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Worksheetsbiology test 9
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 40mins
What organ allows some viperids to "see" warm objects in the dark?
Jacobson's organ
Pit organ
Nasal meatuses
Vomerids
Where is the embryo located in the egg?
Yolk
Albumen
Germinal spot
Chalaza
What is the scientific name for the quill of a feather?
Barb
Vane
Rachis
Barbule
What is the belief that living things can rise from non-living things?
Spontaneous generation
Punctuated equilibrium
Gaia hypothesis
Doctrine of intellect
Which British naturalist was mostly responsible for the popularization of the idea that all living things come from a common ancestor?
William Paley
Charles Lyell
Charles Dawson
Charles Darwin
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?
Eugenics
Embryonic recapitulation
Spontaneous generation
Natural selection
What are the three groups that mammals are divided into based on reproduction?
Marsupials
Placental
Monotremes
Poikilotherms
Endotherms
What is the sudden outburst of living things of great variety in the fossil record?
Devonion Revolution
Cambrian Explosion
Big Bang
Jurassic Period
What is a large geographic region identified by its climax vegetation and distinctive animal life?
Community
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Biome
What worm-like amphibians lack legs and are seldom seen above ground?
Frogs
Toads
Salamanders
Caecilians
Which characteristics are common to all vertebrates?
Endoskeleton
Backbone
Bilateral symmetry
Four-chambered heart
Four appendages
Why can natural selection not produce new kinds?
Natural selection acts to preserve existing kinds
Natural selection doesn't exists
Natural selection is a lie
Natural selection produces new types of DNA
Who demonstrated that not even simple organisms can develop from nonliving matter?
Jean Jacques Cousteau
Georges Cuvier
Louis Pasteur
Francesco Redi
What term refers to the function of an organism in an ecosystem?
Niche
Occupation
Job
Tropism
What odd-toed hoofed mammal resembles a pig with a long snout?
Rhino
Mole
Tapir
Elephant
What principle states that all organisms are composed of cells or cell products and that all cells come from preexisting cells?
Cell theory
Homeostasis
Koch's Postulates
Germ theory
Which "human ancestor "was named after the cave in which it was found?
Neanderthal man
Cro-Magnon man
Nebraska man
Peking man
What group of mammals include dogs, cats, weasels, and seals?
Felidae
Canine
Carnivore
Marsupial
What type of heart does an amphibian have?
two-chambered
three-chambered
four-chambered
none
What is the longest venomous snake?
Black mamba
Anaconda
King cobra
Coral snake
What ant-eating mammal is covered with protective plates made of fused hair?
Armadillo
Pangolin
Hyrax
Pika
What type of primate has a tail?
Monkey
Ape
Artiodactyl
Perrisodactyl
Which group of bird includes pheasants, grouse and turkeys?
Game Birds
Flightless Birds
Water Birds
Perching Birds
Which group of birds includes ducks, geese, herons and storks?
Game birds
Perching birds
Water birds
Birds of prey
What group of birds includes eagles, hawks, falcons and vultures?
Water birds
Flightless birds
Birds of prey
Extinct birds
What type of birds include ostriches, emus and kiwis?
Flightless birds
Extinct birds
Birds of prey
Water birds
What group of birds includes songbirds such as robins, jays and cardinals?
Birds of prey
Perching birds
Water birds
Game birds
What are living factors in the environment collectively known as?
Biotic
Abiotic
Zoologic
Mycotic
What rare species of lizard-like reptile lives only in New Zealand and surrounding islands?
Iguana
Chameleon
Tuatara
Gila monster
What is the annual movement from place to place called?
Flyway
Migration
Immigration
Emigration
What are the soft feathers close to a bird's body that serve as insulation?
Contour feathers
Flight feathers
Down feathers
Comfy feathers
Which form of venom primarily affects blood?
hemotoxin
neurotoxin
sangretoxin
hepitoxin
What is the place where an organism lives?
Environment
Ecosystem
Home
Habitat
What is the voice box of a bird called?
Pharynx
Larynx
Syrinx
Hyrax
What is unlearned knowledge than an animal possesses from birth?
Instinct
Habit
Reflex
Education
What type of symmetry do most mammals possess?
Asymmetry
Radial symmetry
Bilateral symmetry
Quadrilateral symmetry
What philosophy promotes the idea that the universe consists of nothing but matter and energy and has no supernatural aspects?
Materialism
Existentialism
Behaviorism
Uniformitarianism
What is an animal that regulates its temperature by external factors?
Homeothermic
Endothermic
Metathermic
Poikilothermic
What classification is given to describe one organism's feeding relationship to other organisms in its ecosystem?
Food chain
Food web
Trophic level
What is the area between highest and lowest tides?
Neritic zone
Intertidal zone
Oceanic zone
Continental zone
How many chambers does a bird's heart have?
1
2
3
4
From where does milk come from in a mammal?
Endocrine glands
Mammary glands
Nutritive glands
Epidermal glands
What is the part of the experiment being tested?
Control group
Variable
Air
Test
What are the pigment cells in the skin of an amphibian?
Melanocytes
Chromatophores
Chromocytes
Keratinocytes
Who is the Father of Anatomy?
Andreas Vesalius
Galen
William Harvey
Anaximander
Who wrote Fabrica?
William Harvey
Carolus Linnaeus
Charles Darwin
Andreas Vesalius
What is the upper part of a turtle's shell called?
Testudo
Scutum
Plastron
Carapace
What type of snake locomotion involves backwards and forwards motion?
Lateral undulation
Sidewinding
Concertina movement
Rectilinear movement
What is an organism that feeds on decaying organic matter but cannot break it down into soil components?
Detritivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
Herbivore
What is a tentative solution to a scientific problem?
Hypothesis
Theory
Law
Guess
What type of animal brings forth live young from eggs hatched within the mother's body?
Oviparous
Viviparous
Ovoviviparous
Vivoviviparous
What is known as the simple-to-complex sequence that evolutionists say should exist in the fossil record?
Phylogenetic tree
Geologic column
Radiometric sequence
Indexing column
What are the largest living turtles?
Tortoise
Sea turtles
Snapping turtles
Terrapins
What biome is characterized by harsh winters, long summers and no permafrost?
Tundra
Taiga
Desert
Grassland
What is the largest living amphibian?
Goliath frog
Chinese Giant Salamander
Caecilian
Axolotl
What name is given to any even-toed ungulate?
Didactyl
Artiodactyl
Polydactyl
Perissodactyl
What group of mammals have two pairs of sharp chisel-like incisors that never stop growing?
Sirenia
Cetacia
Rodentia
Insectivora
Who devoted his life to microscopy?
Leonard Fuchs
Louis Pasteur
Robert Hooke
Anton von Leeuwenhoek
What type of relationship involves two organisms directly benefiting from each other?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Amensalism
What group of reptiles include venomous snakes with fangs that fold against the roof of their mouth?
Elapids
Colubrids
Viperids
Boids
What type of amphibians do not undergo metamorphosis even when they are able to reproduce?
Metamorphosis
Amorphosis
Pedomorphosis
Altricialmorphosis
What type of snakes have immovable fangs in the front of their jaws?
Elapids
Colubrids
Boids
Viperids
Where do oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange in a bird's respiratory system?
Syrinx
Air sacs
Lungs
Mouth
What group of snakes includes anacondas and pythons?
Elapids
Colubrids
Viperids
Boids
What grinds a bird's food?
Crop
Teeth
Bill
Gizzard
What group of reptiles includes iguanas, geckos and Komodo dragons?
Snakes
Lizards
Crocodilians
Chelonians
What type of animals develop and hatch from eggs outside the mother's body?
Oviparous
Viviparous
Ovoviviparous
Vivioviparous
What group of reptiles are thick-skinned, long-tailed, large and aquatic
Lizards
Snakes
Crocodilians
Chelonians
For what sense do snakes use a Jacobson's Organ?
Sight
Smell
Hearing
Taste
What is the process by which a larva transforms into an adult form?
metamorphosis
maturation
pedomorphosis
morphogenesis
What allows animals to feed and reproduce with minimal interference?
Repricocity
Territoriality
Teamwork
Evolution
What is a lobe-finned fish that was thought to be a transitional form between fish and amphibians?
Tiktaalik
Knightia
Coelacanth
Archaeopteryx
What are hollow head structures made of bone covered in keratin?
Antlers
Horns
Gorers
Velvet
What is the transparent third eyelid that dogs, birds and lizards have?
Nictitating membrane
Parietal eyelid
Jacobson's organ
Pit organ
What are the routes that birds follow year after year?
Migratory routes
Flyways
Highways
Magnetic lines
What process is used by birds to keep eggs warm until they develop properly?
Gestation
Marsupiation
Incubation
Oviparation
What are the aquatic adult forms of salamanders?
Efts
Newts
Caecilians
Larva
What type of animal is able to run or swim almost immediately after hatching?
Altricial
Precocial
