QUESTIONS 



ON 



PATTE?cSO^"S ZOOLOGY FOR SCHOOLS. 



PART I.— INVERTEBRATE AXBIALS. 



Introduction. — P, 1. 



■\Vhat is the meaning of the word "Zoolocry ?" What is the 

 first tiling to be done in attempting a classification of animals? 

 1'he hat flies in the air; why is it not classed with birds? The 

 whale swims in the sea ; why is it not a fish ? What must form 

 the basis of classification? What is the object of it? What 

 division was proposed by Lamarck ? What was taught by Ciivier ? 

 Into how many principal groups did he divide the animal king- 

 dom ? What are the names of those groups ? 



RADIATA.— P. 3. 



To what kind of animals is the term applied? What is the 

 arrangement of their nervous system ? Into how many classes 

 are they divided? 



Class I. iNrrsoRiA. — P. 4. 



To what creatures is the term applied ? What is the origin of 

 the term ? What is their size compared with that of tlie globules 

 of our blood? What is Ehrcnbcrg's calculation? Where are 

 they found? Into what ordcTS are they divided? Explain the 

 meaning of these two terms. 



PoLYGASTRiCA. — How did Ehrcnbcrg find they had a number of 

 stomachs ? How do they move ? WLat is the meaning of cilia ? 



IloTiFERA. — What is their structure ? How do they feed ? 

 What experiments were made by Fontaua? What modes of 

 reproduction have been observed among the infusoria? How do 

 they conduce to the purity of the atmosphere ? What is said of 

 their silicious shells? How many were Calculated to be in a 

 tubic inch of tripoli? What effects arc now occurring from 

 tiimilar deposits? 



Note. — The orjfanUms by wMch those silicious shells are deposited, havinf^ 

 lh.'en more niiiiuti-ly examined, are of late regarded as luore iiroperly belonging 

 to the vegetable than to the aiiinial kingdom. 



