

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

10.

What worm-like amphibians lack legs and are seldom seen above ground?

a)

Frogs

b)

Toads

c)

Salamanders

d)

Caecilians

11.

Which characteristics are common to all vertebrates?

a)

Endoskeleton

b)

Backbone

c)

Bilateral symmetry

d)

Four-chambered heart

e)

Four appendages

12.

Why can natural selection not produce new kinds?

a)

Natural selection acts to preserve existing kinds

b)

Natural selection doesn't exists

c)

Natural selection is a lie

d)

Natural selection produces new types of DNA

13.

Who demonstrated that not even simple organisms can develop from nonliving matter?

a)

Jean Jacques Cousteau

b)

Georges Cuvier

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Francesco Redi

14.

What term refers to the function of an organism in an ecosystem?

a)

Niche

b)

Occupation

c)

Job

d)

Tropism

15.

What odd-toed hoofed mammal resembles a pig with a long snout?

a)

Rhino

b)

Mole

c)

Tapir

d)

Elephant

16.

What principle states that all organisms are composed of cells or cell products and that all cells come from preexisting cells?

a)

Cell theory

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Koch's Postulates

d)

Germ theory

17.

Which "human ancestor "was named after the cave in which it was found?

a)

Neanderthal man

b)

Cro-Magnon man

c)

Nebraska man

d)

Peking man

18.

What group of mammals include dogs, cats, weasels, and seals?

a)

Felidae

b)

Canine

c)

Carnivore

d)

Marsupial

19.

What type of heart does an amphibian have?

a)

two-chambered

b)

three-chambered

c)

four-chambered

d)

none

20.

What is the longest venomous snake?

a)

Black mamba

b)

Anaconda

c)

King cobra

d)

Coral snake

21.

What ant-eating mammal is covered with protective plates made of fused hair?

a)

Armadillo

b)

Pangolin

c)

Hyrax

d)

Pika

22.

What type of primate has a tail?

a)

Monkey

b)

Ape

c)

Artiodactyl

d)

Perrisodactyl

23.

Which group of bird includes pheasants, grouse and turkeys?

a)

Game Birds

b)

Flightless Birds

c)

Water Birds

d)

Perching Birds

24.

Which group of birds includes ducks, geese, herons and storks?

a)

Game birds

b)

Perching birds

c)

Water birds

d)

Birds of prey

25.

What group of birds includes eagles, hawks, falcons and vultures?

a)

Water birds

b)

Flightless birds

c)

Birds of prey

d)

Extinct birds

26.

What type of birds include ostriches, emus and kiwis?

a)

Flightless birds

b)

Extinct birds

c)

Birds of prey

d)

Water birds

27.

What group of birds includes songbirds such as robins, jays and cardinals?

a)

Birds of prey

b)

Perching birds

c)

Water birds

d)

Game birds

28.

What are living factors in the environment collectively known as?

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

Zoologic

d)

Mycotic

29.

What rare species of lizard-like reptile lives only in New Zealand and surrounding islands?

a)

Iguana

b)

Chameleon

c)

Tuatara

d)

Gila monster

30.

What is the annual movement from place to place called?

a)

Flyway

b)

Migration

c)

Immigration

d)

Emigration

31.

What are the soft feathers close to a bird's body that serve as insulation?

a)

Contour feathers

b)

Flight feathers

c)

Down feathers

d)

Comfy feathers

32.

Which form of venom primarily affects blood?

a)

hemotoxin

b)

neurotoxin

c)

sangretoxin

d)

hepitoxin

33.

What is the place where an organism lives?

a)

Environment

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Home

d)

Habitat

34.

What is the voice box of a bird called?

a)

Pharynx

b)

Larynx

c)

Syrinx

d)

Hyrax

35.

What is unlearned knowledge than an animal possesses from birth?

a)

Instinct

b)

Habit

c)

Reflex

d)

Education

36.

What type of symmetry do most mammals possess?

a)

Asymmetry

b)

Radial symmetry

c)

Bilateral symmetry

d)

Quadrilateral symmetry

37.

What philosophy promotes the idea that the universe consists of nothing but matter and energy and has no supernatural aspects?

a)

Materialism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Behaviorism

d)

Uniformitarianism

38.

What is an animal that regulates its temperature by external factors?

a)

Homeothermic

b)

Endothermic

c)

Metathermic

d)

Poikilothermic

39.

What classification is given to describe one organism's feeding relationship to other organisms in its ecosystem?

a)

Food chain

b)

Food web

c)

Trophic level

40.

What is the area between highest and lowest tides?

a)

Neritic zone

b)

Intertidal zone

c)

Oceanic zone

d)

Continental zone

41.

How many chambers does a bird's heart have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

42.

From where does milk come from in a mammal?

a)

Endocrine glands

b)

Mammary glands

c)

Nutritive glands

d)

Epidermal glands

43.

What is the part of the experiment being tested?

a)

Control group

b)

Variable

c)

Air

d)

Test

44.

What are the pigment cells in the skin of an amphibian?

a)

Melanocytes

b)

Chromatophores

c)

Chromocytes

d)

Keratinocytes

45.

Who is the Father of Anatomy?

a)

Andreas Vesalius

b)

Galen

c)

William Harvey

d)

Anaximander

46.

Who wrote Fabrica?

a)

William Harvey

b)

Carolus Linnaeus

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Andreas Vesalius

47.

What is the upper part of a turtle's shell called?

a)

Testudo

b)

Scutum

c)

Plastron

d)

Carapace

48.

What type of snake locomotion involves backwards and forwards motion?

a)

Lateral undulation

b)

Sidewinding

c)

Concertina movement

d)

Rectilinear movement

49.

What is an organism that feeds on decaying organic matter but cannot break it down into soil components?

a)

Detritivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Herbivore

50.

What is a tentative solution to a scientific problem?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Theory

c)

Law

d)

Guess

51.

What type of animal brings forth live young from eggs hatched within the mother's body?

a)

Oviparous

b)

Viviparous

c)

Ovoviviparous

d)

Vivoviviparous

52.

What is known as the simple-to-complex sequence that evolutionists say should exist in the fossil record?

a)

Phylogenetic tree

b)

Geologic column

c)

Radiometric sequence

d)

Indexing column

53.

What are the largest living turtles?

a)

Tortoise

b)

Sea turtles

c)

Snapping turtles

d)

Terrapins

54.

What biome is characterized by harsh winters, long summers and no permafrost?

a)

Tundra

b)

Taiga

c)

Desert

d)

Grassland

55.

What is the largest living amphibian?

a)

Goliath frog

b)

Chinese Giant Salamander

c)

Caecilian

d)

Axolotl

56.

What name is given to any even-toed ungulate?

a)

Didactyl

b)

Artiodactyl

c)

Polydactyl

d)

Perissodactyl

57.

What group of mammals have two pairs of sharp chisel-like incisors that never stop growing?

a)

Sirenia

b)

Cetacia

c)

Rodentia

d)

Insectivora

58.

Who devoted his life to microscopy?

a)

Leonard Fuchs

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Anton von Leeuwenhoek

59.

What type of relationship involves two organisms directly benefiting from each other?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Amensalism

60.

What group of reptiles include venomous snakes with fangs that fold against the roof of their mouth?

a)

Elapids

b)

Colubrids

c)

Viperids

d)

Boids

61.

What type of amphibians do not undergo metamorphosis even when they are able to reproduce?

a)

Metamorphosis

b)

Amorphosis

c)

Pedomorphosis

d)

Altricialmorphosis

62.

What type of snakes have immovable fangs in the front of their jaws?

a)

Elapids

b)

Colubrids

c)

Boids

d)

Viperids

63.

Where do oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange in a bird's respiratory system?

a)

Syrinx

b)

Air sacs

c)

Lungs

d)

Mouth

64.

What group of snakes includes anacondas and pythons?

a)

Elapids

b)

Colubrids

c)

Viperids

d)

Boids

65.

What grinds a bird's food?

a)

Crop

b)

Teeth

c)

Bill

d)

Gizzard

66.

What group of reptiles includes iguanas, geckos and Komodo dragons?

a)

Snakes

b)

Lizards

c)

Crocodilians

d)

Chelonians

67.

What type of animals develop and hatch from eggs outside the mother's body?

a)

Oviparous

b)

Viviparous

c)

Ovoviviparous

d)

Vivioviparous

68.

What group of reptiles are thick-skinned, long-tailed, large and aquatic

a)

Lizards

b)

Snakes

c)

Crocodilians

d)

Chelonians

69.

For what sense do snakes use a Jacobson's Organ?

a)

Sight

b)

Smell

c)

Hearing

d)

Taste

70.

What is the process by which a larva transforms into an adult form?

a)

metamorphosis

b)

maturation

c)

pedomorphosis

d)

morphogenesis

71.

What allows animals to feed and reproduce with minimal interference?

a)

Repricocity

b)

Territoriality

c)

Teamwork

d)

Evolution

72.

What is a lobe-finned fish that was thought to be a transitional form between fish and amphibians?

a)

Tiktaalik

b)

Knightia

c)

Coelacanth

d)

Archaeopteryx

73.

What are hollow head structures made of bone covered in keratin?

a)

Antlers

b)

Horns

c)

Gorers

d)

Velvet

74.

What is the transparent third eyelid that dogs, birds and lizards have?

a)

Nictitating membrane

b)

Parietal eyelid

c)

Jacobson's organ

d)

Pit organ

75.

What are the routes that birds follow year after year?

a)

Migratory routes

b)

Flyways

c)

Highways

d)

Magnetic lines

76.

What process is used by birds to keep eggs warm until they develop properly?

a)

Gestation

b)

Marsupiation

c)

Incubation

d)

Oviparation

77.

What are the aquatic adult forms of salamanders?

a)

Efts

b)

Newts

c)

Caecilians

d)

Larva

78.

What type of animal is able to run or swim almost immediately after hatching?

a)

Altricial

b)

Precocial