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Unit 3 & 4 Test

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 12hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Animals that use modified gills or other structures as nets that remove food items out of water

a)

carnivores

b)

scavengers

c)

filter feeders

d)

fluid feeders

2.

Organism that eats only plants for energy.

a)

Carnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Terivore

3.

Organism that eats only meat for energy.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Borivore

c)

Herbivore

d)

Carnivore

4.

Extracellular digestion

a)

The simplest animals, such as sponges, digest food inside specialized cells that pass nutrients to other cells by diffusion.

b)

Process in which food is broken down outside cells in a digestive system and then absorbed.

c)

Digestive chamber with a single opening

5.

Solid waste eliminated by an animal's digestive system.

a)

feces

b)

urine

c)

mucus

d)

bile

6.

Meat-eating animals, such as lions and tigers, use their ______ for tearing flesh.

a)

long, sharp teeth

b)

wide, flat teeth

c)

proboscis

d)

beak

7.

Plant-eating animals use their ________ for chewing grass.

a)

long, sharp teeth

b)

wide, flat teeth

c)

proboscis

d)

beak

8.

When ruminants "chew the cud", they are

a)

regurgitating food to chew it again

b)

belching to release gas from fermenting food

c)

passing gas

d)

regurgitating food they don't want

9.

The movement by diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide across a membrane

a)

Ventilation

b)

Breathing

c)

Gas exchange

d)

Osmosis

10.
Terrestrial arthropods, like insects, have ___ which are openings to the external environment that allow air into the body.
a)
spiracles
b)
bronchioles
c)
trachea
d)
tracheoles
11.

Fish have organs called _______ that enable oxygen to diffuse into their bodies and carbon dioxide to diffuse out.

a)

tracheal tubes

b)

spiracles

c)

gills

d)

lungs

12.

Which animal can breathe through their skin?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

What is the purpose of circulation?

a)

Supply O2 and nutrients, remove cellular waste

b)

break down the food

c)

get oxygen into the lungs

d)

remove solid waste

14.

The two types of circulatory systems are...

a)

open and closed

b)

open and shut

c)

pulmonary and closed

d)

pulmonary and systemic

15.

Humans have

a)

an open circulatory system

b)

a closed circulatory system

c)

no circulatory system

d)

an external circulatory system

16.

Insects and mollusks have

a)

an open circulatory system

b)

a closed circulatory system

c)

no circulatory system

d)

an external circulatory system

17.

System that eliminates waste products, including ammonia, from the body in order to maintain homeostasis

a)

respiratory

b)

excretory

c)

integumentary

d)

digestive

18.

Many animals - including most terrestrial vertebrates - use ____ to remove nitrogen wastes, excess water, salts, toxins, and sugar.

a)

skin

b)

feces

c)

kidneys

d)

lungs

19.
Changes in an organism's environment that cause a response
a)
Tropism
b)
Hormone
c)
Stimuli
d)
Response
20.

What organ system does the neuron belong to?

a)

respiratory system

b)

digestive system

c)

muscular system

d)

nervous system

21.

Brain evolution in vertebrates follows a general trend of ____ size and complexity.

a)

no change in

b)

decreasing

c)

increasing

d)

shrinking

22.

Which is NOT used to provide an animal with structural support?

a)

endoskeleton

b)

exoskeleton

c)

hydrostatic skeleton

d)

nerve net

23.

Which term describes a protective support structure found on the outside of certain organisms?

a)

endoskeleton

b)

exoskeleton

c)

cartilage skeleton

d)

hydrostatic skeleton

24.

How many parents are needed for asexual reproduction?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

25.

Which type of reproduction is faster?

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

26.

Which type of reproduction results in greater genetic diversity?

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

27.

is the development of an egg into an individual without being fertilized by a sperm cell

a)

cloning

b)

parthenogenesis

c)

binary fission

d)

budding

28.

Fertilization that occurs inside the body

a)

Internal Fertilization

b)

External Fertilization

29.

Fertilization that takes place in the water (aquatic animals) is

a)

Viviparous without fertilization

b)

Oviparous with External fertilization

c)

Viviparous with external fertilization

d)

Oviparous with internal fertilization

30.

These animals develop inside the mother's womb

a)

viviparous

b)

ovoviviparous

c)

oviparous

31.
An organism that relies on the environment for body heat should be classed as:
a)
Poikilotherm
b)
Homeotherm
c)
Endotherm
d)
Ectotherm
32.
A behavior that is inherited rather than acquired.
a)
learned
b)
innate
c)
social
d)
trial and error
33.
A behavior that has been developed from experience.
a)
social
b)
innate
c)
learned
d)
aggression
34.

Using past learned experiences to respond to a new situation or challenge

a)

insight

b)

reflex

c)

instinct

d)

circadian rhythm

35.
An organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it.
a)
reflex
b)
habituation
c)
territoriality
d)
classical conditioning
36.
The process by which certain animals form strong attachments during an early-life critical period.
a)
migration
b)
imprinting
c)
stimulus
d)
dominance
37.

Any biological behavior/process that functions on a 24 hour cycle.

a)

hibernation

b)

migration

c)

estivation

d)

circadian rhythm

38.

A period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allows them to survive on stored body fat.

a)

pheromone

b)

dormancy

c)

submission

d)

estivation

39.
A regular, long-distance change in location due to resource availability.
a)
stimulus
b)
imprinting
c)
migration
d)
classical conditioning
40.

The interaction between animals of the same species, generally involving some form of communication.

a)

innate behavior

b)

response

c)

reflex

d)

social behavior

41.
A social interaction with the sole purpose of finding a mate.
a)
courtship
b)
hibernation
c)
aggression
d)
submission
42.
A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior of another animal of the same species.
a)
submission
b)
hibernation
c)
pheromone
d)
courtship
43.

What is the lateral line of the perch?

a)

the kidney

b)

the intestine

c)

a line of nerve tissure sensitive to movement

d)

liver

44.

How does a perch obtain oxygen?

a)

lungs

b)

gills

c)

kidnesy

d)

liver

45.

The bony plates covering a bony fish's gills (A in the picture):

a)

Operculum

b)

Caudal fin

c)

Dorsal fin

d)

Lateral line

46.

Adaptation of frog feet for swimming in water

a)

hind legs

b)

webbed feet

c)

toes

d)

teeth

47.
Name this organ...
a)
Lungs
b)
Heart
c)
Small intestine
d)
Large intestine
48.

Name this organ...(these were more yellow in our frogs)

a)

Fatty bodies

b)

Liver

c)

Small Intestine

d)

Pancreas

49.
Name this organ...
a)
Brain
b)
Lungs
c)
Teeth
d)
Eardrum (tympanum)