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