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| 1 | ______ is the study of the kinds and diversity of organisms and the evolutionary relationships among them. |
 | A) | Systematics |
| B) | Nomenclature |
| C) | Biogeography |
| D) | Bhylogenetics |
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| 2 | A group of animals that shares a particular set of characteristics forms an assemblage called a/an |
| A) | intron. |
| B) | photon. |
| C) | exon. |
| D) | taxon. |
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| 3 | Which of the following sequences is arranged from broad to more specific? |
| A) | kingdom, domain, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| B) | kingdom, phylum, class, order, domain, family, genus, species |
| C) | domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| D) | domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species |
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| 4 | Which of the following is the correct way to write the scientific name of the water penny beetle? |
| A) | Psephenus herricki |
| B) | Psephenus Herricki |
| C) | Psephenus Herricki |
| D) | Psephenus herricki |
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| 5 | Prokaryotic organisms that live in extreme environments, such as high-temperature rift valleys on the ocean floor, belong to the domain |
| A) | Protista. |
| B) | Eubacteria. |
| C) | Archaea. |
| D) | Eukarya. |
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| 6 | Animalia can be distinguished from Plantae because |
| A) | animals are heterotrophic. |
| B) | animal cells have cell walls. |
| C) | plants are prokaryotic. |
| D) | plants obtain nutrients by absorption. |
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| 7 | A taxonomic character is |
| A) | any trait of an animal. |
| B) | any genetic trait. |
| C) | any genetic trait that can be measured. |
| D) | any genetic trait that determines an anatomical feature of an animal. |
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| 8 | A taxonomic grouping that is derived from a single ancestor but does not include all members of the family group is called a ______ group. |
| A) | paraphyletic |
| B) | polyphyletic |
| C) | monophyletic |
| D) | diphyletic |
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| 9 | The goal of systematic studies is to arrange animals into |
| A) | monophyletic groups. |
| B) | polyphyletic groups. |
| C) | paraphyletic groups. |
| D) | outgroups. |
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| 10 | A character that can be used to distinguish one group of animals from another is called a |
| A) | synapomorphy. |
| B) | symplesiomorphy. |
| C) | paraphyletic character. |
| D) | polyphyletic character. |
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| 11 | A structure that is near the plane that divides an animal into equal left and right halves is |
| A) | medial in position. |
| B) | anterior in position. |
| C) | lateral in position. |
| D) | distal in position. |
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| 12 | The development of a coelom in an animal is always associated with |
| A) | bilateral symmetry. |
| B) | asymmetry. |
| C) | diploblastic organization. |
| D) | triploblastic organization. |
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| 13 | The dorsal surface of a frog is at the frog's |
| A) | rear end. |
| B) | head end. |
| C) | back. |
| D) | belly. |
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| 14 | The Eubacteria are the most primitive life forms known. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 15 | In a monophyletic grouping, there is often more than one kind of ancestral animal. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 16 | Triploblastic animals whose mesodermally derived tissues form a relatively solid mass of cells between ectodermally and endodermally derived tissues are said to be acoelomate. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 17 | The formation of a distinct head is called cephalization and is usually associated with bilateral symmetry. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 18 | The ankle is distal to the knee. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 19 | The oral end of a sea anemone contains its tentacles and mouth. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 20 | A coelom is a body cavity that is completely surrounded by mesodermally derived tissues. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 21 | A transverse plane divides a bilateral animal into left and right mirror images. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |