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Animal Science and What's An Animal Test 2021

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

From our discussion, what were dogs responsible for?

a)

the advent of civilization

b)

the invention of the wheel

c)

discovery of the New World

d)

feeding humans

2.

Why were sheep and goats first animals domesticated with the help of dogs?

a)

their small size

b)

because they naturally form large herds

c)

ideal temperament )personality)

d)

all the answers

3.

The desert pupfish has to

a)

deal with a change of 114 degree to 45 degree daily

b)

very high salinity

c)

high pH

d)

all the above

4.

Plants make their own food from the sun so that makes them an

a)

haploid

b)

diploid

c)

heterotroph

d)

autotroph

5.

All animals have ____________ cells meaning all cell parts are contained within membranes. (Think SpongeBob lunch bow with all your food nicely wrapped in baggies :)

a)

diploid

b)

eukaryote

c)

haploid

d)

prokaryote

6.

ALL animals are motile at some stage of life.

a)

false

b)

true

7.

All animals have bones.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

Heterotrophs

a)

make their own food.

b)

must eat other living things.

c)

are haploid.

d)

means being chemosynthesis

9.

Animals have ____________ cells meaning they have paired chromosomes. ( IE: TWO )

a)

diploid

b)

haploid

c)

sessile

d)

fossorial

10.

This is a ______________ cell. The DNA is loose within the cell. ( Think: the lazy mom packing your lunch in your Spongebob lunchbox )

a)

eukaryote

b)

prokaryote

c)

sessile

d)

fossorial

11.

Some animals are autotrophs.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

This is an animal.

a)

false

b)

true

13.

A carnivore is a animal that

a)

makes its own food.

b)

has carnassial teeth.

c)

eats other animals.

d)

has scales.

14.

This is the worlds most aggressive fish.

a)

Piranah

b)

African tiger fish

c)

Pygmy shark

d)

Whale shark

15.

The small anglerfish in this picture are the ________.

a)

males

b)

female

16.

The largest species of fish is the ______________.

a)

great white shark.

b)

blue fin tuna.

c)

whale shark.

d)

blue whale.

17.

This tiny parasitic catfish is why you DONT urinate in the Amazon River! ______________.

a)

great white shark.

b)

blue fin tuna.

c)

candiru

d)

blue whale.

18.

With 30,000 species of fish they are the most diverse of all the vertebrates.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

These larva are

a)

reptiles

b)

pupae

c)

amphibians

d)

invertabrates

20.

Which class of vertebrates have permeable skin?

a)

reptiles

b)

amphibians

c)

fish

d)

insects

21.

The term "ectothermic" means amphibians, fish and reptiles are all

a)

warm blooded.

b)

cold blooded.

c)

filled with ectoplasma.

22.

This term means amphibians are measurement of their ecosystems health :__________________________.

a)

ectothermic

b)

permeable

c)

fossorial

d)

indicator species.

23.

The 'canary in a coal mine' saying reflects amphibians

a)

a) ability to live in caves.

b)

b) acting as an early warning system in a ecosystem.

c)

c) being first animals dying or sickening in a ecosystem endangered by toxins or pollution thus giving a cue to the danger.

d)

both 'b' and 'c'

24.

Largest frog species is the

a)

chorus frog

b)

African goliath frog

c)

American bullfrog

d)

spring peeper

25.

This is the worlds smallest turtle species!

a)

Spotted padloper tortosie

b)

Leatherback

c)

Galapagos tortosie

26.

The female of this species can get to 32 feet long making it the worlds longest snake!

a)

Burmese python

b)

Rock python

c)

Reticulated python

d)

female green anaconda

27.

This is the heaviest snake species, can weigh up to 850 lbs!

a)

yellow anaconda

b)

reticulated python

c)

green anaconda, female

d)

boomslang

28.

Lizards were around at the same time as dinosaurs.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Reptiles are the fist class of vertebrates with this multiple layered eggs?

a)

simple jelly-like eggs as with fish

b)

fertilized

c)

amniotic

d)

abiotic

30.

Which animals are the descendants of the dinosaurs?

a)

crocodiles

b)

lizards

c)

birds

d)

snakes

31.

What physical feature helps determine the diet of the bird?

a)

feet

b)

feathers

c)

beak

d)

sternum

32.

These are the smallest penguins and native to New Zealand.

a)

Jackass penguin

b)

Macaroni penguin

c)

Fairy penguin

d)

Imperial penguin

33.

This was the worlds largest bird but hunted to extiction :(

a)

llama bird

b)

big chicken

c)

great ostrich

d)

moa

34.

In bird species this sex is not very colorful due to having to sit in nest for hours.

a)

male.

b)

female.

35.

Both birds and mammals have how many chambers in their hearts?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

36.

Ungulates are animals who have

a)

cloacas

b)

hooves

c)

exoskeletons

d)

permeable skin

37.

Is this eagle in the order Carnivora?

a)

Yes

b)

No

38.

Having one hole means

a)

monotreme

b)

bitreme

c)

gestation

d)

sessile

39.

Rodents are the

a)

most numerous mammal order with over 2,000 species.

b)

mammal order with carnassial teeth.

c)

mammal order with even toed hooves.

40.

Monotremes are very primitive mammals who

a)

lay eggs

b)

have a cloaca

c)

have a pouch

d)

lay eggs and have a cloaca

41.

This picture shows a

a)

placental mammal.

b)

marsupial.

c)

monotreme

42.

All mammals in the order Carnivora are unique due to the presence of ______________teeth.

a)

canine

b)

carnassial

c)

molars

d)

incisors

43.

Snakes are in the order Carnivora.

a)

True.

b)

False.

44.

This mammal has ________ neck vertebrae.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

3

d)

7

45.

The scientific term for pregnancy is

a)

gestation

b)

puberty

c)

age of sexual maturity

d)

living in trees

46.

The koala has a gestation of ____ days.

a)

34

b)

113

c)

365

d)

700

47.

Endothermic means

a)

cold blooded

b)

warm blooded

c)

skeleton on the outside

d)

marsupial

48.

Primates are known for

a)

arboreal life.

b)

having carnassial teeth.

c)

being ungulates.

d)

not having colr vision.

49.

4,200 is the number of which Class species?

a)

fish

b)

Insectvora

c)

mammals

d)

birds

50.

One unique trait of mammals is

a)

having fur.

b)

being endothermic.

c)

having a 4 chambered heart.

d)

giving live birth.

51.

Which animal has 3 inner ear bones?

a)

a Burmese python

b)

a hawk

c)

a Komodo dragon

d)

human ( the zoo keeper......) AND the walrus :)

52.

Animal Science is the study of

a)

life

b)

plants

c)

farm animals only

d)

livestock, exotic livestock,pets and captive animals

53.

Livestock are used for

a)

meat

b)

eggs

c)

work

d)

all the above

54.

The first animal to be domesticated over 25,000 years ago was the

a)

cat

b)

turkey

c)

sheep

d)

dog

55.

Cattle were first used for

a)

work

b)

meat

c)

companionship

d)

fur

56.

The second animal domesticated was the _____ probably due to small size eased handling

a)

cattle

b)

sheep

c)

horse

d)

chicken

57.

This would be an example of what category?

a)

exotic livestock

b)

companion animal

c)

livestock

58.

The biggest anglerfish in this picture is a________.

a)

male

b)

female

59.

One thing ALL mammals share is

a)

giving milk to their young.

b)

having eyes.

c)

giving live birth

d)

having carnassial teeth.

60.

Birds have physical adaptations to enable flight.

a)

true

b)

false