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University of New Zealand.
Examination for Senior Scholarships, 1885.
Natural Science.—biology.
Paper a. General Principles.
Examiner: Prof. E. Ray Lankester, M.A., F.R.S.
| 1. | Are the Bacteria to be regarded as plants or as animals? Give reasons for your answer and give a sketch of the part played by Bacteria in the economy of nature. |
| 2. | What is the actual difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals? What is the cause of warm-bloodedness? How is the temperature of the body regulated? |
| 3. | What is the mechanism of the movements of the sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)? |
| 4. | State the characteristic features of deep-sea organisms, of pelagic organisms, of littoral organisms, and of terrestrial, fluviatile, and lacustrine organisms. |
| 5. | What is Mr. Darwin's "theory of pangenesis"? |
| 6. | What is the essential character of nerve? Give an account of the simplest nervous apparatus known to you, and describe the embryonic development of the nervous system of a vertebrate. |
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