Zoology Vocabulary List (correct answers)
Zoology correct answers the branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life,
including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of
animals
Ethology correct answers the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in
their natural habitats
Ecology correct answers the branch of biology concerned with the relations between
organisms and their environment
Anatomy correct answers the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of
animals
Physiology correct answers the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the
functioning of organisms
Evolution correct answers generation-to-generation change in the proportion of different
inherited genes in a population that account for all of the changes that have transformed
life over an immense time
Adaptation correct answers a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to
survive and reproduce in a particular environment
Habitat correct answers area where an organism lives, including the biotic and abiotic
factors that affect it
Niche correct answers the status of an organism within its environment and community
(affecting its survival as a species)
Territory correct answers an area that is occupied and defended by an animal or group
of animals
Ecosystem correct answers living and nonliving things in an environment, together with
their interactions
Autotroph correct answers organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals
and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer
Heterotroph correct answers organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes;
also called a consumer
Herbivore correct answers organism that obtains energy by eating only plants
Carnivore correct answers any animal that feeds on flesh
Zoology correct answers the branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life,
including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of
animals
Ethology correct answers the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in
their natural habitats
Ecology correct answers the branch of biology concerned with the relations between
organisms and their environment
Anatomy correct answers the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of
animals
Physiology correct answers the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the
functioning of organisms
Evolution correct answers generation-to-generation change in the proportion of different
inherited genes in a population that account for all of the changes that have transformed
life over an immense time
Adaptation correct answers a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to
survive and reproduce in a particular environment
Habitat correct answers area where an organism lives, including the biotic and abiotic
factors that affect it
Niche correct answers the status of an organism within its environment and community
(affecting its survival as a species)
Territory correct answers an area that is occupied and defended by an animal or group
of animals
Ecosystem correct answers living and nonliving things in an environment, together with
their interactions
Autotroph correct answers organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals
and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer
Heterotroph correct answers organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes;
also called a consumer
Herbivore correct answers organism that obtains energy by eating only plants
Carnivore correct answers any animal that feeds on flesh
