WorksheetsPSOS BIO Unit 6: Comparative Animal Biology
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which two species are most closely related?
arrow worms and lophotrochozoans
glass sponges and calcareous sponges
chordates and glass sponges
lophotrochozoans and echdysozoans
What is the flexible skeletal support rod?
Dorsal Hollow Nerve Chord
Notochord
Pharyngeal slits
Endoskeleton
On which side of the body is the Hollow Nerve chord located?
Ventral
Anterior
Posterior
Dorsal
What is an internal skeleton?
exoskeleton
ectoskeleton
endoskeleton
enterskeleton
Lampreys differ from other fish in the following ways:
They lack a backbone.
They lack an endoskeleton.
They lack jaws.
They lack a tail.
I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, am ectothermic (cold-blooded), and often have scaly skin which holds in the water. What am I?
fish
mammals
birds
reptile
Sharks, skates, and rays are ____________ fish.
cartilaginous
jawless
bony
warm blooded
True or false
Which of these is not a class of fish?
Agnatha/Jawless
Condrichthyes/Cartilaginous
Osteichthyes/Bony
Osteonthyes/Boneless
How many chambers does a fish heart have?
1
2
3
4
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 ____.
mineralocorticoids
immunoglobulins
antigens
antibodies
Special lymphatic vessels that absorb fats and transport them from the digestive tract to the blood are called ____.
peyer"s patch
vili
trabeculae
lacteals
Antigens cause the immune system to produce high molecular weight proteins called immunoglobulins or ____.
antibodies
mineralcocortiocoids
antigens
pathogens
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 ____.
chyle
complement
lymphokines
plasma cells
The fluid from the blood capillary that is formed in the spaces between the cells is known ..................
interstitial fluid
blood
lymph
plasma
This type of immunity can be called nonspecific and refers to the bodies defenses that are present since birth.
resistance
adaptive immunity
acquired immunity
innate immunity
This type of immunity is acquired during one's lifetime. It is induced by antigens that invade the body.
innate immunity
adaptive immunity
nonspecific immunity
normal microbiota
