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1.The classification of all living organism is based on______________ obtained From ____________ .

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Ans: Phylogenetic information,, Molecular data

2.The three Domain above kingdom level are ________, ___________, and ____________

Ans: Archaea (Archaebacteria), Eubacteria (True Bacteria), Eukaryota (Eukarya).

3.Eukaryota include__________ Kingdom which are _________, ___________ ,____________ and

___________.

Ans:4kingdom, Protista, Fungi ,Plantae ,Animalia

4.Prsssotozoa-Protists exist at which level of organization of life _____________ .

Ans: Cellular level

5.____________ Involve movement of cell body in locomotion

Ans: Gregarine movement ( Apicomplexa ).

6.Mode of life in protozoa protist can be _________ ,___________ , and _______________ .

Ans: Free-living , commensal, mutualism or parasitic

7. Another name for kingdom Protista is __________

Ans: Protoctista.

8 .Kingdom Protista includes how many Phyla?

Ans:18 Phyla

9.Locomotion is Euglenozoa is primarily by ?

ANS> Flagella

10.Asexual reproduction in euglenozoan is typically by ___________

Ans> Longitudinal binary fission ( symmetrogenic division)

11.Examples of organism in phylum euglenozoa _______ , _______________ ,and ______________ .

Ans> (1)Euglena (2)Trypanosoma (3) Lieshmania Tropical

12. Another name for animal trypanosomiasis is ___________

Ans> Nagana

13. The vector of lieshmania tropical is ______________

Ans> Sand flies (Genus Phlebotomus)

14. All members of __________ are ___________ with complex life cycles

Ans: Apicomplexa ,Endoparasites

15. Phylum apicomplexa posses a unique combination of organelles at the ____________ called
___________ .

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Ans> Anterior end ,, Apical complex

16.Members of gregarinea are called ____________ as well as members of coccidea are called _______ .

Ans: Gregarines , coccidians

17.Class gregarinea are parasites of _______________ which class coccidea are parasites of
____________

Ans>invertebrates ,invertebrate and vertebrate.

18 .Examples of annelid infested by selenidium mesnili is___________

Ans> Myxicola infundibulum .

19 .Gregarina blattarum is found in _____________ .

Ans> in the mid gut of cockroaches eg periplaneta americana and blatta orientalis

20 . Class coccidea are __________ parasites of both vertebrate &Invertebrates

Ans> Intracellular tissue parasites.

21.List the organism found in class coccidea.

Ans> (1) Eimeria spp (2) Isospora spp (3)Theileria spp (4) plasmododium spp (5) babesia spp

22. Which of the following species in class coccidea causes coccidiosis

Ans>Eimeria specie

23.The cilia in phylum ciliophoran form a complete covering over the whole body surface are
____________

Ans> Are restricted to one body surface only.

24 ____________ is a colonial ciliophoran

Ans> Carchesium

25 ___________ ia a solitary cilipphora

Ans>Vorticella , paramecium

26.__________ divides mitotically as ____________ divides Anatomically

Ans>Micronucleus ,Macronucleus

27 .Asexual reproduction in phylum ciliophoran is by _______________

Ans:transverse or equatorial binary fission (homothetigenic/division)

28 . ___________ involves genetic reorganization within one individual

Ans> Autogamy

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29 Examples of organism in phylum ciliophora are ____________

(1) Balantidium coli (2)Epidinium spp (3)Nyctotherus cordiformis (4)Paramecium

30. The stiffening rod-like bundle of microtubles is known as _____________

Ans>Axostyle

31 .The cell body of axostylata is surrounded only by _______________

Ans>Plasma membrane

32 .___________ is an example of parabasalea

Ans>Trichonympha campanula

33 .Parabasalea comprises of how many flagella

Ans>50 to thousands
34 .Trichonympha companula is found where ?

Ans > An obligate mutualist in the alimentary tract of termites

35.Trichonmonadida comprises flagellates with 3 to 5 flagella at the ______________ of the body

Ans>Anterior regions

36 .The trichomonaedida that causes abortion is known as .

Ans>Trichomonas foetus

37 .List the examples of organism in phylum trichomonas

Ans>Tritrichomonadida

38 .Phylum opalinata are _________ , ____________ , and _______________ leaf shaped

Ans >Large ,Oval ,flattened

39 .Phylum opalinata used by ____________ .

Ans>pinocytosis

40 .Sexual reproduction in opalinata is by ___________

Ans>Syngamy

41 . Opalina ranarum is found in the _______________

Ans>Rectum of frog

42 . Members of rhizopoda from temporary extension of the cytoplasm are called __________ at
___________

Ans>Pseudopodia , any place on their cell body .

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43_____________ is the organell of locomotion and feeding in rhizopoda

Ans>pseudopodia

44 .______________ is an example of naked amoebae

Ans>Amoeba proteus

45 .______________ is an example of testate amoebae

Ans>Arcella , difflugia

46 .The cytoplasm of rhizopoda usually has a clearer ______________ and a more granular

___________

Ans> ectoplasm , endoplasm

47 .____________ Are examples of free living rhizopoda

Ans >Difflugia , arcella Pelomyxa , amoeba ,Hartmanella

48 ._______________ Are examples of parasitic rhizopoda

Ans >Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebiasis or amoebic dysentery ,Entamoeba gingivalis(mouth

and upper pharynx) Entamoeba coli (intestine &colon of humans), Naegleria fowleri(Invades the
brain)

49 .________________ invades the brain and meninges causing a fatal diseases known as primary
amoebic meningoencephalitis.

Ans >Naegleria fowleri

50 ._______________ is known as a soil amoeba.

Ans >Naegleria fowleri

51 .Granuloreticulosans are________________ amoeba that possess ,________ and are known

as__________________ .

Ans >Elongate , fine , net like pseudopodia ,reticulopodia

52 .Pseudopodia with rounded end is known as _____________

Ans >lobopodia

53 .Pseudopodia with thin and tapering end is known as______________

Ans >Filopodia

54.Fossils of some foraminiferans are important to the oil industry for____________?

ANS >For identification of strata in rock drilling

55. ___________ & _____________ are classes of Granulareticulosa

Ans >Foraminiferida &Anthalamida

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56 ._____________ is an example of foraminiferida

Ans >Globigerina

57 Biomyxa is an example of _________________ class of granuloreticulosa

Ans >Anthalamida

58 ._________________ Lacks shell i.e naked in Granuloreticulosa

Ans >Anthalamida

59 ._______________ Exist at the photoplasmic grade of organization

Ans >Organelles

60 ._________________ Exist at the cellular level of organization

Ans >Porifera , Protozoa , Protist , Volvox

61 .Cnidarians exist at which grade of organization ?

Ans >Cell-tissue

62 .____________ Exist at the tissue organ level of organization

Ans >Flatworm (Platyhelminthes)

63 ______________________ is the highest level of organization

Ans > System or Organ System

64 .___________ is an example of acoelomates

Ans >Flatworms

65 .The region between ________________ and ________________ is completely filled with mesoderm
in form of collective tissues called ______________

Ans >Ectodermal epidermis , endodermal digestive tracts ,Parenchyma

66 .Pseudocoelom is also known as _____________

Ans >Blastocoelom

67 ._____________ is an example of pseudocoelomate

Ans >Nematode ,Porifers

68 .____________ are examples eucoelomate

Ans >Annelids , mollusca arthropoda (Schizocoelom)

69.___________ & _____________ are types of eucoelom

Ans >Schizocoelom ,enterocoelom

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70 .Divison of the body along its longitudinal axis into similar segments or metameres is known as
____________

Ans >Segmentation

71 .Segmentation permits ____________

Ans > Greater body mobility and complexity of structure and functions

72 .Development of firm exoskeleton which resist deformation is known as ______________

Ans>Anthropodization

73 .One disadvantage of anthropodization is ________________

Ans >Its limits body size

74 .______________ is the demarcation of animal body into clearly defined regions called
________________

Ans >Tagmosis ,Tagmata

75 ._____________ is an advantage of tagmosis

Ans >it enhances the use of different body regions for specialized purpose eg Arthropods.

76 .Cephalization simply means ________________

Ans >Head formation

77 . ___________________ allows for efficient positioning of sense organs

Ans >Cephalization

78 .Metazoa means _____________

Ans >Animals with multiple of cells

79 .The pores on the body of sponges is known as

Ans >Ostia

80 .The principal body opening in sponges is _______________

Ans >Osculum and is exhalent

81 .The main body cavity in sponges is known as _______________

Ans >Spongocoel/atrium

82 .The two body layer in sponges are _________________

Ans >internal choanoderm and external pinacoderm

83 .Structurally sponges is of ______________ types namely

Ans >3 types , Asconoid ,syconoid ,leuconoid

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84 .List the (3)classes of sponges

Ans >Calcarea ,Hexaetinellida /,Demospongiae

85 .Which of the classes of sponges is known as glass sponges

Ans >Hexaetinellida

86 .Spongilla is under which class of sponges _______________

Ans >Demospongiae

87 .Calsis means ____________

Ans >line eg . sycon

88 .The adult of sponges are _______________ and ___________

Ans >sessile and benthic

89 .Radiata consist _____________ &__________________ phylum

Ans >Phylum cnidarians and Ctenophora

90 .Both cnidarian and ctenophora form the phylum _______________

Ans >Coenlenterata

91 .Coenlentrata means

Ans >Hollow intestine

92 .Another name for endoderm is

Ans >Gastrodermis

93 . The endoderm of radiate has a middle non cellular layer known as ______________

Ans > Mesogloea

94 .Cnidarians and Ctenophora has ________ & ___________ for defense and capturing prey

Ans >Cnidocyte and colloblast

95 .The lowest form of animal at the tissue level is the _______________

Ans >Cnidarians

96 .Cnidarians has epidermal _______________ , ________________ & ___________

Ans > Nervous , Digestive ,Muscular tissues .

97 .Polypoid in cnidarians are _______

Ans > Sedimentary i.e Non mouth

98 .In cnidarians reproduction is either asexual in ______________ and sexual in _____________

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Ans > Polyp , Medusa

99 .The large type of Cnidarians is ________________

Ans > Gutanular

100 .List the classes of Cnidarians

Ans >Hydrozoa , Scyphozoa ,cubozoa ,Anthozoa

101 . Anthozoa is known as _______________ Animals

Ans > Flower Animals

102 .Anthozoa is generally known as _______________

Ans >Sea Anemones

103 Rhizostoma is also known as _____________

Ans >Jelly fish (Scyphozoa)

104 .The word Radiata is derived From _________________

Ans >Radially symmrtrical

105 .Ctenophora is derived from 2 words which are

Ans > Cteno (comb ) and Phora (bear)

106 .Ctene is used for ___________ in Ctenophora

Ans > Locomotion

107 .Ctenophora are usually called _____________ & ________________

Ans >Sea walnut and Comb jelly .

108 .Ctenophora has how many openings which are ______________

Ans >2 openings ,Anal pore and Mouth

109 .Balancing is well pronounced in ctenophora due to the presence of ______________

Ans >Statolith

110 .The larvae type of ctenophora is known as ________________

Ans >Cydipids

111 .Ctenophora is classified into _________ namely

Ans >2,Those with tentacles (tentaculate) and without tentacles (nuda)

112 .Pleurobranedia in which class of ctenophora ?

Ans >Tentaculata

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113 .Berve species is in which class of ctenophora?

Ans >Class Nuda

114 .The name platyhelminthes is from two Greek word namely ___________________
Ans >Platy ,and Helminthes

115 .Platy means _____________ as well as helminthes means ___________

Ans >Flat and worm

116 .Platyhelminthes lacks _________ and _______________ system and also lack ___________

Ans >Circulatory , Respiratory , Metamerism

117 .Platyhelminthes have ____________ digestive system

Ans >incomplete (Lack anus)

118 .Excretory system of platyhelminthes usually consist of ____________

Ans >Flame cells (protonephridia) and Excretory vessels

119.Nerve system of platyhelminthes consists of a __________________ connecting to ____________

Ans >A pair of anterior ganglia /nerve ring one to five pairs of longitudinal nerve cord.

120 .______________ is an example of free living flatworm and which class ?

Ans >Dugesia ,Class Tubellaria .

121 .List the classifications of platy helminthes

Ans>Monogenea ,Trematoda ,Tubellaria ,Cestoda ,

122 .Monogenea are parasitic in?on a _________________

Ans >Single host

123.Polystoma belongs to ________________ classs and it is found where?

Ans >Monogenea ,Urinary bladder of toads and frogs

124 .Digenea is ______________ of trematoda

Ans >subclass

125 .Tape worms are endoparasites in the guts of ________________

Ans >Vertebrates

126.Free living aquatic tubellarians contributes to the aquatic fauna as _____________

Ans >Zooplanktons

127 .Gryrodactylus is an endoparasite on the ___________________

Ans >Skin and gills of fishes

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128 .List the organism found in class Trematoda

Ans >Fasiola hepatica ,Fasioal gigantica ,paragonimus westermani ,Shistosoma

hematobium ,Shistosoma mansoni

129 .Taenia solium is from _______________ as Taenia saginata is from ________________

Ans >Pork tapeworm ,beef

130 .Which of the following tapeworm has an armed scolex ?

Ans >Taenia solium

131 .Nematoda was derived from the Greek word _____________ meaning __________________

Ans >Nematos , thread

132 .The coelom or body space of nematoda exist between the ________________
and_______________

Ans>Body wall and endothelium

133.Vermiform means ______________

Ans >Wormlike

134.In nematoda digestive is ___________________ and ____________________

Ans >Complete and straight

135. ______________ Muscles are absent in phylum nematoda

Ans >Circular muscles

136. Locomotion is by ___________________ in nematoda

Ans >lateral twitches

137 .Excretion in nematoda is by __________________

Ans >Renette

138.Respiration is through the _____________ in nematoda

Ans>Skin

139 .Nematode in plant is study by ______________ as well as in animals is study by ________________

Ans >Nematologist ,Helminthologist

140 . Non parasitic nematode found inside the soil is known as _______________

Ans >Endogenic

141 .List the animal parasites in nematoda

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Ans>(1) Ascaris lumbricoides (2)onchocerca volvulus (River blindness), loalao ,Wucherera bancrofti
(Elephantoiasis) Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm) trichuris, syngamus trachea (Gapeworm in
turkey and chickens) ,hookworm ,Ascaridia galli (in domestic fowls)

142 .Plant parasites in nematode includes

Ans >Meliodogyne specie ,ditylenchus spp

143 .Annelida is derived from a latin word _________________ meaning

Ans >Annelus ,Little ring

144 .Lugworms belongs to which class of annelida ?

Ans >Polychaetes

145 .The study of annelids is known as ______________

Ans >vermicology

146. Culturing of earthworm is known as _________________________

Ans >Vermiculture

147 . Scientific study of earthworm is termed ___________________

Ans >Oligochaetology

148 .Mesoderm is divided into 2 layers in nematode namely

Ans >Somatic mesoderm ,splanchnic mesoderm

149 .In annelida mouth is sub terminal but anus is ____________________

Ans> Terminal

150 .The segment anterior to the mouth in annelids is called __________________

Ans >Prostomium

151 .The segment in which the mouth open out is called

Ans >peristomium

152 .Excretion is by ___________________ and ____________________ in annelida

Ans >Coelomoduct ,Nephridium

153 . Circulatory system Is ______________________ in most members of annelid

Ans > Closed

154 . Nervous system by annelida consists of __________________________

Ans >A ring- like brain , a dorsal nerve cord and a ventral nerve cord

155 . List the classes of phylum annelida

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Ans >Oligochaete , hirudinida , polychaete

156 .Examples of class polychaete in annelida

Ans >clam worm ,sea mouse ,tubicola ,sabella spp

157 .in annelids _________________ were used in acient medical practice to bleed patients

Ans >leeches

158 .______________________ is the anticoagulant used to bleed patients in annelid

Ans>Hirudin

159 .Examples of leeches used to bleed patients

Ans >Hirudo medicinalis

160 .Which of the following class of annelids lack setae ___________________

Ans >leeches

161 .The hair like structure In annelids used for attachment is known as

Ans > setae

162.Mollusca was derived from a latin word named

Ans >Molluscus meaning soft

163 . The scientific structure of molluscs is

Ans > Malacology

164 .The coelom in mollucs is reduced to _______________and ___________________

Ans > Canodial and rericardial cavities

165 . The body of mollucs is surrounded by a thiny fleshy mantle called __________________

Ans > Pallium

166 .Rasping oxygen in molluscs is known as _______________________

Ans >Haemoeyanin

167 .In mollusc circulatory system is open exception _____________

Ans >Cephalopode

168 .The respiratory pigment of molluscs is _________________

Ans >Haemocyanin

169 .In mollucs circulatory system is open exception _______________

Ans >Cephalopode

170 . Nervous system of molluscs is _________________

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Ans >Three pairs of ganglia (in head ,foot ,visceral

171 . List the classes of molluscs

Ans > Cephalopoda ,gastropoda ,Bivalvia

172 .Squids & Octopus belongs to _________________ class as well as clams ,cockles belongs to
______________ class

Ans > Class cephalopoda

173 ._____________ transmits schistosoma haematobium

Ans >bulinus spp

174 .____________ transmits fasciola gingantica

Ans >lymnaea

175 .The pearls produce by many bivalves are materials for ________________ and
_________________

Ans >Jewels and ornament ‘

176 .________________________ transmit schistosoma mansoni

Ans >Biophalaria

177 .Some ______________ in molluscs are used as brain researchs

Ans >Cephalopoda

178 .Athropoda is derived from 2 greek words, namely _______________ nearly ___________ ,&
____________ meaning ____________

Ans>Arthron ,joint.podos,foot

179 The most successful phylum in the animal kingdom is _______________

Ans >Arthropods

180 .Circulatory system of arthropoda is ___________________

Ans >Open

181 .Reproduction without ferterlization by a gamete of the opposite sex is known as

Ans >Parthogenesis

182 .parthogenesis occurs in ____________ & ______________

Ans> Crustaceans and insects

183 .List the the classes of arthropoda

Ans >Trilobita/Trilobitomarpha ,(ii)cheliceriforms (iii)myriapoda (iv)Hexapoda (v)Crustaceans

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184.Members are with hard shell and biramous appendages, this is a characteristics of _____________
class in phylum Arthropoda

Ans>Crustacea

185.Copepods and ostracods belongs to which class in phylum anthropoda?

Ans >Crustacea

186 .____________ is vector of guineaworm (Dracunculus medinensis)

Ans >Thermocyclops/cyclops

187.Ventral nerve cord with metemerically arranged ganglia and dorsal cerebral ganglia is common to
both _______________ and ____________________

Ans> Annelids and anthropods

188 .Chordata is derived from the latin word _______________

Meaning ________________
Ans >chorda , string or chord

189 .Notochord simply means _____________

Ans > Back string or cord

190 .Notochord is from latin word namely _____________ meaning __________________ &
________________ meaning ________________

Ans >Noton ,back ,chorda and string

191.The nervous system of chordata is ________________ & _________________

Ans >Tubular and dorsal

192 .The presence of post anal tail is common to ___________________ phylum of the animal kingdom
Ans >chordata

193.The three sub phylum of phylum chordata are _______________________

Ans >Urochordata ,Cephalochordata ,vertebrata
194 .Tunicates belongs to which sub phylum of phylum chordata

Ans >Urochordata

195 .______________________ are chordates with cartilegenous or bony vertebrae

Ans >Vertebrates

196 .Vertebrata is divided inton 2 superclass which are _______________ and ___________________

Ans>Agnatha/cyclotomata and gunathostomata

197.Agnatha or cyclostomata are ____________________

Ans >Jawless fish eg lampicy and hagfish

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198.Gnathostoma are __________________

Ans >Vertebrae with jaw

199.The division of gnathostome are _______________

Ans >Anaminiota and amiota

200.Anamniota embryos do not _______________

Ans >Develops in sac

201.The classes of anamniota are __________________

Ans >Chondrichthyes,Osteichthyes,amphibia

202 .Osteichthyes are __________________ fish

Ans >Bony fish eg Tilapia

203 .Chondrichthyes are ______________ fishes

Ans >cartilaginous

204.Paired fins is absent in which superclass of vertebrata

Ans>Agnatha/cyclostomata

205.The larvae of amphibia respires by ____________ as well as the adult respire by ________________
Ans >Gills , lungs

206 .Reptiles ___________ during extreme cold and during heats

Ans >Hibernate ,Aestivate

207 .The teeth of reptiles are ________________________ type

Ans >Homodont type (the same shape)

208 .Possesion of mammary glands,hair covers the whole body,are endothermic are characteristics of
____________________

Ans ______________Mammals

209 .The type of teeth present in mammals is ________________

Ans >Heterodonts

210 .T equiperdum causes a dieases called ____________________

Ans > Dourine

211. L tropical causes cutaeneous leishmaniasis in which part of the country?

Ans >Northern Nigeria

212.Most molluscs are said to be found in _________ habitats.

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Ans > Marine habitats

213 .River blindness is transmitted by ________________________

Ans >Black fly

214.Pseudocoelomates means _______________________________

Ans >False Coelom

215.Eucoelomates means

Ans >Animals with true coelom/cavity

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