Szl100: General Zoology Question Paper
Szl100: General Zoology
Course:Bachelor Of Science
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2011
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
MAY INTAKE SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
. SZL 100: GENERAL ZOOLOGY
DATE: TUESDAY 2nd August 2011. Time: 8.00 a.m-10.00 a.m
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer ALL questions in section A and any ONE question in section B.
Within a section all questions carry same marks.
Illustrate your answer with diagrams and give examples where appropriate.
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions (40 marks)
1. Outline the differences between the classes arachnida and insects.
2. State any 5 characteristics features of platyhelminthes.
3. Outline the principles of zoological nomenclature.
4. Explain oxygen evolution and its impact on evaluation of living organisms.
5. Discuss briefly the evolution of birds in relation to geological time scale.
6. Outline the differences between the classes oligochaeta and polychaeta.
7. State features that make reptiles more suited for terrestrial life than amphibians.
8. Outline features of the phylum porifera which make them to be the most primitive in the kingdom animalia.
SECTION B(30 Marks)
Answer any ONE question
9. Describe in detail feeding in various invertebrates.
10. Write an essay on kingdom protista.
11. Write an essay on classification of the phylum Echinodermata.
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