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Zoology Practice Exam 2016 – Coach Hood
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1. List at least 5 properties of living systems.
2. Name the 5 parts of Darwin’s theory of evolution.
3. What is the genetic approach to heredity? Who was the
scientist who did the work?
4. Why is life difficult to define?
5. “the same organ in different organisms under every
variety of form and function” is called what?
6. What is allopatric speciation?
7. What was the weakness in Darwin’s theory of evolution?
Zoology Practice Exam 2016 – Coach Hood
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_____ 1. When two different alleles occur together, the one that is expressed is
called
a. dominant.
c. recessive.
b. phenotypic.
d. superior.
_____ 2. An organism that has inherited two of the same alleles of a gene from its
parents is _______ for that trait.
a. hereditary
c. homozygous
b. heterozygous
d. a mutation
Refer to the figure below, which shows a cross between two rabbits, to
answer questions 10-11. In rabbits, black fur (B) is dominant over brown
fur (b).
_____ 3. The device illustrated above, which is used to organize genetic analysis, is
called a
a. Mendelian box.
c. genetic graph.
b. Punnett square.
d. phenotypic paradox.
_____ 4. The fur in both of the parents in the cross is
a. black.
c. homozygous dominant.
b. brown.
d. homozygous recessive.
_____ 5. According to Darwin, evolution occurs
a. in response to use or disuse of a characteristic.
b. because of catastrophic geologic events.
c. by natural selection.
d. within an individual’s lifetime.
_____ 6. Natural selection causes
a. changes in the environment.
b. plants and animals to produce more offspring than can survive.
c. changes in the frequency of certain adaptations in a population.
d. genetic variation within populations.
Zoology Practice Exam 2016 – Coach Hood
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_____ 7. Which of the following must exist in a population in order for natural
selection to act?
a. genetic variation
b. overproduction
c. struggle for survival
d. All of the above
_____ 8. Natural selection is the process by which
a. the age of Earth is calculated.
b. organisms with traits well suited to the environment survive and
reproduce at a greater rate than other organisms.
c. acquired traits are passed from one generation to the next.
d. All of the above
_____ 9. Modern evolutionary theory predicts all of the following EXCEPT
a. If species have changed over time, their genes should have changed.
b. Closely related species will show similarities in all aspects of anatomy
and behavior.
c. If species share a common ancestor, they will share all of the
characteristics of that ancestor.
d. Closely related species will show similarities in amino acid sequences.
_____ 10. Darwin theorized that natural selection is
a. the mechanism of evolution.
b. how modern species have come to exist.
c. the explanation for beak variation in finches.
d. All of the above
_____ 11. The total genetic information available in a population is called the
a. genetic equilibrium.
c. allele frequency.
b. gene pool.
d. phenotype frequency.
_____ 12. Reproductive isolation can result in
a. allopatric speciation.
c. sympatric speciation.
b. immigration.
d. emigration.
_____ 13. The science of naming and classifying organisms is called
a. binomial nomenclature.
c. taxonomy.
b. polynomial nomenclature.
d. cladistics.
Zoology Practice Exam 2016 – Coach Hood
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_____ 14. An organism’s scientific name consists of its
a. genus and species.
b. genus and family.
c. species and family.
d. common name and Latin name.
_____ 15. Honeybees, as members of the kingdom Animalia, are related to
a. wasps.
c. spiders.
b. birds.
d. All of the above
_____ 16. Fungi obtain their nutrition by
a. carrying out photosynthesis.
b. secreting digestive enzymes onto whatever they grow on.
c. ingesting primary producers.
d. ingesting primary or secondary consumers.
_____ 17. Classes with similar characteristics are grouped into the same
a. kingdom.
b. phylum.
c. species.
d. order.
_____ 18. Which of the following is a characteristic of plants but NOT of animals?
a. eukaryotic cell type
b. multicellularity
c. cell walls made of cellulose
d. heterotrophic nutrition
_____ 19. In a meadow food chain, which is the correct sequence of the path of
energy flow?
a. hawk → snake → mouse → grass
b. mouse → grass → hawk → snake
c. grass → mouse → snake → hawk
d. snake → mouse → hawk → grass
_____ 20. In a marine food web, there is far more total biomass in algae than in all
the killer whales. Why is this so?
a. Whales are bigger than algae.
b. An alga has more mass than a killer whale.
c. Whales don’t eat algae.
d. It takes a massive amount of algae to support a food web with a killer
whale at the top.
Zoology Practice Exam 2016 – Coach Hood
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_____ 21. The ultimate source of energy for most producers and consumers is
a. plants.
c. algae.
b. the sun.
d. the ocean.
_____ 22. In a living portion of the water cycle, water passes through plants and
evaporates into the atmosphere through the process of
a. photosynthesis.
c. transpiration.
b. respiration.
d. nitrification.
_____ 23. The carbon in the remains of organisms that lived long ago is released in
the burning of
a. wood.
c. calcium carbonate.
b. limestone.
d. fossil fuels.
_____ 24. Grizzly bears, snakes, and worms are most likely to be members of the
same
a. species.
b. trophic level.
c. community.
d. population.
_____ 25. An example of an abiotic factor is
a. a tree.
b. sunlight.
c. a bird.
d. grass.
_____ 26. Organisms that obtain their energy from the organic wastes and dead
bodies that result from all the energy levels in an ecosystem are called
a. omnivores.
b. detritivores.
c. herbivores.
d. All of the above
_____ 27. The heat-absorbing ability of some gases in the atmosphere is responsible
for
a. acid precipitation.
b. the greenhouse effect.
c. the creation of CFCs.
d. increased levels of ultraviolet radiation.
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_____ 28. Molecules of chemical pollutants become increasingly concentrated in
higher trophic levels in a process called
a. species magnification.
c. biological magnification.
b. the toxic effect.
d. the greenhouse effect.
_____ 29. Ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere can lead to increased incidences
of which of the following?
a. skin cancer
b. smog
c. air pollution
d. acid precipitation
Refer to the figure below to answer questions 37 and 38.
Amount of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere and
Average Global Temperature Change
_____ 30. The graph above shows
a. that there is probably no relationship between temperature and carbon
dioxide concentration.
b. that both the average global temperature and the carbon dioxide
concentration were higher in 1980 than in 1860.
c. that the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere has increased since
1860.
d. that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has
decreased since 1860.
_____ 31. According to the graph above,
a. the average global temperature remained constant from 1900 to 1950.
b. the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is too high.
c. the concentration of carbon dioxide remained constant from 1890 to
1940.
d. the average global temperature has increased since 1890.
Zoology Practice Exam 2016 – Coach Hood
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_____ 32. What is differentiation of a head called?
a. Metamerism
b. Pseudocoel
c. Cephalization
d. gastrulation
_____ 33. Which is a muscle tissue?
a. loose
b. transitional c. squamous d. skeletal
_____ 34. There are over 2 million species of invertebrates
a. true
b. false
_____ 35. Humans, whales, dogs, horses, cats and pigs are all mammals
a. true
b. false
_____ 36. When we say we (humans) are 40% related to a chicken, we are talking
about molecular genetics that have matching codes for specific proteins in
our DNA makeups.
a. true
b. false
______37. For an adaptation to occur a mutation must first occur.
a. true
b. false
______38. All mutations are bad
a. true
b. false
______39. I hope you have a fun, safe summer.
a. thank you
______40. Well, I guess there’s nothing left to say.
a. see you later!
Zoology Practice Exam 2016 – Coach Hood
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