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nAm I Bl A un IVERSITY
OF SCIEn CE TECHn OLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,NATURALRESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
SCHOOLOF AGRICULTUREAND NATURALRESOURCESCIENCES
DEPARTMENTOF NATURALRESOURCESSCIENCES
QUALIFICATION : BACHELOROF NATURALRESOURCESMANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BNRS
COURSECODE: ZLY621S
LEVEL: 7
COURSENAME: ZOOLOGY 2
DATE: NOVEMBER 2024
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 150
FIRSTOPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Mrs. Gertruida Louisa Theron
MODERATOR: Mr. Jeremia Amutenya
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Examination question paper
2. Answering book
3. Calculator and Ruler
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 4 PAGES(Including this front page)
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SECTION A: SHORT QUESTIONS (Terminology)
[30 MARKS]
QUESTION 1
Give the correct scientific term for each of the following ethological descriptions.
[10]
1.1 Living in trees most of the time, e.g. vervet monkeys.
1.2 Unselfish behaviour at the cost of an animal done to benefit another, e.g. vampire bats
sharing blood.
1.3 A mating system where males stake out neighbouring small territories within a larger
mating area into which females move during the rut, e.g. red lechwe on floodplains.
1.4 The study of behaviour of animals in their natural habitat.
1.5 A group of animals with no social structure, or those in the process of forming such a
group, e.g. migrating wildebeest or large herds of springbok grazing.
1.6 The use of urine, dung or glandular secretions to mark an object or partner to show
ownership or declare presence by smell.
1.7 Aggressive behaviour directed towards an inanimate object or an inferior individual
when the individual evoking the behaviour is too strong, too dangerous, or too
unapproachable to be attacked directly. (2 words)
1.8 The occurrence of two or more different phenotypes existing in the same population of a
species.
1.9 Vertebrates that spend all, or most of their lives underground.
1.10 Study of the role of biotic and abiotic interactions that influence animal distributions.
(2 words)
QUESTION 2
Give the scientific name of each of the following mammals (spelling counts).
(4)
2.1 Dassie
2.2 Pangolin
2.3 Suricate
2.4 Blue wildebeest
Give the super cohort and order to which each of the following mammals belongs (spelling
(4)
counts).
2.5 Loxodonta africana
2.6 Papioursinusursinus
2.7 Ceratotheriumsimum
2.8 Lycaonpictus
[8]
QUESTION 3
Make use of appropriate examples to explain each of the following terms.
3.1 Prehensile
(2)
3.2 lnterdigital
(2)
3.3 Innate
(2)
3.4 Agonistic behaviour
(2)
3.5 Pre-adaptation
(2)
3.6 Scansorial
(2)
[12]
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SECTION B: LONGER QUESTIONS (Ethology)
[60 MARKS]
QUESTION 4
4.1 Describe how suricates react when threatened (Anti-predator behaviour).
(4)
4.2 Discussthe social organisation of Phacochoerusafricanus.
(4)
4.3 Name 2 differences between the true seal (Phocidae) and the fur seal (Otariidae).
(2)
[10]
QUESTION 5
Make use of specific examples to explain how animals mark/proclaim/advertise their territories
by using the following:
5.1 Visual communication (1 example)
(2)
5.2 Tactile communication (1 example)
(2)
5.3 Olfactory communication (2 examples)
(4)
5.4 Auditory communication (1 example)
(2)
[10]
QUESTION 6
6.1 Make use of a Namibian example to explain the solitary/non-territorial
organization found in some antelope species.
6.2 All but 2 tribes of African bovids are "hiders"
(a) Name the two African bovids whose calves are not hidden.
(b) Write a short paragraph on "hiders".
social
(4)
(1)
(5)
[10]
QUESTION 7
7.1 Compare the reproduction strategies of Crocutacrocuta and Lycaonpictus by pointing
out the similarities and differences.
(12}
7.2 Give 8 characteristics of primates that make them unique and quite different from other
mammals. (NOT general mammalian characteristics!)
(8)
[20]
QUESTION 8
In TABULARform, explain the differences between plains zebra and mountain zebra.
[10]
SECTION C: LONGER QUESTIONS (Adaptations)
[45 MARKS]
QUESTION 9
Use appropriate examples to explain the difference between Adaptive radiation and Adaptive
convergence.
[10]
QUESTION 10
You are working in an Animal Factory. You were given the opportunity to design a well-adapted
fossorial animal. Provide 10 characteristics that you would put into your design and explain the
need/importance for each characteristic.
[20]
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QUESTION 11
11.1 To live permanently in water an animal must overcome various problems, for example,
be able to reduce the resistance that water offers. List 5 other "problems" that aquatic
animals must overcome.
(5)
11.2 Name 5 adaptations of birds obtaining their prey by "fishing"
(5)
11.3 The Cape Sparrow has various adaptations to make it a good flyer. What advantages
does this have for the sparrow?
(5)
[15]
SECTION D: LONGER QUESTIONS (Zoogeography)
[15 MARKS]
QUESTION 12
12.1 In plate tectonics, the lithospheric plates slide on the asthenosphere. These plates move
in 3 ways. Discuss these 3 types of boundaries and what each creates/causes. Make use
of drawings to further clarify your answers.
(9)
12.2 The mid-oceanic ridge is an example of which one of the above-mentioned types of
boundaries.
(1)
12.3 State in which zoo-geographic region each of the following animals occurs naturally:
(5)
(a) Lemurs
(b) Wild boars
(c) Sloths
(d) Cassowaries
(e) Mountain goats
[15]
TOTAL [150]