Zoology Pre/Post Test

A stiff hairs or bristles on each segment of certain annelids are called____________.

• Ganglia
• Setae
• Parapodia
• Nephridia

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Which of the following is a correct description of a hermaphrodite?

• An organism that has both a mouth and an anus.
• An organism that has a centralized nervous system
• An organism that produces both sperm and eggs
• An organism that has all three germ layers.

All vertebrate animals belong to Phylum _____.

• Mammalia
• Chordata
• Reptilia
• Echinodermata

This group feeds milk to its young.

• birds
• mammals
• fish
• reptile

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

• Their feathers 
• Genotypes 
• Their beaks
• Their body sizes

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Darwin referred to this as survival of the fittest. Over time, it results in changes in the inherited characteristics of a population because organisms with adaptations that make them fit for their environment will survive and reproduce better than those without favorable traits.

• Natural Selection
• Genetic Variation
• Survival of the Fittest

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What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

• DNA studies
• embryology 
• extinction
• fossil record

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What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

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What is suggested by the anatomical similarity of different species of vertebrates?

• no evolutionary relationships between the groups

• recent common ancestry

• similar environments in the past

• evolution from a distant common ancestor

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two species are in different environments and look very similar.  However, that are not closely related (analogous).  Their resemblance is most likely an example of.

• sexual selection
• temporal isolation
• convergent evolution
• divergent evolution

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