Zoology Quizzes

Front 1

T or F: The double circulation of tetrapods consists of circulation serving the body and circulation serving the lungs?

Back 1

True

Front 2

T or F:

Viviparity is common amongst the caecilians?

Back 2

True

Front 3

T or F:

Some salamanders have neither lungs nor gills

Back 3

True

Front 4

Which of these are characteristics of amphibians?

A) a mostly bony skeleton
B) usually four limbs present
C) smooth, moist skin with many glands
D) all of these

Back 4

D) all of these

Front 5

Caecilians:

A) live in the tropics
B) are blind or nearly blind
C) are elongate, burrowing animals
D) all of these

Back 5

D) all of these

Front 6

The caudata:
A) are hermaphroditic
B) have a tadpole stage
C) retain their tail permanently
D)live only in the tropics

Back 6

C) The caudata retain their tail permanently

Front 7

Amplexus refers to what?

Back 7

The way a male frog clasps a female frog during mating

Front 8

Amphibian hearts have ___ chambered hearts

Back 8

3

Front 9

Salamanders and newts are in the order _______

Back 9

caudata

Front 10

most salamanders are fertilized internally, usually after the female picks up a packet of sperm called the __________

Back 10

spermatophore

Front 11

The amniotes are a _____________ group

Back 11

monophyletic

Front 12

The __________ are a taxon of African rear-fanged snakes

Back 12

anapsids

Front 13

The reptiles are a ____________ group because they do not include all descendents of their most recent common ancestor

Back 13

paraphyletic

Front 14

The _______ are a group of __________ reptiles that include the dinosaurs as well as the living crocodilians and birds

Back 14

Archosaurs....diapsid

Front 15

T or F:

reptiles have internal fertilization

Back 15

True, reptiles do have internal fertilization

Front 16

The reptilian kidney is of the advanced _______ type

Back 16

metanephric

Front 17

True or false;

some lizards are limbless

Back 17

true

Front 18

Most geckos are small, agile, nocturnal _______s.

Back 18

Saurians

Front 19

The scientific name of the worm lizards ________________, decribes one characteristic of the way they move

Back 19

Amphisbaenia

Front 20

True or false:

pit vipers are named for their jacobson's organs

Back 20

False

Front 21

Teh diapsid lineage gave rise to:
A) the mammals
B) the turtles
C) the birds
D) all of the above

Back 21

C) the birds
and
B) the turtles

Front 22

In the shelled eggs of reptiles ...
a) the amnion is a fluid-filled sac in which the embryo floats.
b) the allantois contains the food supply.
c) the yolk sac stores the toxic wastes that accumulate during development.
d) all of these

Back 22

A) the amnion is a fluid-filled sac in which the embryo floats

Front 23

A characteristic of reptiles is...
a) a soft, smooth, highly glandular skin.
b) respiration through the skin.
c) separate sexes and internal fertilization.
d) a skull with one pair of temporal openings.

Back 23

C) separate sexes and internal fertilization

Front 24

An advancement that reptiles show over amphibians is ...
a) a tough, scaly skin that provides protection against desiccation.
b) a copulatory organ for internal fertilization.
c) a shelled egg that can be laid on dry land.
d) all of these

Back 24

D) all of these

Front 25

A characteristic that snakes do NOT have is...

a) scaly skin.
b) movable eyelids.
c) internal fertilization.
d) a highly kinetic skull.

Back 25

Snakes do NOT have movable eyelids.

They DO have scaly skin, internal fertilization and a highly kinetic skull

Front 26

Pit vipers...
a) have excellent vision.
b) kill their prey by constriction.
c) are ovoviviparous.
d) have tongues that are poisonous.

Back 26

PIt vipers are ovoviviparous

They do NOT have excellent vision, kill their prey by constriction, or have poisonous tongues

Front 27

The Crocodilia....
a) have internal fertilization.
b) are the only reptiles not capable of making distinct sounds.
c) are viviparous.
d) are not found in the continental United States.

Back 27

The crocodilia have internal fertilization.

They are NOT the only reptiles that make distinct sounds, they are NOT viviparous, and they are definitely found in the continental U.S.

Front 28

An odd feature of alligator reproduction is that

a) the female gives birth to living young.
b) the eggs are incubated by the male.
c) incubation temperature determines the sex of the offspring.
d) the eggs are incubated in the mouth of the female.

Back 28

In alligators, the incubation temperature determines the sex of the offspring

Front 29

The tuatara
a) is found in the southern part of the United States.
b) is snakelike in its features.
c) lives in fresh water.
d) has a well-developed parietal eye.

Back 29

The tuatara has a well-developed parietal eye

Front 30

Snakes and lizards utilize their___________ in respiration.
a) diaphragms
b) muscles associated with the ribs
c) internal organs
d) skin

Back 30

Snakes and lizards use their muscles associated with the ribs for respiration

Front 31

Mature bird feathers are ______ structures that must be ________ at regular intervals.

Back 31

dead...replaced

Front 32

T or F:

Because of the demands of flight, the circulatory system of birds is very different from that of mammals

Back 32

FALSE. 4 chambered heart. systemic and pulmonary circuits

Front 33

The ___________ muscles raise the wings in flight

Back 33

supracoracoideus

Front 34

T of F:

most male birds have a retractable penis used to inseminate the female during copulation

Back 34

FALSE. Cloacal kiss.

Front 35

The wing of a modern bird shows ________________ and___________ of skeletal elements

Back 35

fusion and reduction

Front 36

_____________ had teeth set is sockets, whereas modern birds are completely toothless

Back 36

Archaeopteryx

Front 37

Like modern birds, Archaeopteryx had a sternum and __________.

Back 37

Furcula

Front 38

Bird species far outnumber all other vertebrates except the
A) mammals
B) reptiles
C) amphibians
D) fishes

Back 38

Birds outnumber every species except for the fishes!

Front 39

Birds are
a) synapsids.
b) diapsids.
c) anapsids.
d) aviapsids

Back 39

Diapsids

Front 40

The movement of air over the upper curved surface of the wing causes
a) lift.
b) drag.
c) stalling.
d) drift.

Back 40

air over the upper surface causes lift

Front 41

The digestive system contributes to the success of birds as flying animals because
a) it is long.
b) it has a crop.
c) it digests food quickly.
d) it is penetrated by air sacs.

Back 41

C) it digests food quickly

Front 42

The nervous system contributes to the success of birds as flying animals because of
a) the well-developed integrative center of the brain that controls eating, singing, and flying.
b) the well-developed center used to coordinate movement and balance.
c) the well-developed optic lobes.
d) all of these

Back 42

D) All of these

Front 43

An example of a bird with soaring wings is
a) a hummingbird.
b) a woodpecker.
c) a hawk.
d) an albatross.

Back 43

D) an albatross

Hummingbird, woodpeckers, and hawks do NOT have soaring wings

Front 44

In migration, birds use
a) an innate direction sense.
b) the stars at night for navigation.
c) the sun by day for navigation.
d) all of these

Back 44

D) all of these

Front 45

The enlargement at the lower end of the esophagus that serves as a food storage chamber in birds is called the ___________.

Back 45

crop

Front 46

The stomach of a bird is comprised of the enzyme-secreting _____________and the muscular _____________.

Back 46

proventriculus...gizzard

Front 47

A unique feature of the respiratory system in birds is the extensive system of nine interconnecting ____________.

Back 47

air sacs

Front 48

Because the kidney of sea birds cannot concentrate salt in the urine, excess sodium chloride is removed by special __________ located above the bird's eyes.

Back 48

salt glands

Front 49

What is viviparity?

Back 49

young develop in mom, mom provides nourishment, young are born live

Front 50

What is ovoviviparity?

Back 50

Eggs develop inside the mom, egg yolk provides nourishment, hatch within the mom or immediately after laying

Front 51

What is oviparity?

Back 51

Eggs are released by the female. Development occurs outside the maternal body