ZOO503 Past Papers 39 Pages

QUIZ NO AND MID TERM MCQs

1. Which of the following is considered as health threatening microorganism of water?________ _________________ _____________________Vancomycin resistant Enterococus spp
2. The first vertebrates fish had no _______. Fossil sites at Chengjiang in China: Early Cambrian?_______________________________________________________________ Jaws
3. There are _______ or so living echinoderm species include familiar forms such as sea lilies, sea urchins, sand dollars, starfish and sea cucumbers__________________________________6000
4. The Ediacaran biota consisted of __________ and frond-shaped?_______ Enigmatic tubular
5. Diatoms are _________ autotrophs?_____________________________________ Unicellular
6. The evolution of fishes start from the _______ to the present day, and the Paleozoic tetrapods?_ ___________________________________________________________________ Cambrian
7. When a fish became a land animal, surely the key problem was ____________? Breathing air
8. Skeletons that are made from several parts may become ........., separated into their component parts.___________________________________________________________ disarticulated
9. _______ is the term in which the males and females show different sizes, and different specialized

10. The _______ dominated the filter-feeding benthos of the Paleozoic ?_______ Brachiopods 11. “imperfection of the geological record” is pointed out by_______________ Charles Darwin 12. The first pennate diatoms appeared during Paleogene colonizing freshwater and this group

13. Incomplete remains of ........ were discovered in 1856_________________ Neandertal man 14. __ are the organic carbons much less liable to break down, such as cellulose._Refractories 15. The Sub phylum Crustacea Only ___ groups, have significant geological records?_____ Two 16. In porifera, _ have a number of simple chambers with a single central paragaster?___ Sycon 17. Bacteria in rocks up to _____ Ga, indicated by stromatolites.________________________3.2

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AL TERM/SOLVED QUESTIONS

21. Father of comparative anatomy is _________________________________________Cuvier 22. The ____ are filter-feeding members of the sessile benthos?_________________ Sponges 23. Earth has oscillated at least ____ times between icehouse and greenhouse conditions.- ____5 24. Insects had probably already evolved flight before the ________, when giant dragonflies patrolled the forests.__________________________________________ Mid Carboniferous 25. The Brachiopoda, diversified at __________ era?_________________________ Paleozoic 26. Geographic range ______ may be large or small, and controlled by a variety of factors including _____.___________________________________________________________ Both 27. The class insecta of hexopods have _______limbs on their body?______________________6 28. Which type of diatoms preserved in fossil record?_______ A succession of contiguous 29. formations with common characteristics is called a ____._______________________ group 30. Physical and chemical effects occurring after burial, are termed as ____. _______diagenesis 31. Extinction and dating rocks is the use of ____._______________________ paleontology 32. The similarity of a death assemblage to its living counterpart, is its ____________. Fidelity 33. Important factor to drive evolutionary change___________________ Geographic change 34. The use of ecometerials on walls is effective for?___________ _____Sound suppression 35. A compound…. isolated from neam plant has broad spectrum insecticidal effect___ _______ _________________________________________________________________Azadirechtin 36. Which of the following Phytoplankton facilitate the growth of fishes?_ __Chlorella vulgaris 37. Which of the following chemicals is involved in the detoxification of the metals?_____ ___________________________________________________________ cu-EDTA complex 38. Main purpose of growing non food crops is to get__ commercially?______ ____________Oils 39. Which of the following is used to degrade the xenobiotics___ __Mixed microbial cultures 40. Which of the following has been considered as a strong anti-biofouling agent?_ ___Acid rain 41. Zooplanktons are microscopic ........?_____________________________________Animals 42. The _______ is the oldest Cnidarian?______________________________ Chondrophora 43. At which pH, air contamination is controlled? ____________________________________7.5 44. The Phylum Mollusca bear a body plan based on _____ features?_________________ Four 45. volatiles, forms of carbon in formation of ………….parts of body animals _____________ soft 46. the wide hinged fossils are _____________________________Spiriferide brachiopods 47. Early mineralization of soft tissues depends on …factors_____________________________3 48. Specimen displayed at the Museum für Naturkunde in __________________________Berlin 49. Scottish scientist ---------- (1726-1797) challenged no vestige of beginning no prospect of an end ____________________________________________________________James Hutton 50. The earth today can be divided into ------------- main provinces of biogeography_______ Six 51. Paleontology is study of __________________________________________old creatures 52. The _______ lack gills and eyes, have a mouth equipped with a radula and foot surrounded by tentacles similar to that of the bivalves, adapted for burrowing?_ ___________Scaphopods 53. The Class Gastropods evolved in ___________? ___________________Entire Phanerozoic 54. “All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore Socrates is mortal.”Who said this?______ _____________________________________________________________________ Aristotle 55. The ________ is an integral part of the body plan of an animal, providing support, protection and attachment for muscles______________________________________________ Skeleton 56. _____ were involved in the generation of molecular oxygen._____________ Cyanobacteria 57. The Insect diversified in freshwater during the Late _______?__________________ Silurian 58. By the Late ________ a very diverse insect fauna had evolved, with forms such as the dragonflies and mayflies capable of powered flight?______________________ Carboniferous 59. The metazoans having arthropod–nematode–priapulid plus other taxa group are known as?_____________________________________________________________ Ecdysozoans 60. In arthropods, skeleton growth by periodic bursts between intervals of ecdysis or molting?____ _________________________________________________________________________ True 61. Pasteur performed an experiment in term of Spontaneous generation in ____________. 1861 62. ………….and……………Recognized the reality of biogeographic provinces. _________ both 63. fossil can be used as _______________________________________________Ornaments 64. Following are examples of biological species concept______________________________ all 65. Paleozoic describes the ____ life._________________________________________ ancient 66. Humans arose _____ Ma, and fossil evidence points to repeated human migrations out of Africa?_____________________________________________________________________ 6-8 67. The first metazoans were _________ with one main cell type & peripheral collar cells or choanocytes, with a whip or flagellum___________________________________ Multicellular 68. The _______ achieved great diversity and abundance only after the extinction of the dinosaurs?___________________________________________________________ Mammals 69. The investigation of thermal maturation is now a routine__________________ __________ ___________________________________________ _ petroleum exploration technique 70. The evolutionary radiation of animal life during the ________ Period, 40 my after the CE?_______________________________________________________________ Ordovician 71. If there is no change in proportions during growth, the feature is said to show ____ growth.____ _______________________________________________________________________isometric 72. the first soft-bodied Ediacaran fossils were found in _________________________Australia 73. Slight genetic change over a few generations in a population that does not result in the evolution of a new species is called as________. _______________________Micro evolution 74. And to make link from locality to _______________________________________________Rock 75. Chemostratigraphy is a type of _____________________________________ Stratigraphy 76. Paleontologists should be ….when they attempt to reconstruct a whole plant or animal, and try to understand its biomechanics______________________________________________ careful 77. Fossils information is also useful in ______________________________________Geology 78. ……………was linked to the idea of evolution_______________________ Progressionism 79. Tectonic units, such as thrust sheets _______________________tectonostratigraphy 80. ….is a branch of geology that attempts to subdivide and link sedimentary deposits into unconformity bound units on a variety of scales__________________ Sequence Stratigraphy 81. ………Allows the tectonic history of mountain ranges to be reconstructed___________ Fossils 82. was an antiprogressionist__________________________________________ Charles Lyell 83. There are ______ main groups of conodonts?______________________________________3 84. The German scientist ------------ suggested that the continents moved across the earth surface on a liquid core, suggesting that continent could in fact drift_____________ ____Alfred Wegener 85. Fossil sharks’ teeth were known as __________________________________glossopetrae 86. According to ____, common patterns would point to an explanation, or law of nature._______ ____________________________________________________________ Sir Francis Bacon

Grand quiz

1. The osteichthyans or bony fishes also appeared in the______________ ___________Devonian
2. In porifera ---------- have sacs with a single chamber lined by flagellate cells____________Ascon
3. Which of the following is the second major diapsid clade ____________________Lepidosaurs
4. The best studied embryo fossils of metazoan are doushantuo formation from ____South china
5. According to -------- common pattern would point to an explanation or law of nature ____________________________________________________________Sir Francis bacon
6. The geographic model based on the establishment of geographic _________________Barriers
7. The --------- is the morphologically diverse clade of protostome animals _______The spiralians
8. The armored fishes were abundant in -------- seas and lakes _________________Devonian
9. The metazoans having echinoderm hemichordate- chordate group are known as ______________________________________________________________Deuterostomes
10. The Cambrian explosion have relatively short span event of ------my?__________________20
11. One of the most remarkable echinoderm animal ------------- occur in the upper Ordovician succession of the Craighead inlier,north of the Girvan valley , southwest Scotland____ Star fish
12. Radiolarians are --------- like protozoan with siliceous tests_____________________ Animal
13. Condition that are necessary for the survival of hard parts in the sediments ____________ __
14. Quantitative techniques to understand the relationships between ------------ thickness and time. And to make link from locality to locality.________________________________________ Rock
15. The class insect of hexapod have ----------- limbs on their body________________________6
16. The earth today can be divided into ------------- main province of biogeography__________ Six
17. --------- are the beasts that live in or the seabed____________ ________________Benthos
18. The trilobites extinct at the -------------- time?____________ _______________End Permian
19. The class cephalopods have ------------ subclass __________________________Three
20. The mites, scorpion and spiders belong to the subphylum____ _____________Chelicerata
21. If there is no change in properties during growth, the feature is said to show ------------- growth _________________________________________________________________ Isometric
22. proof is impossible said___________ ___________________________________Karl popper
23. The ________ diversification generated witnessed a staggering increase in biodiversity at the family, genus and species levels.________________________________________ Ordovician
24. Fossils form tell us about______________________________ Adaptation through time
25. In which year did Darwin wrote the book “On the Origin of Species” _________? _____ 1859