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1º E.S.O. - Life functions in animals

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Regarding to the type of nutrition, all animals are:

a)

Autotrophic

b)

Heterotrophic

c)

Carnivores

d)

Herbivores

2.

If the gas exchange takes place through the skin, that is called:

a)

Cutaneous respiration

b)

Pulmonary respiration

c)

Branquial respiration

d)

Traqueal respiration

3.

Fish, molluscs and crustaceans have:

a)

Cutaneous respiration

b)

Pulmonary respiration

c)

Branquial respiration

d)

Traqueal respiration

4.

If air enters the body through small openings located on the abdomen and moves into a network which carry air directly to the cells, that is:

a)

Cutaneous respiration

b)

Pulmonary respiration

c)

Branquial respiration

d)

Traqueal respiration

5.

Terrestrial vertebrates breathe thanks to:

a)

Cutaneous respiration

b)

Pulmonary respiration

c)

Branquial respiration

d)

Traqueal respiration

6.

The circulatory system in which the circulating fluid can move in and out of the vessels and bathes the tissues of the body is called:

a)

Free

b)

Close

c)

Open

d)

Cold

7.

Annelids, cephalopods and vertebrates have a circulatory system which is:

a)

Close

b)

Open

c)

Free

d)

Cold

8.

In annelids and vertebrates, the circulating fluid of the circulatory system is called:

a)

Hemolymph

b)

Hydrolymph

c)

Blood

9.

In molluscs and arthropods, the circulating fluid of the circulatory system is called:

a)

Hemolymph

b)

Hydrolymph

c)

Blood

10.

In echinoderms, the circulating fluid of the circulatory system is called:

a)

Hemolymph

b)

Hydrolymph

c)

Blood

11.

Specialized, sensory cells that receive stimuli from the external or internal environment are:

a)

Effectors

b)

Regulators

c)

Coordinators

d)

Receptors

12.

Receptors that detect light are called:

a)

Photoreceptors

b)

Mechanoreceptors

c)

Chemoreceptors

d)

Thermoreceptors

13.

Receptors that detect sound are called:

a)

Photoreceptors

b)

Mechanoreceptors

c)

Chemoreceptors

d)

Thermoreceptors

14.

Receptors that detect smell and taste are called:

a)

Photoreceptors

b)

Mechanoreceptors

c)

Chemoreceptors

d)

Thermoreceptors

15.

Some snakes can detect heat of their preys with their:

a)

Mechanoreceptors

b)

Thermoreceptors

c)

Photoreceptors

d)

Chemoreceptors

16.

The organ that detects sea currents in fish is called:

a)

Lateral line

b)

Pit organs

c)

Heat organs

d)

Tongue

17.

The effectors are:

a)

Nervous and endocrine systems

b)

The organ senses

c)

Muscles, bones and glands

d)

All of them

18.

The type of reproduction in which one progenitor produces a new genetically identical living thing is:

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

19.

The type of reproduction in which two progenitors produce a new living thing similar to both of them is:

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

20.

If a new organism grows from a fragment of the progenitor, that is called:

a)

Binary fission

b)

Fragmentation

c)

Regeneration

d)

Budding

21.

The reproductive cells are called:

a)

Gonads

b)

Gametes

c)

Testes

d)

Ovaries

22.

When an individual has male and female gonads at the same time, it is called:

a)

Sexual dimorphism

b)

Hermaphrodite

c)

Alternation of generations

23.

Almost all animals have separated sexes that can be distinguished by physical differences like size, shape or colour. We call that:

a)

Sexual dimorphism

b)

Hermaphrodite

c)

Alternation of generations

24.

When the union of gametes happens outside the body of the female, it is:

a)

Internal fertilization

b)

External fertilization

c)

Copulation

d)

Reproduction

25.

When the union of gametes happens inside the body of the female, it is:

a)

Internal fertilization

b)

External fertilization

c)

Copulation

d)

Reproduction

26.

Terrestrial animals, aquatic mammals and sharks have:

a)

Internal fertilization

b)

External fertilization

27.

Most aquatic animals and amphibians have:

a)

Internal fertilization

b)

External fertilization

28.

If the embryo develops inside an egg outside the female body, that animal is:

a)

Oviparous

b)

Viviparous

c)

Ovoviviparous

29.

If the embryo develops inside an egg inside the female body, that animal is:

a)

Oviparous

b)

Viviparous

c)

Ovoviviparous

30.

If the embryo develops inside the female body, that animal is:

a)

Oviparous

b)

Viviparous

c)

Ovoviviparous

31.

When the offspring are similar in appearance to the adult and the development simply involves a growth process, that is:

a)

Direct development

b)

Indirect development

32.

When the young or larvae go to profound changes until they become adults, that is:

a)

Direct development

b)

Indirect development

33.

If the young (larvae) go to profound changes until they become adults, these changes make up the process called:

a)

Moulting

b)

Ecdysis

c)

Metamorphosis

d)

Direct development