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Animal Structure

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the hierarchy of animal structure?

a)
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism
b)
tissues, cells, organs, organ systems, organism
c)
organs, cells, tissues, organism, organ systems
d)
cells, tissues, organs, organism, organ systems
2.

What are the main types of tissue?

a)

epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous

b)

connective, nervous and cartilage

c)

muscle, cartilage, dermal and spinal

d)

epithelial, connective nervous and cartilage

3.

Which tissue is this ?

free surfaces, closely packed cells, forms a continuous barrier between body and outside environment

a)
Muscle tissue
b)
Nervous tissue
c)
Connective tissue
d)
Epithelial tissue
4.

Where are epithelial tissue found?

a)
Located in the nervous system
b)
Mainly present in blood vessels
c)
Covering the body surface, lining organs, and forming glands
d)
Found only in bones
5.

What are the functions of epithelial tissue?

a)

protection from external environments, absorption of nutrients, exchange of materials, and secretion from glands

b)

protection from internal environments absorption of nutrients, exchange of materials and secretion of kidneys

c)

protection from external environments absorption of minerals, exchange of materials and secretion of glands

6.

What are the basic shapes of epithelial tissues ?

a)
Squamous, Cuboidal, Columnar
b)

Rhomboid, Triangular, Circular

7.

What is a squamous shape ?

a)
Round, thick, and smooth
b)
Cuboidal, elongated, and rough
c)
Triangular, wide, and bumpy
d)
Flat, thin, and scale-like
8.

what is a cuboidal shape ?

a)

A cuboidal shape is as tall as they are wide shaped

b)
A cuboidal shape cell is a type of cell that has a triangular shape.
c)
A cuboidal shape cell is a type of cell that has a spherical shape.
9.

what is a columnar shape ?

a)

A columnar shape is taller and narrow, then they are wide

b)
A columnar shape is irregular and asymmetrical.
c)

A columnar shape is a regular and narrow shape, as well as thin

10.

What are connective tissues?

a)
Connective tissues are a type of muscle tissue
b)
Connective tissues are found only in the brain
c)
Connective tissues are responsible for producing hormones
d)
Connective tissues are a group of tissues that provide support and connection between different structures in the body.
11.

What are the three types of connective tissue fibers ?

a)

Collagen, Elastic, and Reticular

b)

Muscle, Collagen, and Myotome

c)

Myocommata, Actin and Reticular

d)

Reticular, Elastic and Myosin

12.

What are collagen fibers ?

a)
Collagen fibers are the main structural protein found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissues.
b)
Collagen fibers are responsible for storing energy in the body
c)

Collagen fibers provide strength and flexibility

d)
Collagen fibers are a type of muscle tissue
13.

What are Elastic fibers ?

a)
Elastic fibers are made of collagen and keratin proteins.
b)

Elastic fibers stretch and snap back to original length

c)
Elastic fibers are responsible for bone formation.
d)
Elastic fibers are connective tissue fibers made up of elastin and fibrillin proteins.
14.

What are Reticular fibers ?

a)
Reticular fibers are collagen fibers that form a mesh-like network in various organs.
b)
Reticular fibers are smooth muscle fibers found in the heart.
c)
Reticular fibers are nerve fibers responsible for transmitting pain signals.
d)

Reticular fibers connect connective tissues to adjacent tissues

15.

Fibers can not be _____ by humans

a)

digested

b)
smelled
c)
touched
d)

changed

16.

what is the basic structure of connective tissue?

a)
Blood, muscle, and bone
b)
Nucleus, cytoplasm, and membrane
c)
Cells, fibers, and ground substance
d)
Cells, fibers, and liquid
17.

What are the 6 major types of connective tissue

a)

muscle tissue, dense connective tissue, adipose tissue, blood, bone and cartilage tissue

b)

nerve tissue, muscle tissue, dense adipose tissue, blood, cartilage and loose connective tissue

c)
loose connective tissue, dense connective tissue, adipose tissue, blood, bone, and cartilage
18.

What are the three types of muscle ?

a)
skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle
b)

striated muscle, smooth muscle, and voluntary muscle

19.

warm themselves mainly by absorbing heat from the environment. Little or no internal mechanism for controlling body temperature. ex: reptiles

a)
Endothermic animals
b)
Homeothermic animals
c)
Heterothermic animals
d)
Ectothermic animals
20.

can (within limits) control internal body temperature regardless of environmental temperature. ex) humans

a)
Ectothermic
b)

endothermic

c)
Poikilothermic
d)
Heterothermic
21.

four ways heat can be exchanged

a)
conduction, convection, radiation, evaporation
b)

induction, convection, sublimation, evaporation

22.

what is thermoregulation ?

a)
Thermoregulation is the process of maintaining water balance in organisms.
b)
Thermoregulation is the process of converting light into energy.
c)
Thermoregulation is the process of cell division in organisms.
d)
Thermoregulation is the process by which organisms maintain a stable internal temperature.
23.

What is acclimatization ?

a)
The process of changing one's appearance
b)
The process of learning a new skill quickly
c)
The process of adapting to a new language
d)
The process of adjusting to a new environment or climate over time.
24.

A positive feedback loop is

a)
A process that diminishes an effect by its own influence on the process.
b)
A situation where the output is reduced by the input.
c)
A mechanism that maintains stability in a system.
d)
A process that enhances or amplifies an effect by its own influence on the process.
25.

a negative feedback loop is..

a)
a process that enhances changes to the input of a system
b)
a process that has no effect on the input of a system
c)
a process that opposes changes to the input of a system
d)
a process that accelerates changes to the input of a system
26.

Describe the nervous tissue

a)
Nervous tissue is responsible for producing hormones.
b)
Nervous tissue is composed of muscle cells.
c)
Nervous tissue is composed of neurons and glial cells.
d)
Nervous tissue is found in the digestive system.