WorksheetsAnimal Origins Vocab
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A change in an organism as a result of one or several conditions of its environment.
a)
Adaptation
b)
Domesticate
c)
Breed
d)
Biotechnology
2.
Animals that are the same species but have different distinguishing characteristics.
a)
Breed
b)
Adaptation
c)
Evolution
d)
Hierarchy
3.
The forming, sorting, apportioning, grouping, or dividing of objects into classes to form an ordered arrangement of items having a defined range of characteristics
a)
Classification
b)
Binomial Nomenclature
c)
Taxonomy
d)
Domesticate
4.
A guide used to identify organisms based on a series of choices
a)
Dichotomous Key
b)
Taxonomy
c)
Binomial Nomenclature
d)
Classification
5.
To bring wild animals under the control of humans over a long period of time to provide useful products and services; the process involves careful handling, breeding, and care.
a)
Domesticate
b)
Taxonomy
c)
Classification
d)
Biotechnology
6.
Gradual change in succeeding generations of plants and animals, brought about by variations in reproductive habits, mutations, recombination, crossbreeding, selection, migrations, and genetic drift
a)
Evolution
b)
Domesticate
c)
Adaptation
d)
Classification
7.
Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
a)
Hierarchy
b)
Taxonomy
c)
Binomial Nomenclature
d)
Classification
8.
One of the six major areas in which all life forms are classified, i.e., Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animali
a)
Kingdom
b)
Adaptation
c)
Classification
d)
Binomial Nomenclature
9.
The breeding of selected plants or animals chosen because of certain desirable qualities or fitness, as contrasted to random or chance breeding.
a)
Selective Breeding
b)
Domesticate
c)
Adaptation
d)
Classification
10.
The system used to give scientific names to plants and animals and other organisms.
a)
Binomial Nomenclature
b)
Taxonomy
c)
Classification
d)
Dichotomous Key
11.
group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus
a)
Species
b)
Dometicate
c)
Adaptation
d)
Classification
12.
The science of classification of organisms and other objects and their arrangement into systematic groups such as species, genus, family, and order.
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Binomial Nomenclature
c)
Classification
d)
Dichotomous Key
13.
Technology concerning the application of biological and engineeringtechnoques to microorganisms, plants, and animals, sometimes used in the narrower sense of genetic engineering.
a)
Biotechnology
b)
Domesticate
c)
Breed
d)
Taxonomy
14.
Before Common Era (also called B.C.: Before Christ)
a)
B.C.E
b)
A.D.
c)
Species
d)
Breed
15.
Anno Domini (Latin for "the year of the Lord)
a)
A.D.
b)
B.C.E.
c)
Species
d)
Breed
16.
diagram that depicts the lines of evolutionary descent of different species, organisms, or genes from a common ancestor
a)
Phylogenic Tree
b)
Taxonomy
c)
Dichotomous Key
d)
Binomial Nomenclature
17.
cattle
a)
Bovine
b)
Caprine
c)
Feline
d)
Swine
18.
sheep
a)
Ovine
b)
Bovine
c)
Caprine
d)
Swine
19.
pigs
a)
Swine
b)
Bovine
c)
Caprine
d)
Equine
20.
dogs
a)
Canine
b)
Caprine
c)
Feline
d)
Equine
21.
cats
a)
Feline
b)
Ovine
c)
Canine
d)
Swine
22.
goats
a)
Caprine
b)
Canine
c)
Ovine
d)
Poultry
23.
chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc.
a)
Poultry
b)
Caprine
c)
Canine
d)
Swine
24.
horses
a)
Equine
b)
Bovine
c)
Feline
d)
Swine
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