Zoology Intro. Review
Name______
Date ______Per___
Directions: Use class notes & the text to answer the following questions. Hint :Use the index!
Part A. General Properties of Living Systems (Matching) (1 ea) (7)
____1. Chemical uniqueness
____2. Complexity & hierarchial organization
____3. Reproduction
____4. Possession of a genetic program
____5. Metabolism
____6. Development
____7. Environmental interaction
- obtaining nutrients & obtaining energy from them + synthesis of chemicals & structures
- living things generate others like themselves
- DNA sequences code for inherited traits
- successively more complex levels of organization in living things
- having biological macromolecules such as carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids & lipids
- organisms demonstrate irritability, or response to a stimulus
- structural & chemical changes undergone by an organism during its life cycle
Part B.Classification List the taxonomic categories to which the gorilla belongs. (note: the scientific
name must becorrectly spelled & written to receive credit.) (14)
8. Kingdom______(1)
9. Phylum______(1)
10. Subphylum______(1)
11. Class______(1)
12. Order______(1)
13. Family______(1)
14. Genus______(1)
15. Species______(2)
16. ______developed the system of binomial nomenclature. (1)
17. The scientific name of humans is: (Be careful!)(2)
18. A group of interbreeding organisms of common ancestry is a(n) ______. (1)
19. A taxon containing only one type of animal with common characteristics is a ______. (1)
Part C. The Theory of Evolution(11)
20. ______is the concept that living species on Earth continually change.
21. The theory of ______states that all living things share a common ancestor.
22.The theory of ______states that major anatomical changes in a species are the result of
many small genetic changes over an extended period of time.
23. ______causes genetic variations within a population that are favorable to the
current environmental conditions to be passed on to future generations, causing changes in a species
over time, or giving rise to new species.
24. ______involves a structure, process or trait that improves an animal’s fitness for survival.
25. The similarity in the forelimb bones of birds, bats, whales & humans are used to demonstrate the
concept of ______.
26. The production of ecologically diverse species from a common ancestral stock is ______.
27. Explain how the peppered moth situation in the U. K. shows evolutionary change by describing the
change in environmental conditions & the causes of these changes. What caused the genetic frequency
ofthe melanic (darker) form to decrease in the population? Why did the light vs. melanic population
return to 50:50 in the 1950’s? (4)
Part D. Animal architecture (17)
28. An example of an animal with radial symmetry is ______. (1)
29. An example of an animal with bilateral symmetry is ______. (1)
30. Define cephalization. (1)
31. What type of symmetry does an animal with cephalization possess? (1)
Matching (13)
___32. DistalA. hip region
___33. LateralB. toward the point of attachment
___34. AnteriorC. belly side
___35. DorsalD. a plane that section left from right
___36. PosteriorE. a plane that sections front from back
___37. VentralF. a plane that sections across the body
___38. MedialG. chest region
___39. ProximalH. toward the sides of the body
___40. FrontalI. (back) spine side
___41. SagittalJ. tail end
___42. TransverseK. toward the midline of the body
___43. PelvicL. away from the point of attachment
___44. PectoralM. head end