Biology Questions PDF

# Biology Questions ## What is written correctly? "the earliest name should be used". Law of ... **Priority** "One particular name can be used only for one taxon". It means... **No homonymia** ## What is not the right order? "Binominal system" is based on **Genus-species-familly**, 2 names Class...

# Biology Questions ## What is written correctly? "the earliest name should be used". Law of ... **Priority** "One particular name can be used only for one taxon". It means... **No homonymia** ## What is not the right order? "Binominal system" is based on **Genus-species-familly**, 2 names Classification of organisms on the basis of their overall similarity is **Evolutionary systematics**, 5 Whittaker recommended... kingdoms **Order-class-subphylum**, 1 name ## Which order does the genus *Trypanosoma* belong to? **Kinetiplastida** ## Which order does the genus *Leishmania* belong to? **Kinetiplastida** ## Which order does the genus *Giardia* belong to? **Diplomonadida** ## Which order does the genus *Emeria* belong to? **Eimeria** ## Which is the most important genus of haemosporinids? **Plasmodium** ## Which develops also in blood-sucking arthropod vectors? **All three** ## Which group is the most closely related to cnidarians? **Myxozoa** ## In which class is the medusa stage absent? **Anthozoa** ## In which class is the polyp stage sometimes absent? **Hydrozoa** ## In which class is the budding of the polyp stage terminal? **Hydrozoa** ## In which class is the budding of the polyp stage lateral? **Scyphozoa** ## What is the approximate number of species in phylum plathelminthes? **25 000** ## 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 coracicium develop? **In exterior** ## In which category is the six-hooked oncosphere the first stage larva? **Order Cyclophyllidea** ## How many ovaries does an adult *Taenia* usually have? **hundreds** ## In which class is there pseudocoelome (primary, false body cavity)? **All three** ## Males of which group have always copulatory bursa? **Strongylida** ## Approx. how many described species do nematodes have? **20 000** ## What is the approx. number of nematodes significant from the veterinary point of view? **200** ## Into which category does the largest species of the following groups belong to? **Cestoda** ## What can be found in the buccal capsule of nematodes? **tooth** ## Where does *Lumbricus terrestris* belongs to? **Subclass Oligochantea** ## What is the characteristic of *Lumbricus terrestris*? **External fertilization** ## What kind of feeding apparatus may leeches have? **All three** ## In which categories can the absence of shell be observed? **All three** ## Where does the probably most intelligent invertebrate belong to? **Cephalopoda** ## Where do sac animals (sea-squirts) belong? **Prochordata** ## What is the characteristic of phylum *Hemichordata*? **stomochord** ## Where do hagfish belong? **Craniata/Agnatha** ## Where do lampreys belong? **Acrania/Myxini** ## Which fin can be regarded as a limb (extremity)? **Pelvic fin** ## Which is the most ancient type of scales (characteristic of *Chondrichthyes*)? **placoid** ## What kind of body covering do actinopterygians have? **Non-cornified** ## What is the approximate number of species in class *Actinopterygii*? **21 000** ## What is the characteristic of cod? **Does not drink** ## What is the characteristic of *Cyprinus carpio*? **Drinks much** ## What structures may help the digestion of actinoperygians? **All three** ## Which can occur in actinoperygians? **All three** ## What is the approximate number of reptilian species? **6 400** ## Which of the following occurs "first" in case of reptiles? **Appearance of fetal membranes** ## Which of the following occurs "first" among classes in phylum *Craniata* in case of reptiles? **All adult form breath with lungs** ## What is the characteristic of reptilian body covering? **None of these** ## What kind of skull type may existing squamous reptiles have? **Diapsid** ## What function may the cloaca of *Testudo* spp. have? **None of these** ## What can the cloaca of birds serve for? **"drinking"** ## What is the approximate number of avian species? **9 700** ## Where does *Phasianus colchicus* belongs? **Galliformes** ## Where do *Anas-spp.* belong? (Aberdeen Angus) **Anseriformes** ## Which of the following appears "first" in phylum *Craniata*? **liver** ## In Which avian order there be lymph node, copulatory organs, but usually there is no aftershaft? **Anseriformes** ## What is the approximate number of mammalian species? **4 600** ## In which order is there emission of ultrasound? **Chiroptera** ## What is the source of living force in case of bat "wings"? **All three** ## What kind of aortic arch do mammals have? **Acute down-stroke, left** ## What is the number of teets (mammae) in placentals, in what arrangement? **2-22, in two rows** ## Which belongs to order *Perissodactyla*? **tapir** ## Which mammalian order has the highest number of species and individuals? **Rodentia** ## What is the common feature of lagomorphs and rodents? **caecotrophy** ## How many of the following traits mean difference between order *Cetacea* and *Pinnepedia*: fur coat, blubber, weight bearing vertebral column, anteropulsive thrust by horizontal tail? **Three of these** ## Carnassials of carnivores are: **Interspecific** ## Kairomons, are responsible for the following communication? **Intraspecific** ## Feromons are responsible for the following communication? **Infraspecific** ## What is the name of the following life cycle "egg-larva-pupa-adult"? **holometamorphosis** ## What is the name of the following life cycle "egg-larva-nymph(s)-adult"? **hemimetamorphosis** ## What is class? **Hexapoda** ## Chelicerae are found in? **Arachnida** ## Pseudoscorpions belongs to? **Arachnida** ## *Exodes Ricinus* belongs to? **Myriapoda** ## The latin name of red mites is? **Dermanyssus gallinae** ## Mites of *Psoroptidae* family are? **Hard ticks** ## *Ctenocephalides felis* belongs to? **Blood sucking lice** ## The head is narrower than the thorax. Blood feeding behaviour of tabanids can be seed amongst... ## It is a blood-sucking species. ## Life cycle of fleas is... ## The honey bee belongs to... ## Species of *Simuliidar* family are... ## You can not find pupal stage in life cycle of... ## Blood-feeding behaviour of tsetse flies can be seen amongst... ## The name of sheep ked is... **Stomoxys calcitrans, Biting lice, Hypoderma bovis, Both sexes, hymenoptera, blackflies, lice, Both sexes, Malophagus ovinus** ## Where can you find two pairs of antennae? **Crustacea** ## Copepods belong to? **Crustacea** ## Decapoda taxon belongs to **Crustacea** ## Crabs belong to **Crustacea** ## Which is hard tick? **Dermacentor reticulatus** ## Which is not among the three basic types of selection? **Bilateral** ## Who raised the possibility of heritability concerning acquired traits? **Lamarck** ## What can explain the heritability of acquired traits? **epigenetics** ## Which of the following increases the genetic variation in a population? **mutation** ## What kind of isolationg mechanism is exemplified by seasonal differences? **ethological** ## What does parasitism generally evolve toward? **commensalism** ## What kind of transmission is usually characteristic of diarrhogenic pathogens? **waterborne** ## What kind of transmission is usually characteristic of pathogens causing abortion **vertical** ## Which of the following may reduce the pathogenicity of a diarrhogenic agent? **Introducing incontamined 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 kind of organism resides is... **habitat** ## The potential range of all biotic and abiotic condition under which an organism can make a living is called its... **fundamental niche** ## Interaction with other species forces species to live in their... **realised niche** ## Realised is... fundamental niche **More limited then predation** ## Beneficial for the first and harmful for the second participating population is true for... **detritivory** ## Neutral for the first and beneficial for the second participating population is true fir... **competition** ## Harmful for both participating population is true form... **Competitive exclusion** ## The process as a population extinct due to the competition with an other population is called... **coexistence** ## Dominance of intraspecific over interspecific competition enhances... directly **overdispersed** ## The typical frequency distribution pattern of parasite within the host population is: **Does not consider carrying capacity of the environment** ## Exponential growth model... **Logistic model** ## Which model describe most appropriately the population growth? **Logistic model** ## Which factor id density-independent? **earthquake** ## Which does not belong to population dynamics? **Cost-benefits analysis** ## For which strategy is small body, lost of offspring and short life span characteristic? **r-selected** ## Which one is a decomposer? **fungus** ## Can the phytoplankton be primary produced **Yes, because it is photosynthetic** ## Which does not include abiotic (physical) environment? **population** ## Which is not the effect of agriculture? **Thinning the ozone layer** ## Which trophic level is the most important in recycling biological elements? **decomposers** ## are responsible for forming of a behaviour... **Innate and learned traits together** ## What is habituation? **Getting used to something** ## Fixed-action pattern... **Is self-triggered by a key stimulus** ## Which is not operant conditioning? **Self-recognition in mirror** ## The aggressive behaviour of male sticklebacks with other males is... **Fixed-action pattern** ## Which is not true for behaviour ecology? **Examines the adaptive value of a behaviour** ## What is cooperative hunting? **Social behaviour** ## During ritualisation... **There is a symbolic action** ## Which decreases the aggressive fights? **Territorial behaviour** ## During courtship of sticklebacks... **Appearance of the female is a key stimulus** ## Performs cost-benefit analyses... **Altruism can be observed** ## Considers evolutionary factors... **The main goal is not the reproduction** ## Examines the adaptive value of a behaviour... **There are no genetically determined traits**