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Zoology Q and A's Flashcards

1
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Classification of organisms on the basis of their overall similarity is…

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Phenetics

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2
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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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4
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The modern science of classification is called

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Biosystematics

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5
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Which order does the genus Trypanosoma belong to?

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Kinetoplastida

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6
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Which order does the genus Leishmania belong to?

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Kinetoplastida

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7
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Which order does the genus Giardia belong to?

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Diplomonadida

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8
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Which is the most important genus of coccidia without cyst formation?

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Eimeria

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9
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Which genus belongs to cystofenic coccidia?

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Toxoplasma

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10
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Which is the most important genus of haemosporinids?

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Plasmodium

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11
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Which is the most important genus of piroplasms?

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Babesia

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12
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Give three blood sucking arhropod vectors.

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Plasmodium, Babesia, Trypanosoma

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13
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Which group is the most closely related to the cnidarians?

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Myxozoa

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14
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Which cnidarian class is the medusa stage absent?

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Anthozoa

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15
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Which cnidarian class is the polyp stage sometimes absent?

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Hydrozoa

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16
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Which cnidarian class is the budding of the polyp stage terminal?

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Scyphozoa

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17
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Which cnidarian class is the budding of the polyp stage lateral?

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Hydrozoa

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18
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What is the approximate number of species in phylum platyhelminthes?

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25000

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19
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Which category do flatworms belong to?

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Bilateria

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20
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What kind of gut do cestodes have?

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No gut

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21
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What kind of gut do trematodes have?

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Two-branched (Blind ending)

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22
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Where does the coracidium develop?

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In exterior

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23
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Which order is the six-hooked oncosphere the first stage larva?

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Cyclophyllidea

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24
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How many ovaries does an adult Taenia usually have?

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Hundreds

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25
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In which class is there pseudocoelome?

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Rotatoria, Nematoda, Acanthocephala

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26
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Males of which group have always a copulatory bursa?

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Strongylida

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27
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How many described species do nematodes have?

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20000

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28
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What is the approximate number of nematodes significant from the veterinary point of view?

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200

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29
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Which posesses the largest species? Cestoda, Nematoda, Rotatoria, Acanthocephala?

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Cestoda

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30
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What can be found in the buccal capsule of nematodes?

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Tooth

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31
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Which subclass does Lumbricus terrestris belong to?

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Oligochaeta

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32
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What is charicteristic of Lumbricus terrestris?

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External Fertilisation

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33
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Which feeding apparatus may leeches have?

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Muscular Pharynx, citinous jaws, piercing snout

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34
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From Aplacophora, Gastropoda and Cephalopoda, which has observed absence of a shell?

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All three

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35
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Where does the most intelligent invertebrate belong?

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Cephalopoda

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36
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Where do sac animals (Sea squirts) belong?

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Prochordata

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37
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What is characteristic of phylum Hemichordata?

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Stomochord

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38
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Where do hagfish belong?

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Craniata/Agnatha

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39
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Where do lampreys belong?

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Craniata/Vertebrata

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40
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Which film can be regardid as a limb?

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Pelvic Fin

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41
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Which is the most ancient type of scale?

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Placoid

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42
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What kind of body covering do actinopterygians have?

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Non-cornified

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43
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What is the approximate number of species in class Actinopterygii?

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21000

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44
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What characteristic of Cyprinus carpio?

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Does not drink

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45
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What is the characteristic of cod?

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Drinks a lot

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46
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What structures may help the digestion of actinopterygians?

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Spiral and longitudinal gut fold, pyloric caeca

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47
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Which can occur in acrinopterygians? Sinus Venosus, Conus Arteriosus, Bulbus Arteriosus?

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All three

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48
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Approximate number of reptilian species.

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6400

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49
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Which occurs first in the case of reptiles?

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Appearance of fetal membranes

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50
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Which occurs first among classes in phylum craniata in case of reptiles?

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All adult forms breath with lungs

51
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What kind of skull type may existing squamous reptiles have?

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Diapsid

52
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What can the cloaca of birds be used for?

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Drinking

53
Q

What is the approximate number of avian species?

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9700

54
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What does Phasianus Colchicus belong?

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Galliformes

55
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From Liver, metanephros, pancreas and homoiothermy, which appears first in phylum Craniata?

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Liver

56
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Which avian order may there be kymph node, copulatory organ but usually there is no aftershaft?

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Anseriformes

57
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What is the approximate number of mammalian species?

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4600

58
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Which species of chiroptera, Insectivora and Cetacea use ultrasound?

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All three

59
Q

What is the source of lifting force in case of bat wings?

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Acute down-stroke

60
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Which kind of aortic arch do mammals have?

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Left

61
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What is the number of teats in placentals, in what arrangement?

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2-22, in two rows

62
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Name an animal that belongs to order Perissodactyla

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Tapir

63
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Which mammalian order has the highest number of species and individuals?

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Rodentia

64
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What is a common feature of lagomorphs and rodents?

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Caecotrophy

65
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What is a carnassial?

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A type of tooth

66
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Kariomons are responsible for which communication?

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Interspecific

67
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Feromons are responsible for which communication?

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Intraspecific

68
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What is the name given to the following life cycle: Egg-Larva-Pupa-Adult

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Holometamorphosis

69
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What is the name of the following life cycle: Egg-larva-nymph-adult

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Incomplete metamorphosis

70
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Chelicerae are found in

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Ticks

71
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Pseudoscorpions belong to…

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Arachnida

72
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Exodes Ricinus belongs to…

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Hard Ticks

73
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The latin name for the red mite is

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Dermanyssus Gallinae

74
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Mites of Psoroptidae family are

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Non-burrowing

75
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Ctenocephalides felis belongs to

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Fleas

76
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The head is narrower than the thorax in…

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Blood Sucking Lice

77
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Blood feeding behaviour of tabanids can be seen amongst…

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Females

78
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Life cycle of fleas

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Metamorphosis

79
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The honey bee belongs to…

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Hymenoptera

80
Q

Species of Simuliidae family are…

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Blackflies

81
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You cannot find pupal stage in the life cycle of

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lice

82
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Blood feeding behaviour of tsetse flies can be seen amongst

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Both sexes

83
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The name of the sheep ked is

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Melophagus ovinus

84
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Where can you find two pairs of antennae?

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Crustacea

85
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Copepods belong to

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Crustacea

86
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Decapoda taxon belongs to

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Crustacea

87
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Crabs belong to

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Crustacea

88
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Name given to Hard Tick

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Dermacentor reticulatus

89
Q

Who raised the possibility of heritability concerning acquired traits?

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Lamarck

90
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What can explain the heritability of aquired traits?

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Epigenetics

91
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Which of the following inreases the genetic variation in a population?

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Mutation

92
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What kind of isolating mechanism is exemplified by seasonal differences between eastern and western hedgehogs?

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Ecological

93
Q

What parasitism generally evolve toward?

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Commensalism

94
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What kind of transmission is usually characteristic of diarrhogenic athogens?

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Water borne

95
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What kind of transmission is usually characteristic of pathogens causing abortion?

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Vertical

96
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What may reduce the pathogenicity of a diarrhogenic agent?

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Introducing Uncontaminated drinking water

97
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Of which disease is the shedding of large amounts of pathogens characteristic?

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Waterborne

98
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The general physical place in the environment where a certain king of organism resides is a

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Habitat

99
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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…

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Fundamental niche

100
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Interaction with other species forces species to live in their…

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Realised Niche

101
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Realised is … limited than fundamental niche.

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More

102
Q

Beneficial for the first and harmful for the second participating population is true for…

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Predation

103
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Neutral for the first and beneficial for the second participating population is true for

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Detritivory

104
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Harmful for both participation population is true for

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Competition

105
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The process as a population extincts due to the competition with another population is called

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Competitive exclusion

106
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Dominance of intraspecific over interspecific competition enhances … directly

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Coexistance

107
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The typical frequence distribution pattern of parasites within the host population is

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Overdispersed

108
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Exponentional growth model does not consider…

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Carrying capacity of the environment

109
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Which model describes most appropriately the population growth?

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Logistic Model

110
Q

Give a density-independent factor.

A

Earthquake

111
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Which strategy is small bodied, lots of offspring and short life span characteristic?

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r-selected

112
Q

Fungus is a…

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Decomposer

113
Q

Can the phytoplankton be a primary producer?

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Yes, it is photosynthetic

114
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What doesn’t contain abiotic (physical) environment?

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A Population

115
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Which trophic level is the most important in recycling biological elements?

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Decomposers

116
Q

What is responsible for the forming of a behaviour?

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Innate and learned traits together

117
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What is habituation?

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Getting used to something

118
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A fixed action pattern…

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is triggered by a key stimulus

119
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The aggressive behaviour of male sticklebacks with other males is…

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A fixed action pattern

120
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Cooperative hunting is an example of…

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Social behaviour

121
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During ritualisation…

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There is a symbolic action

122
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What can decrease aggressive fights?

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Territorial Behaviour

123
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During the courtship of sticklebacks, what is a key stimulus?

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The appearance of the female

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