General Zoology Final Exam Questions
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Cells placed in this type of solution will shrivel - Answer-hypertonic
Active transport _______. - Answer-uses cellular energy to move from higher to
lower concentrations
The structures that are elongated appendages used for propelling the cell or for
moving material over the cell surface are the _____ and _____ - Answer-cilia and
flagella
A major function of the cell nucleus is - Answer-storing genetic information
Which of the following is not an example of an organ system? - Answer-Blood
The type of tissue that covers or lines structures is _______ - Answer-epithelial
tissue
The heart, lungs, and liver are examples of functional units called - Answer-organs
_____ transport molecules made in the nucleus to various parts of the cell. - Answer-
vaults
The classification system used today began with the work of ______. - Answer-Carl
von Linne
Each species has a unique name; _______ is the assignment of these names. -
Answer-nomenclature
The term _____ refers to any group of organisms that share a common set of
characteristics - Answer-taxon
To designate a species correctly, the binomial includes the _____ and _____ names.
- Answer-genus and species
The proper spelling of a scientific name - Answer-first letter of the genus is
capitalized, species is not capitalized. italicized if typed, underlined if written
Which of the following types of animals sometimes displays asymmetrical body
patterns? - Answer-sponges
______ describes how the parts of an organism are arranged around a point or an
axis. - Answer-symmetry
______ symmetry is the arrangement of body parts in such a way that any plane
passing through the oral-aboral axis divides the body into mirror images. - Answer-
radial
, Radially symmetrical organisms typically lack a head; the points of reference used
are _____ and ____. - Answer-oral and aboral
The absence of a central point or axis around which an animal's body parts are
equally distributed is called - Answer-asymmetry
The belly (usually lower) surface of most bilaterally symmetrical animals is ______. -
Answer-ventral
The back (usually upper) surface of a bilateral animal is ______. - Answer-dorsal
A head defines what point of reference? - Answer-anterior
Organisms with the simplest tissue-level organization are ______. - Answer-
diploblastic
In diploblastic organisms, the two tissue layers are _____ and ____. - Answer-
ectoderm and endoderm
the body of mollusks is divided into two main regions called the - Answer-head-foot
and visceral mass
The collar of a choanocyte _____. - Answer-filters food from the water
Ctenophores move with bands of cilia called _____. - Answer-comb rows
The twisting 180 degrees of the visceral mass, mantle, and mantle cavity of
gastropods is called - Answer-torsion
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of animals in the phylum cnidaria? -
Answer-bilateral symmetry in the adult form
In gastropods, food is trapped in mucus and incorporated into a rotating mucoid
mass called the __________, which extends to the stomach. - Answer-protostyle
The shell of a mollusc is secreted by the - Answer-mantle
The hook-bearing, holdfast structure of a tapeworm is called the - Answer-scolex
Snails, slugs, and limpets belong to the molluscan class - Answer-Gastropoda
What class of parasites in phylum Platyhelminthes lacks a digestive tract? - Answer-
cestoidea
The tapeworm strobila is made of many repeated units. What are these repeating
units called? - Answer-proglottids
What is the modified veliger stage of some freshwater bivalves called? - Answer-
glochidium
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Cells placed in this type of solution will shrivel - Answer-hypertonic
Active transport _______. - Answer-uses cellular energy to move from higher to
lower concentrations
The structures that are elongated appendages used for propelling the cell or for
moving material over the cell surface are the _____ and _____ - Answer-cilia and
flagella
A major function of the cell nucleus is - Answer-storing genetic information
Which of the following is not an example of an organ system? - Answer-Blood
The type of tissue that covers or lines structures is _______ - Answer-epithelial
tissue
The heart, lungs, and liver are examples of functional units called - Answer-organs
_____ transport molecules made in the nucleus to various parts of the cell. - Answer-
vaults
The classification system used today began with the work of ______. - Answer-Carl
von Linne
Each species has a unique name; _______ is the assignment of these names. -
Answer-nomenclature
The term _____ refers to any group of organisms that share a common set of
characteristics - Answer-taxon
To designate a species correctly, the binomial includes the _____ and _____ names.
- Answer-genus and species
The proper spelling of a scientific name - Answer-first letter of the genus is
capitalized, species is not capitalized. italicized if typed, underlined if written
Which of the following types of animals sometimes displays asymmetrical body
patterns? - Answer-sponges
______ describes how the parts of an organism are arranged around a point or an
axis. - Answer-symmetry
______ symmetry is the arrangement of body parts in such a way that any plane
passing through the oral-aboral axis divides the body into mirror images. - Answer-
radial
, Radially symmetrical organisms typically lack a head; the points of reference used
are _____ and ____. - Answer-oral and aboral
The absence of a central point or axis around which an animal's body parts are
equally distributed is called - Answer-asymmetry
The belly (usually lower) surface of most bilaterally symmetrical animals is ______. -
Answer-ventral
The back (usually upper) surface of a bilateral animal is ______. - Answer-dorsal
A head defines what point of reference? - Answer-anterior
Organisms with the simplest tissue-level organization are ______. - Answer-
diploblastic
In diploblastic organisms, the two tissue layers are _____ and ____. - Answer-
ectoderm and endoderm
the body of mollusks is divided into two main regions called the - Answer-head-foot
and visceral mass
The collar of a choanocyte _____. - Answer-filters food from the water
Ctenophores move with bands of cilia called _____. - Answer-comb rows
The twisting 180 degrees of the visceral mass, mantle, and mantle cavity of
gastropods is called - Answer-torsion
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of animals in the phylum cnidaria? -
Answer-bilateral symmetry in the adult form
In gastropods, food is trapped in mucus and incorporated into a rotating mucoid
mass called the __________, which extends to the stomach. - Answer-protostyle
The shell of a mollusc is secreted by the - Answer-mantle
The hook-bearing, holdfast structure of a tapeworm is called the - Answer-scolex
Snails, slugs, and limpets belong to the molluscan class - Answer-Gastropoda
What class of parasites in phylum Platyhelminthes lacks a digestive tract? - Answer-
cestoidea
The tapeworm strobila is made of many repeated units. What are these repeating
units called? - Answer-proglottids
What is the modified veliger stage of some freshwater bivalves called? - Answer-
glochidium
