Zoology Q and A's Flashcards
(123 cards)
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Classification of organisms on the basis of their overall similarity is…
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Phenetics
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Whittaker Recommended … kingdoms
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5
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Geographical isolation; giving morphological differences but can still exchange genes
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Subspecies
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The modern science of classification is called
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Biosystematics
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Which order does the genus Trypanosoma belong to?
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Kinetoplastida
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Which order does the genus Leishmania belong to?
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Kinetoplastida
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Which order does the genus Giardia belong to?
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Diplomonadida
8
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Which is the most important genus of coccidia without cyst formation?
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Eimeria
9
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Which genus belongs to cystofenic coccidia?
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Toxoplasma
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Which is the most important genus of haemosporinids?
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Plasmodium
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Which is the most important genus of piroplasms?
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Babesia
12
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Give three blood sucking arhropod vectors.
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Plasmodium, Babesia, Trypanosoma
13
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Which group is the most closely related to the cnidarians?
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Myxozoa
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Which cnidarian class is the medusa stage absent?
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Anthozoa
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Which cnidarian class is the polyp stage sometimes absent?
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Hydrozoa
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Which cnidarian class is the budding of the polyp stage terminal?
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Scyphozoa
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Which cnidarian class is the budding of the polyp stage lateral?
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Hydrozoa
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What is the approximate number of species in phylum platyhelminthes?
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25000
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Which category do flatworms belong to?
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Bilateria
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What kind of gut do cestodes have?
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No gut
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What kind of gut do trematodes have?
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Two-branched (Blind ending)
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Where does the coracidium develop?
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In exterior
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Which order is the six-hooked oncosphere the first stage larva?
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Cyclophyllidea
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How many ovaries does an adult Taenia usually have?
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Hundreds
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In which class is there pseudocoelome?
Rotatoria, Nematoda, Acanthocephala
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Males of which group have always a copulatory bursa?
Strongylida
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How many described species do nematodes have?
20000
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What is the approximate number of nematodes significant from the veterinary point of view?
200
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Which posesses the largest species? Cestoda, Nematoda, Rotatoria, Acanthocephala?
Cestoda
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What can be found in the buccal capsule of nematodes?
Tooth
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Which subclass does Lumbricus terrestris belong to?
Oligochaeta
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What is charicteristic of Lumbricus terrestris?
External Fertilisation
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Which feeding apparatus may leeches have?
Muscular Pharynx, citinous jaws, piercing snout
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From Aplacophora, Gastropoda and Cephalopoda, which has observed absence of a shell?
All three
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Where does the most intelligent invertebrate belong?
Cephalopoda
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Where do sac animals (Sea squirts) belong?
Prochordata
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What is characteristic of phylum Hemichordata?
Stomochord
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Where do hagfish belong?
Craniata/Agnatha
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Where do lampreys belong?
Craniata/Vertebrata
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Which film can be regardid as a limb?
Pelvic Fin
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Which is the most ancient type of scale?
Placoid
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What kind of body covering do actinopterygians have?
Non-cornified
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What is the approximate number of species in class Actinopterygii?
21000
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What characteristic of Cyprinus carpio?
Does not drink
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What is the characteristic of cod?
Drinks a lot
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What structures may help the digestion of actinopterygians?
Spiral and longitudinal gut fold, pyloric caeca
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Which can occur in acrinopterygians? Sinus Venosus, Conus Arteriosus, Bulbus Arteriosus?
All three
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Approximate number of reptilian species.
6400
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Which occurs first in the case of reptiles?
Appearance of fetal membranes
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Which occurs first among classes in phylum craniata in case of reptiles?
All adult forms breath with lungs
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What kind of skull type may existing squamous reptiles have?
Diapsid
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What can the cloaca of birds be used for?
Drinking
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What is the approximate number of avian species?
9700
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What does Phasianus Colchicus belong?
Galliformes
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From Liver, metanephros, pancreas and homoiothermy, which appears first in phylum Craniata?
Liver
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Which avian order may there be kymph node, copulatory organ but usually there is no aftershaft?
Anseriformes
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What is the approximate number of mammalian species?
4600
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Which species of chiroptera, Insectivora and Cetacea use ultrasound?
All three
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What is the source of lifting force in case of bat wings?
Acute down-stroke
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Which kind of aortic arch do mammals have?
Left
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What is the number of teats in placentals, in what arrangement?
2-22, in two rows
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Name an animal that belongs to order Perissodactyla
Tapir
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Which mammalian order has the highest number of species and individuals?
Rodentia
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What is a common feature of lagomorphs and rodents?
Caecotrophy
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What is a carnassial?
A type of tooth
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Kariomons are responsible for which communication?
Interspecific
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Feromons are responsible for which communication?
Intraspecific
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What is the name given to the following life cycle: Egg-Larva-Pupa-Adult
Holometamorphosis
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What is the name of the following life cycle: Egg-larva-nymph-adult
Incomplete metamorphosis
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Chelicerae are found in
Ticks
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Pseudoscorpions belong to…
Arachnida
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Exodes Ricinus belongs to…
Hard Ticks
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The latin name for the red mite is
Dermanyssus Gallinae
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Mites of Psoroptidae family are
Non-burrowing
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Ctenocephalides felis belongs to
Fleas
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The head is narrower than the thorax in…
Blood Sucking Lice
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Blood feeding behaviour of tabanids can be seen amongst…
Females
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Life cycle of fleas
Metamorphosis
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The honey bee belongs to…
Hymenoptera
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Species of Simuliidae family are…
Blackflies
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You cannot find pupal stage in the life cycle of
lice
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Blood feeding behaviour of tsetse flies can be seen amongst
Both sexes
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The name of the sheep ked is
Melophagus ovinus
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Where can you find two pairs of antennae?
Crustacea
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Copepods belong to
Crustacea
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Decapoda taxon belongs to
Crustacea
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Crabs belong to
Crustacea
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Name given to Hard Tick
Dermacentor reticulatus
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Who raised the possibility of heritability concerning acquired traits?
Lamarck
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What can explain the heritability of aquired traits?
Epigenetics
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Which of the following inreases the genetic variation in a population?
Mutation
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What kind of isolating mechanism is exemplified by seasonal differences between eastern and western hedgehogs?
Ecological
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What parasitism generally evolve toward?
Commensalism
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What kind of transmission is usually characteristic of diarrhogenic athogens?
Water borne
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What kind of transmission is usually characteristic of pathogens causing abortion?
Vertical
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What may reduce the pathogenicity of a diarrhogenic agent?
Introducing Uncontaminated drinking water
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Of which disease is the shedding of large amounts of pathogens characteristic?
Waterborne
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The general physical place in the environment where a certain king of organism resides is a
Habitat
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The potential range of all biotic and abiotif conditions under which an organism can make a living is called it’s…
Fundamental niche
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Interaction with other species forces species to live in their…
Realised Niche
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Realised is … limited than fundamental niche.
More
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Beneficial for the first and harmful for the second participating population is true for…
Predation
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Neutral for the first and beneficial for the second participating population is true for
Detritivory
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Harmful for both participation population is true for
Competition
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The process as a population extincts due to the competition with another population is called
Competitive exclusion
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Dominance of intraspecific over interspecific competition enhances … directly
Coexistance
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The typical frequence distribution pattern of parasites within the host population is
Overdispersed
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Exponentional growth model does not consider…
Carrying capacity of the environment
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Which model describes most appropriately the population growth?
Logistic Model
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Give a density-independent factor.
Earthquake
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Which strategy is small bodied, lots of offspring and short life span characteristic?
r-selected
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Fungus is a…
Decomposer
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Can the phytoplankton be a primary producer?
Yes, it is photosynthetic
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What doesn’t contain abiotic (physical) environment?
A Population
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Which trophic level is the most important in recycling biological elements?
Decomposers
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What is responsible for the forming of a behaviour?
Innate and learned traits together
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What is habituation?
Getting used to something
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A fixed action pattern…
is triggered by a key stimulus
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The aggressive behaviour of male sticklebacks with other males is…
A fixed action pattern
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Cooperative hunting is an example of…
Social behaviour
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During ritualisation…
There is a symbolic action
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What can decrease aggressive fights?
Territorial Behaviour
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During the courtship of sticklebacks, what is a key stimulus?
The appearance of the female
