Zoology Textbook Inventory
Answer on Binder Paper
1. What is the title of your textbook?
2. Who is/are the author(s) of your textbook?
3. Who is the publisher of your textbook?
4. When was your textbook published?
5. Which edition is your textbook?
6. What images are found on the front cover and who is given credit for the photos?
7. How many parts is the textbook divided into?
8. Which part seems to be the largest? How many divisions does it have?
9. What is the title of Part 3?
10. How many total chapters are in the book?
11. What is the title of Chapter 13?
12. What do you think “Radiate” means?
13. How many phyla are covered in Chapter 18?
14. At the end of each chapter there is a section called Review Questions. How many total questions are found
in the Chapter 24’s Review Question section?
15. A section called Online Learning Center can also be found at the end of each chapter. What is the link to
this resource?
16. Most animal phyla sections include a table similar to the one on page 334, for Mollusca. How might this
table be beneficial?
17. Some Chapters also include a table similar to that found on page 608-609. Explain the contents of this
addition.
18. What page will you find information about the Gila Monster?
19. On what page does the textbook's Index begin?
20. On what page does the textbook’s Glossary begin?
21. What is the meaning of instar?
22. If there is a word in the text that you don’t know the meaning of, and it's not in the Glossary, what could you
use to find its meaning?
23. What type of organism is found in Figure 20.6?
24. What does Figure 6.14 show?
25. Your textbook is full of illustrations to help explain and emphasize ideas and to give examples. Turn to
page 155. Just by examining the illustrations (without reading the text), what do you think is being
discussed on these pages?
26. Cladograms are used throughout the text to summarize relationships among animals. Turn to page 442.
List one observation you can infer from Figure 21.1?
27. Examine Figure 4.15 on page 69. Zoology incorporates many other disciplines of science. Using the
knowledge you gained in another class at Amador (Biology), what is this process showing?
28. A boldfaced term usually implies new words of importance. Since this is a college level textbook, the
definition is usually not as clear as in prior book you have read. Turn to page 188. Which of the
boldfaced terms on this page is defined as an animal that contains three initial layers of tissue?
29. The new terms in the text are NOT phonetically spelled so you can pronounce them correctly. Where could
you go to get the phonetic pronunciation?
30. Go to the website address in question 15. Click "Student Edition". At the site of “chose a chapter”, pull
down and click on Ch. 28. What resources are available for you to use?
31. Click "Learning Objectives." How many objectives are found in chapter 28?
32. Click "Key Term Flashcards". How many flashcards are in Ch. 28?
33. Find flashcard # 29, in Ch. 28. What is the word? What is the definition?
34. Take the “mixed quiz” for Ch. 29. How many questions are in the quiz? How many did you get right?