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PSOS BIO Unit 6: Comparative Animal Biology

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Annelid
c)
Arthropod
d)
Cnidarian
2.
What am I?
a)
Arthropod
b)
Cnidarian
c)
Mollusk
d)
Porifera
3.
I am an arachnid, have four pairs of legs, and a body with two sections.
a)
Echinoderm
b)
Arthropod
c)
Annelid
d)
Porifera
4.
I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water.  What am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Arthropod
c)
Echinoderm
d)
Cnidarian
5.
I have a digestive cavity with one opening, and have tentacles.  I am a hydra.
a)
Echinoderm
b)
Cnidarian
c)
Arthropod
d)
Mollusk
6.
I have three pairs of legs and a body divided into three sections.  As a butterfly, I have wings.
a)
Echinoderm
b)
Annelid
c)
Arthropod
d)
Mollusk
7.
I have a cavity with one opening.  I am coral.  In what phylum am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Arthropod
c)
Echinoderm
d)
Cnidarian
8.

Which two species are most closely related?

a)

arrow worms and lophotrochozoans

b)

glass sponges and calcareous sponges

c)

chordates and glass sponges

d)

lophotrochozoans and echdysozoans

9.

What is the flexible skeletal support rod?

a)

Dorsal Hollow Nerve Chord

b)

Notochord

c)

Pharyngeal slits

d)

Endoskeleton

10.

On which side of the body is the Hollow Nerve chord located?

a)

Ventral

b)

Anterior

c)

Posterior

d)

Dorsal

11.

What is an internal skeleton?

a)

exoskeleton

b)

ectoskeleton

c)

endoskeleton

d)

enterskeleton

12.
Which of these MUST return to water to reproduce?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
13.

Lampreys differ from other fish in the following ways:

a)

They lack a backbone.

b)

They lack an endoskeleton.

c)

They lack jaws.

d)

They lack a tail.

14.
All chordates contain vertebrae.
a)
True
b)
False
15.

I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, am ectothermic (cold-blooded), and often have scaly skin which holds in the water. What am I?

a)

fish

b)

mammals

c)

birds

d)

reptile

16.
What do birds have that other animals don't have?
a)
feathers
b)
wings
c)
two legs
d)
eyes
17.
Which of the following is a characteristic that all mammals share?
a)
they all have a pouch
b)
they all have a cloaca
c)
they all have hair
d)
they all have a short gestational period
18.

Sharks, skates, and rays are ____________ fish.

a)

cartilaginous

b)

jawless

c)

bony

d)

warm blooded

19.
Mammals are cold blooded
True or false
a)
False
b)
True
20.

Which of these is not a class of fish?

a)

Agnatha/Jawless

b)

Condrichthyes/Cartilaginous

c)

Osteichthyes/Bony

d)

Osteonthyes/Boneless

21.

How many chambers does a fish heart have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.
Which is not a group of fish?
a)
Jawless fish
b)
Cartilaginous fish
c)
Bony fish
d)
Shelled fish
23.
Bats, dolphins, horses, humans and dogs are all examples of which group of mammals?
a)
monotremes
b)
marsupials
c)
placentals
24.
Simple squamous is a type of epithelial cell.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
The nervous tissue that is found in the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves that conduct electrical signals.
a)
blood
b)
neurons
c)
adipose
d)
cardiac
26.
This is the connective tissue structure that supports the body
a)
Adipose
b)
Bone
c)
Skin
d)
Epithelial 
27.
Which of the following is NOT a type of connective tissue?
a)
Adipose
b)
Blood
c)
Cartilage
d)
Skin
28.
Which of the following names the part of the neuron that contains the nucleus?
a)
Cell body
b)
Dendrite
c)
Axon
d)
Nervous
29.
This type of muscle makes up the majority of the heart.
a)
Cardiac
b)
Skeletal
c)
Smooth
d)
Bumpy
30.
This type of epithelial cells make up the lining of the kidney tubules, ducts of glands, and surface of ovaries?
a)
simple squamous epithelial
b)
simple cuboidal epithelial 
c)
simple columnar epitheial
d)
striated involuntary
31.
This type of connective tissue contains platelets and is largely involved in transport of materials around the body.
a)
Bone
b)
Adipose
c)
Cartilage
d)
Blood
32.
This types of connective tissue connects bone to bone.
a)
Blood
b)
Ligament
c)
Cartilage
d)
Adipose
33.
This type of connective tissue protects the ends of our bones in out joints and is also found in other areas of the body.
a)
Cartilage
b)
Bone
c)
Adipose
d)
Blood
34.
This type of muscle is not visibly striated and has a centrally located nucleus.
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Rough
35.
Which of the following delivers oxygen to cells?
a)
Red Blood cells
b)
White blood cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
36.
Which of the following are the blood vessels that helps blood flow to the heart?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
37.
Which of the following are the blood vessels that have a wall that is 1 cell thick?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
38.
What is the name of the circulation between the heart and lungs?
a)
Diastolic
b)
Systemic
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Coronary
39.
Blood enters the heart at the ....
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
40.
What is the name of the part labelled 3?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
41.
What is the function of a valve?
a)
Helps blood to clot
b)
Keeps blood flowing in all directions
c)
Keeps blood flowing in one direction
d)
Stops blood from flowing
42.
Which part of the heart pumps deoxygenated (oxygen-poor) blood?
a)
Left side
b)
Right side
c)
Top side
d)
Bottom side
43.
Oxygen-poor blood arrives to the heart from the the body via the _____.
a)
aorta
b)
pulmonary arteries
c)
superior and inferior vena cava
d)
pulmonary veins
44.
Pulmonary vein
a)
carries oxygenated blood to left atrium
b)
carries deoxygenated blood to left ventricle
c)
carries oxygenated blood to left ventricle
d)
carries deoxygenated blood to left atrium
45.
During the Cardiac Cycle, Ventricular systole is when what happens?
a)
The Left Ventricle contracts
b)
When the Right Ventricle contracts
c)
When the Atria contract
d)
When both Ventricles contract
46.
The number of times the heart Ventricles beat in one minute is known as?
a)
Heart Rate
b)
Stroke Volume
c)
Cardiac Output
47.
The volume of blood ejected each time a Ventricle contracts is known as?
a)
Heart Rate
b)
Stroke Volume
c)
Cardiac Output
48.

Foreign proteins that gain access to the body through cuts and scrapes, through the digestive or circulatory systems, or through the urinary and reproductive systems are called ____.

a)

mineralocorticoids

b)

immunoglobulins

c)

antigens

d)

antibodies

49.

Special lymphatic vessels that absorb fats and transport them from the digestive tract to the blood are called ____.

a)

peyer"s patch

b)

vili

c)

trabeculae

d)

lacteals

50.

Antigens cause the immune system to produce high molecular weight proteins called immunoglobulins or ____.

a)

antibodies

b)

mineralcocortiocoids

c)

antigens

d)

pathogens

51.

Immunoglobulin G (IgG), found in tissue fluids and plasma, attacks viruses, bacteria, and toxins. It also activates a set of enzymes that attack foreign antigens; these enzymes are known as ____.

a)

chyle

b)

complement

c)

lymphokines

d)

plasma cells

52.

The fluid from the blood capillary that is formed in the spaces between the cells is known ..................

a)

interstitial fluid

b)

blood

c)

lymph

d)

plasma

53.

This type of immunity can be called nonspecific and refers to the bodies defenses that are present since birth.

a)

resistance

b)

adaptive immunity

c)

acquired immunity

d)

innate immunity

54.

This type of immunity is acquired during one's lifetime. It is induced by antigens that invade the body.

a)

innate immunity

b)

adaptive immunity

c)

nonspecific immunity

d)

normal microbiota

55.
Which of the following is NOT part of the first line of defense?
a)
skin
b)
B cells
c)
sweat
d)
lysozyme