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INTRO TO ZOOLOGY

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First to attempt a comprehensive classification of animals. Known as "Father of Zoology".

a)

Aristotle

b)

Konrad Gesner

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Charles Darwin

2.

A physician who dissected animals to study human anatomy and his works became the standard for use in medicine.

a)

Galen

b)

Aristotle

c)

Andreas Vesalius

d)

Pliny the Elder

3.

Study of the structure of entire organisms and their parts.

a)

Anatomy

b)

Physiology

c)

Genetics

d)

Ecology

4.

Study of the function of organisms and their parts.

a)

Anatomy

b)

Physiology

c)

Histology

d)

Ecology

5.

Study of insects.

a)

Entomology

b)

Herpetology

c)

Mammalogy

d)

Omithology

6.

Study of fishes.

a)

Entomology

b)

Ichthyology

c)

Omithology

d)

Herpetology

7.

What is the boiling point of water?

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8.

What is the density of water as a liquid?

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9.

Element capable of forming large molecules found in living organisms.

(a)  

10.

In which of the following characteristics does the below statement falls into?


"Anna runs from her house to school."

a)

Movement

b)

Sensitivity

c)

Growth

d)

Reproduction

e)

Nutrition

11.

In which of the following characteristics does the below statement falls into?


"Edna is taller than last year by 2"."

a)

Movement

b)

Sensitivity

c)

Growth

d)

Reproduction

e)

Nutrition

12.

In which of the following characteristics does the below statement falls into?


"There is a sudden kicking movement of lower legs when our kneecaps are tapped sharply."

a)

Movement

b)

Sensitivity

c)

Growth

d)

Reproduction

e)

Nutrition

13.

In which of the following characteristics does the below statement falls into?


"Kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your body."

a)

Reproduction

b)

Sensitivity

c)

Growth

d)

Excretion

e)

Nutrition

14.

The main difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is the presence of __________.

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cell wall

c)

DNA

d)

Ribosomes

15.

Which structures are found in all types of living cells?

a)

Cell membranes and cell walls

b)

Cell walls and ribosomes

c)

Ribosomes and cell membranes

16.

The following are the basic parts of animal cell except for __________.

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

plasma membrane

d)

nucleus

17.

Cholesterol is present in the plasma membrane and organelle membranes of eukaryotic cells.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Some prokaryotic cells have chloroplasts.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which of the following is a function of the cell membrane?

a)

Supporting the cell

b)

Controlling the entry and exit of materials

c)

Storing water

20.

What is produced by ribosomes?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Protein

c)

Sugar

d)

Nucleic Acids

21.

Which of the following structures can be part of bacterial, fungal and plant cells, but is not present in animal cells?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Cell wall

c)

DNA

d)

RNA

22.

What is the name of a double layer of phospholipids (called lipid bilayer)?

a)

A. Plasma membrane

b)

B. Cytoskeloton

c)

C. Cellulose cell wall

d)

D. Fats

23.

Which best describes rough ER?

a)

Studded with ribosomes

b)

Connected to Golgi Apparatus

c)

Protected by vesicles

d)

Stored in the vacuole

24.

Which organelles are unique to plant cells?

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Vacuoles

d)

Centrosomes

25.

Which phrase describes passive transport?

a)

Requires transport proteins

b)

Requires no energy from the cell

c)

Requires isotonic solution

d)

Requires facilitation by enzymes

26.

What is the term for the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Active transport

c)

Filtration

d)

Facilitated diffusion

27.

The movement of molecules down a concentration gradient through transport proteins in the cell membrane is a type of _______.

a)

Selective transport

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

Osmosis

d)

Simple diffusion

28.

Which phrase best describes the property of selective permeability?

a)

Some molecules pass

b)

Large molecules pass

c)

All ions pass

d)

All molecules pass

29.

Unlike passive transport, active transport requires ________.

a)

Concentration gradients

b)

Diffusion

c)

Energy from the cell

d)

Vesicles

30.

Which type of cell?

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote