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Chapter 1 Test For Apologia Zoology Book 1. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

A large naturally occurring community of plants (flora) and animals (fauna) occupying a major habitat is called a
a) Biome
b) Binomial nomenclature
c) Home
d) Biosphere

What is an example of an endangered species from the animals listed below?
a) Trumpeter swans
b) Passenger pigeons
c) Great White sharks
d) Lemmings

Errors have been made in qualifying animals as extinct. Which of the following creatures was thought extinct, but has been discovered to still exist?
a) Takahe (a New Zealand bird)
b) Dodo birds
c) Passenger pigeons
d) Tyrannosaurus Rex

Some examples of animals that are extinct are:
a) Dodo birds, Passenger pigeons, and most dinosaurs
b) Dodo birds, Trumpeter swans, and Takahe
c) Trumpeter swans and Passenger pigeons
d) Miami blue butterlies, Blackburn's sphinx moths and Dodo birds

Animals that no longer have any of their breed living on the earth are said to be
a) Extinct
b) Endangered
c) Rare
d) Fossils

Animals that are dying out and may become extinct are called
a) Endangered species
b) Extinct
c) Exiting species
d) Evolution

The God-given, built-in need to do something for survival is known as:
a) Instinct
b) Extinct
c) Camouflage
d) Evolutionary development

What are the places where animals live called?
a) Habitats
b) Inhabitants
c) Living places
d) Endangered areas

The things that change in an experiment are known as
a) Variables
b) Variations
c) Dynamics
d) Mistakes

When air presses against you or against another object it is called
a) Air pressure
b) Aerodynamics
c) Airfoil
d) Air mechanics

The force that pushes against or resists an animal or object as it travels through the air (and thereby slowing it down) is called:
a) Drag
b) Airfoil
c) Thrust
d) Lift

When a bird flaps its wings, the wings provide a force that makes the bird go faster. This force is called:
a) Thrust
b) Lift
c) Drag
d) Airfoil

Air pushing a bird's wing up harder than it pushes the wing down is called:
a) Lift
b) Airfoil
c) Thrust
d) Drag

What is the correct order of classifying living things?
a) KPCOFGS
b) KCOPFSG
c) KPSGPOF
d) KFCPSOG

The way that scientists write scientific names of animals with two names is called:
a) binomial nomenclature
b) two namesism
c) bipedal naming
d) binomial classification

What is taxonomy?
a) The grouping and naming of all living things.
b) The process of paying taxes each year.
c) The study of tax law.
d) The taxing of zoologists.

What does a zoologist do?
a) A zoologist studies animals.
b) A zoologist studies moths.
c) A zoologist studies zoo construction.
d) A zoologist studies plant life.

What is zoology?
a) The study of animals.
b) The study of zoos.
c) The study of stars.
d) The study of science.

The five main biomes in the world are:
a) Aquatic, deserts, forests, tundra, grasslands
b) Water, dirt, sand, soil, wheat
c) Grass, dirt, trees, weeds, tarmac
d) Oil, fire, wind, air, earth

What does the K in KPCOFGS stand for?
a) Kingdom
b) Kind
c) King
d) Ketchup

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