Bio 112 Chordata

Bio 112 Chordata

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Multiple Choice

A(n) _______________is a flexible, rod-shaped structure that supports the body of a developing chordate.

• notochord

• vertebrate

• spinal cord

• brain

Multiple Choice

Tunicates feed in which way?

• Herbivory

• Deposit feeding

• Filter feeding

• Hunting

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Another name for Tunicates

• Urochordates

• Sea sponge

• Lancetes

• lancetfish

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Fish-like marine animals usually found half buried in sand

• Respiration
• Lancelets
• Excretion
• Tunicates

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This is the organ where gas exchange occurs in fish.

• Gills

• Lungs

• Heart

• Operculum

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How many chambers does a fish heart have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Hagfish produce and excrete this substance to make themselves harder to catch.

• Mucous

• Sweat

• Ink

• Air

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Lampreys differ from other fish in the following ways:

• They lack a backbone.

• They lack an endoskeleton.

• They lack jaws.

• They lack a tail.

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In fish, what is the name of the fluid-filled canal that detects movement and vibrations in water?

• Lateral Line

• Vertical Line

• Horizontal Line

• Lateral Spine

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Which of these is the main difference between rays and skates?

• Rays have a stinging spine on their tails.

• Skates have a stinging spine on their tails.

• Rays are nocturnal.

• Skates only eat crabs.

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What class does this fish belong to?

• myxini

• agnatha

• chondrichthyes

• osteoichthyes

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Identify the gender of this shark.

• male

• female

• cannot determine from image

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WHICH sense "organs" can be found in most all fish?

• tastebuds

• eye

• lateral line system

• all of the above

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The chamber that receives digestive waste, urinary waste, and eggs or sperm in frogs.

• atrium

• neural crest

• cloaca

• spawn

Multiple Choice

How many chambers in an amphibian heart?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

Multiple Select

How do adult frogs breathe? (choose all that apply)

• skin absorbs oxygen from air and water

• gills

• lungs

• tail

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An ADULT frog can get it's oxygen through:

• gills & lungs
• gills only
• lungs only
• lungs and skin

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Which order is NOT correctly matched?

• anura = frogs

• apoda = toads

• caudata = salamanders

• gymnophiona - caecilians

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lines the outer shell, regulating the exchange of gases between the egg and the outside environment

• chorion

• Amniotic fluid

• albumin

• allantois

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Thin membrane enclosing the salty fluid in which the embryo floats

• shell

• amnion

• chorion

• yolk

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Store the nitrogenous wastes produced by the embryo until the egg hatches

• allantois

• amnion

• shell

• yolk

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In the amniotic egg image, what is letter B pointing to?

• embryo

• amnion

• chorion

• amniotic fluid

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What order does this reptile belong to?

• testudines

• crocodilia

• squamata

• spehnodontida

Multiple Choice

The ventral (bottom) portion of a turtle and tortoise shell is called the ____________.

• carapace

• shellina

• ventralia

• plastron

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The order Squamata contains which types of organisms?

• tuataras

• tortoises / turtles

• snakes / lizards

• crocodiles / alligators

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Birds belong to the class 

• Aves
• Amphibia
• Mammalia
• Reptiles

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Flying birds usually have extremely large chest muscles that attach to an outgrowth of the sternum called a 

• Clavical
• Pectoralis
• Keel
• Furcula

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The most important characteristic that separates birds from living reptiles is 

• Teeth
• Feathers
• Claws
• Tail

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What structure in mammals provides nourishment for mammals after they are born?

• Mammary Glands

• Plancenta

• Claspers

• Cloaca

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a characteristic that all mammals share?

• they all have a pouch
• they all have a cloaca
• they all have hair
• they all have a short gestational period

Multiple Choice

Mammals that lay eggs are in the order:

• Marsupiala

• Monotremata

• Pilosa

• Chiroptera

Multiple Choice

Organisms that live in a pouch until they are mature are known as....

• Placentals

• Monotremes

• Marsupials

Multiple Choice

Bats, dolphins, horses, humans and dogs are all examples of which group of mammals?

• monotremes
• marsupials
• placentals