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1
Q

How many animals did ARISTOTLE observed ?

A

500

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2
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He is known as the father of modern taxonomy

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Carl Linnaeus

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3
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He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms

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Carl Linnaeus

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4
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He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection.

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Alfred Russel Wallace

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5
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Shetaught humans about chimpanzees

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Jane Goodall

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6
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What is the title of Charles Darwin’s book?

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On the origins of species

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7
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He is best known for rediscovering Mendel’s laws of heredity, coining the term “mutation”

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Hugo De Vries

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8
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T/F there is one distinguishing feature that separates living to non living things

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False

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9
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What are the characteristics of a living thing?

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It responds to the environment.

It grows and develops.

It produces offspring.

It maintains homeostasis.

It has complex chemistry.

It consists of cells.

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10
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It refers to the process of becoming adjusted to an environment.

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Adaptation

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11
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____ is the process of making the next generation and may be a sexual or an asexual process.

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reproduction

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12
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____ is the accumulated total of all the biochemical reactions occurring in a cell or organism.

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Metabolism

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13
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Homeostasis means

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Steady state

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14
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____ is the basic unit of structure and function of all living organisms

A

Cell

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15
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It is s the field of biology that involves the study of animals.

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Zoology

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16
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A Greek word meaning animal

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Zoion

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17
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It encompasses all aspects of scientific knowledge about animals,

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Zoology

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18
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study of interaction between humans and other animals.

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ANTHROZOOLOGY

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19
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deals with the study of spiders and related species known as arachnids

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Arachnology

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20
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study of dead animals

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Archaeozoology

21
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study of mechanical systems that function like living organisms or parts of living organisms.

22
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study of marine mammals

23
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studies the prenatal development of gametes, fertilization, and development of embryos and fetuses.

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EMBRYOLOGY

24
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study of insects

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Entomology

25
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Entomology sub-branch that concerns with the study of beetles.

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Caleopterology

26
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sub-discipline of Entomology that studies all types of flies

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Dipterology

27
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Sub-division of Entomology that studies true bugs or hemiptera.

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Hemipterology

28
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Deals with animal behavior under their natural habitats

29
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study of parasitic worms

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Helminthology

30
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study of reptiles and amphibians.

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Herpetology

31
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branch of Herpetology concerns with the study of amphibians alone.

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Batrachology

32
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Sub-division of Herpetology which deals with the study of ophidians or snakes.

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Orphiology

33
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study of microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of animals and plants.

34
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covers the study of fish

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Ichthyology

35
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study of Mollusca

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Malacology

36
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sub discipline of malacology that deals with the study of mollusk shells only.

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Conchology

37
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study of mammals

38
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study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Morphology

39
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studies roundworms

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Nematology

40
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deals with the study of fossil animals

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Palaeozoology

41
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study of bodily fluids

42
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study of living and extinct primates

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PRIMATOLOGY

43
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study of Protozoa.

A

Protozoology

44
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study of geographical distribution of animal species

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Zoogeography

45
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Study of animals and their habitats.

46
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deals with measurements of animal parts.

47
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animal anatomy.

48
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_____ Is the assignment of a distinctive name to each species

A

Nomenclature

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