Chapter 1

Question 1

The study of animals.

Answer 1

Zoology

Question 2

Study of the structure of entire organisms and their parts.

Answer 2

Anatomy

Question 3

Study of the structure and functions of cells.

Answer 3

Cytology

Question 4

Study of the structure, function, and evolution of the genetic composition of groups of animals using computer-based computational methods.

Answer 4

Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics

Question 5

Study of the development of an animal from the fertilized egg to birth or hatching.

Answer 5

Embryology

Question 6

Study of the interaction of organisms with their environment.

Answer 6

Ecology

Question 7

Study of the mechanisms of transmission of traits from parents to offspring.

Answer 7

Genetics

Question 8

Study of tissues.

Answer 8

Histology

Question 9

Study of subcellular details of structure and function.

Answer 9

Molecular biology

Question 10

Study of animals that live in or on other organisms at the expense of the host.

Answer 10

Parasitology

Question 11

Study of the function of organisms and their parts.

Answer 11

Physiology

Question 12

Study of the classification of, and the evolutionary interrelationship among, animal groups.

Answer 12

Systematics

Question 13

Study of insects.

Answer 13

Entomology

Question 14

Study of amphibians and reptiles.

Answer 14

Herpetology

Question 15

Study of fishes.

Answer 15

Ichthyology

Question 16

Study of animals.

Answer 16

Mammalogy

Question 17

Study of birds.

Answer 17

Ornithology

Question 18

Study of protozoa.

Answer 18

Protozoology

Question 19

A change in the genetic makeup of populations of organisms over time.

Answer 19

Organic Evolution.

Question 20

A scale-eating cichlid

Answer 20

Perissodus microlepis

Question 21

The study of the relationships between organisms and their environment.

Answer 21

Ecology

Question 22

Nile perch

Answer 22

Lates niloticus

Question 23

Root of all other environmental problems.
Population estimated to be 9.7 billion by 2050.

Answer 23

Human global overpopulation.

Question 24

Overpopulation stresses all resources.
Climate change, deforestation, water shortages, extinction of species.

Answer 24

World resources.