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What Is Zoology?
Test Description: Chapter 1 test for Apologia Zoology Book 1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is zoology?
A
The study of stars.
B
The study of zoos.
C
The study of science.
D
The study of animals.
2) What does a zoologist do?
A
A zoologist studies animals.
B
A zoologist studies zoo construction.
C
A zoologist studies plant life.
D
A zoologist studies moths.
3) What is taxonomy?
A
The study of tax law.
B
The taxing of zoologists.
C
The grouping and naming of all living things.
D
The process of paying taxes each year.
4) What is the correct order of classifying living things?
A
KPCOFGS
B
KFCPSOG
C
KCOPFSG
D
KPSGPOF
5) The way that scientists write scientific names of animals with two names is called:
A
two namesism
B
binomial nomenclature
C
binomial classification
D
bipedal naming
6) Air pushing a bird's wing up harder than it pushes the wing down is called:
A
Lift
B
Drag
C
Airfoil
D
Thrust
7) When a bird flaps its wings, the wings provide a force that makes the bird go faster. This force is called:
A
Lift
B
Drag
C
Airfoil
D
Thrust
8) 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
Thrust
B
Lift
C
Airfoil
D
Drag
9) When air presses against you or against another object it is called
A
Aerodynamics
B
Air mechanics
C
Airfoil
D
Air pressure
10) The things that change in an experiment are known as
A
Variables
B
Variations
C
Mistakes
D
Dynamics
11) What are the places where animals live called?
A
Habitats
B
Living places
C
Endangered areas
D
Inhabitants
12) The God-given, built-in need to do something for survival is known as:
A
Evolutionary development
B
Instinct
C
Extinct
D
Camouflage
13) Animals that no longer have any of their breed living on the earth are said to be
A
Fossils
B
Rare
C
Extinct
D
Endangered
14) Animals that are dying out and may become extinct are called
A
Extinct
B
Exiting species
C
Evolution
D
Endangered species
15) Some examples of animals that are extinct are:
A
Miami blue butterlies, Blackburn's sphinx moths and Dodo birds
B
Trumpeter swans and Passenger pigeons
C
Dodo birds, Trumpeter swans, and Takahe
D
Dodo birds, Passenger pigeons, and most dinosaurs
16) 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
Passenger pigeons
B
Tyrannosaurus Rex
C
Dodo birds
D
Takahe (a New Zealand bird)
17) What is an example of an endangered species from the animals listed below?
A
Great White sharks
B
Lemmings
C
Trumpeter swans
D
Passenger pigeons
18) A large naturally occurring community of plants (flora) and animals (fauna) occupying a major habitat is called a
A
Home
B
Binomial nomenclature
C
Biosphere
D
Biome
19) The five main biomes in the world are:
A
Oil, fire, wind, air, earth
B
Water, dirt, sand, soil, wheat
C
Aquatic, deserts, forests, tundra, grasslands
D
Grass, dirt, trees, weeds, tarmac
20) What does the K in KPCOFGS stand for?
A
Kind
B
Kingdom
C
Ketchup
D
King
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