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