Objective Questions

10. In binomial nomenclature, the first term of a scientific name indicates the

11. Unlike epithelial, muscle, and nervous tissues, connective tissue cells are

12. The most successful phyla in the animal kingdom is the class?

13. Peripatric speciation is described as

14. Which reptile group is noted for having a four-chambered heart, unlike most…

15. The use of fire by humans serves which adaptive functions?

16. Mammals possess hair primarily for

17. According to the ICZN, names proposed for teratological specimens (those wi…

18. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) aims to provide

19. Pack hunting in wolves is an example of a

20. Which reptile group is limbless?

21. Which of these is the intermediate host of Taenia saginata................

22. Animals in the phylum Echinodermata display which type of symmetry as adult…

23. Meiosis is best described as a

24. How many geographic modes of speciation are described in the slides?

25. Chemotaxonomy classifies organisms based on chemical constituents such as

26. Which of these animals have a pair of pinna?

27. Which Nigerian highland areas support montane grasslands and relic forest p…

28. In protostome development, cleavage is typically described as

29. Crustaceans, Insecta and spider are examples under phylum...............

30. The founder effect occurs when

31. Humans' dietary adaptations are described as including

32. Animals that disperse by island through filter bridges depend on

33. Omnivores, such as pigs, typically have dentition adapted for

34. Linnaeus established a hierarchical system of classification consisting of

35. Random chance fluctuations in allele frequencies in small, isolated populat…

36. According to the ICZN, zoological nomenclature is the system of scientific …

37. A key limitation of phenetics (numerical taxonomy) is that it

38. On a phylogenetic tree, taxa at the endpoints of branches, representing pre…

39. In mammals, adaptations aid in

40. Reptiles excrete which nitrogenous waste to conserve water?

41. Which phyla display radial symmetry according to the slides?

42. Which of the following is an example of a molecular taxonomic character?

43. Nigeria's major river systems, the Niger and Benue Rivers, form

44. Sweating in humans is a physiological adaptation that provides

45. Taxonomy progresses through three distinct stages formalised as

46. Darwin speculated that the similarities among Galapagos finches served as e…

47. The type specimen of the opposite sex of the holotype is called the

48. Allopatric speciation occurs when a population

49. The body of crustaceans is divided into

50. Molecular systematics techniques include

51. Which committee governs the scientific naming of animals?

52. According to the Typological Species Concept, a species is defined by

53. Asymmetry is described as a unique feature of which animal group?

54. According to island biogeography theory (MacArthur & Wilson, 1967), islands…

55. Cladistics classifies a group of species based solely on their

56. The species name of the red fox is

57. Tools such as phylogenetic trees (cladograms) are used to

58. Which of the following organisms has cellular level of organisation?

59. Amphibian respiration occurs via

60. Which type of symmetry is exhibited by sponges (Phylum Porifera)?

61. Mammals are characterized by which two features mentioned in the slides?

62. According to the slides, estimates suggest how many more animal species are…

63. The cytoplasm of a muscle cell (excluding myofibrils) is called

64. The designated type specimen of a species whose original type or type serie…

65. In taxonomic classification, each level is described as being

66. Viviparous reproduction refers to

67. Human cognitive and technological adaptations include all of the following …

68. Reptiles reproduce using

69. Which of the following is a type of muscle cell mentioned in the slides?

70. Chordates that possess a vertebral column are called

71. The fundamental niche of a species refers to

72. Most fish reproduce

73. A trinomen, used in trinominal nomenclature, indicates a

74. Reptiles possess skin that is

75. Columnar epithelial cells are best described as

76. A clade is defined as

1. Which of the following groups are classified as Deuterostomes?

2. Which committee governs the scientific naming of plants?

3. Birds have how many heart chambers, supporting their high metabolic rate?

4. On a phylogenetic tree, branches represent

5. Which of the following groups are classified as Protostomes?

6. A mosquito is divided into how many parts?

7. Speciation is defined as

8. Which of these is an example of Chondrichthyes?

9. The latitudinal diversity gradient describes how species richness

77. Pseudocoelomates have a coelom that is derived from

10. According to the ICZN, names higher than which rank do not have name-bearin…

11. The term 'deuterostome' originates from a word meaning

12. According to the slides, human uniqueness stems primarily from

13. The term 'protostome' comes from a Greek word meaning

14. Hibernation/torpor in bears is a behavioral adaptation that helps them

15. Biosystematics integrates classical zoology with

16. Which of the following is an example of Chondrichthyes?

17. Functional adaptations for movement in animals include

18. Numerical Systematics (Phenetics) groups species using

19. Cladistic analysis emphasizes which type of traits?

20. In the Linnaean hierarchy, 'obligate' categories refer to

21. The second largest group of animals is

22. Which of these is NOT listed among the examples of multicellular organisms?

23. The most successful phylum is?

24. Casper Bauhin's work on cataloguing all known kinds of plants was titled

25. An order, according to the levels of classification, contains

26. Mammary glands in mammals function to

27. Acoelomates have a mesoderm region that is

28. Why did the need for binomial nomenclature arise?

29. According to Table 1 in the slides, the scientific name for the pig tapewor…

30. 'Simple multicellularity' refers to organisms whose cells are

31. The levels of organization in multicellular organisms proceed in which orde…

78. The intermediate host of Taenia solium is