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Intro to Zoology Vocab

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor

a)

Clade

b)

Phylum

c)

zoology

d)

genus

2.

a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common

a)

Taxon

b)

Derived

c)

Cladistics

d)

species

3.

(of a plant or animal structure) attached directly by its base without a stalk or peduncle.

a)

Sessile

b)

Zooanthellae

c)

order

d)

class

4.

What type of diaagram is this

a)

Bar

b)

order

c)

Cladogram

d)

evolution

5.

The comparison of the structure (anatomy) of one animal or plant with the structure of a different animal or plant.

a)

Comparative anatomy

b)

Taxon

c)

Taxonomy

d)

Linneaus

6.

the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.

a)

Morphology

b)

Zoology

c)

Genus

7.

a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo

a)

Genus

b)

class

c)

fungi

d)

clade

8.

a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.

a)

Phylum

b)

Class

c)

Order

d)

Family

9.

the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.

a)

Taxon

b)

Zoology

c)

Species

d)

Motile

10.

a 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 and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.

a)

Phylum

b)

Family

c)

Species

d)

Genus

11.

the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet.

a)

Binomial

Nomenclature

b)

Cladistics

c)

Derived

d)

Zoology

12.

The Largest kingdom with over 1 million known species,mulitcellular,reproduce sexually

a)

Class

b)

Animalia

c)

Order

d)

Fungi

e)

a