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The first animals were tiny and soft-bodied, so
no fossilized bodies exist.
few fossilized bodies exist.
fossilized bodies are plentiful.
the only fossils that exist are “trace fossils.”
Fossil evidence indicates that the first animals began evolving
during the Cambrian Period.
before the Cambrian Explosion.
after the Cambrian Explosion.
after the Cambrian Period.
What can you get from binocular vision?
See farther
See up close
See 3 dimensional
See 2 dimensional
Why are the fossils of the Ediacara Hills of Australia important?
Their body plans are different from those of anything alive today.
Some had cells, tissues, and specialized organs.
Some were differentiated into a front and back end.
Some were autotrophic.
Which of the following do NOT form a true clade?
Protista
Fungi
Archaebacteria
Plantae
Structures such as legs or antennae that protrude from the body are
trace fossils.
appendages.
shells, skeletons, and other hard body parts.
evidence of an extinct phylum.
What is the thinking part of the brain?
Frontal Lobe
Cerebral Cortex
Brain Stem
Cerebrum
Which of these is a hominoid?
Loris
Lemur
Tarsier
Gibbon
How did scientists confirm which primate was the closest primate relative to humans?
By comparing the skeletons
By studying behavior
By using DNA analyse
By using geographic analyse
A benefit of classifying organisms and using scientific names is so
you can quickly organize many species into related groups.
scientists in India, the United States, and South Africa can be sure they are talking about the same organism.
you can understand the evolutionary relationships among organisms in a group.
all of the above
Larus marinus and Larus argentatus belong to different
species
orders
families
genuses
A sea star and a camel are members of the same
family
phylum
kingdom
no grouping exists that includes camels and sea stars
Although we now know that this is not the best way to organize living things, Linnaeus probably grouped organisms based on easily observed characteristics because
in Linnaeus' time, there was no way to study DNA and genes.
Linnaeus preferred studying the structures and behaviors of organisms.
Linnaeus was not a well-trained scientist.
Linnaeus understood the benefit of placing organisms into groups in the easiest way possible.
Over a period of 10–15 million years in the Cambrian Period, animals evolved
into eukaryotic, photosynthetic forms.
the ability to survive on the bottom of shallow seas.
complex body plans, including cells, tissues, and organs.
into modern, vertebrate forms.
Many animals have body symmetry with left and right sides that are mirror images of each other. This type of symmetry is
radial
bilateral
circular
dorsal
The kingdom fungi cell walls contains
nuclei
ribosomes
chloroplast
chitin
The kingdom animalia are all EXCEPT
heterotrophic
prokaryotic
eukaryotic
multicellular
Which is NOT a feature of animal body plans?
Levels of organization
Body symmetry
Cell walls
Limb formation
Which of the following exhibit radial symmetry?
sponges
sea anemones
earthworms
sea stars
Animals with bilateral symmetry typically have __________.
radial symmetry
coelom
cephalization
protostomes
Which activity is required for survival of the species but not survival of the organism?
digestion
excretion
reproduction
circulation
What is an advantage of asexual reproduction?
It increases genetic diversity in a population.
It produces large numbers of offspring rapidly.
It increases a species’ ability to evolve.
It produces offspring that are genetically different from the parents.
What is Phylogeny?
The study of phylum's
The evolutionary history of a lineage
When a phylum goes extinct
The way phylums reproduce
What is a monophyletic group?
Includes a single common ancestor and all of its descents
A diagram that links groups of organisms
A group of species that share a single common ancestor
A single phylum group
What’s the goal of systematics?
To understand the similarities between all organisms
To understand the evolutionary relationships of all life on Earth
To understand the physical differences between all organisms
To understand that there are no such thing as common ancestors
In the history of chordate evolution, the appearance of new adaptations, such as jaws and paired appendages, often led to
reproductive isolation.
adaptive radiation.
extinction.
convergent evolution.
Fossil evidence strongly supports the hypothesis that birds evolved from a group of
amphibians.
mammals.
fishes.
dinosaurs.
Detritivores feed on
decaying plant and animal material.
plants
animals
insects
Animals that strain their food from water using modified gills or other structures as nets are
herbivores
carnivores
filter feeders
detritivores
Algae that live in the bodies of reef-building coral are
Parasitic symbionts
Occupants that have no effect on the coral animals
Mutualistic symbionts
Consumed as food by the coral animals
Most terrestrial insects breath using a network of structures called
gills
gill tubes
tracheal tubes
book lungs
Freshwater fish
excrete excess water through their kidneys.
conserve water by producing concentrated urine.
lose water through osmosis.
pump excess salt out across their gills
What adaptation have some marine reptiles and birds evolved to eliminate excess salt?
They have specialized kidneys that can store the salt safely.
They have specialized glands in their heads that excrete solutions.
They excrete urine that is 25 percent more concentrated than their blood
They pump out the excess salt across specialized gills.
Aquatic reptiles and mammals exchange gases using
gills
lungs
skin
mantle cavities
Examining the teeth of an animal can give information about whether it
Practices intracellular or extracellular digestion
is a nutritional symbiont
is a filter feeder or a detritivores
is a herbivore or a carnivore
In an open circulatory system, blood
is confined to blood vessels at all times
exchanges gases with lung alveoli
circulates around body tissues
is not required for exchanging gases with body cells
In chordates with four-chambered hearts, there is
only one loop in the circulatory system
partial partition of the ventricle
mixing of oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood
no mixing of oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood
Which of the following invertebrates has cerebral ganglia that are organized into a brain?
sea star
coral
earthworm
octopus
Humans have lungs with alveoli. This implies that humans
have a lower metabolic rate than amphibians and reptiles.
have the same metabolic rate as amphibians.
have a higher metabolic rate than amphibians and reptiles.
have the same metabolic rate as reptiles.
A collection of neurons connected in a netlike arrangement with few specializations is called a
nerve cord
nerve net
cerebellum
ganglia
When an animal responds to a stimulus, what body systems work together to generate a response?
the sensory neurons, nervous system, and muscles
the neurons, interneurons, and nerve nets
the cerebellum, cerebral ganglia, and cerebrum
the neurons, nerve nets, and sensory neurons
Nervous systems are composed of specialized nerve cells called
interneurons
cerebral ganglia
neurons
sensory neurons
A lobster is an example of an animal that has a(n)
hydrostatic skeleton
endoskeleton
exoskeleton
limb girdle
The places where parts of a skeleton are connected together to enable movement are called
joints
tendons
ligaments
muscles blocks
What is the process that allows arthropods to increase in size?
molting
splitting
shedding
breaking
The tissues that connects bones to muscles is called
ligaments
connective tissue
tendons
cartilage
Joints are a critical feature of both endoskeletons and exoskeletons because
jointed skeletons are more lightweight than rigid skeletons.
joints allow an animal to change its body shape.
joints provide flexibility and freedom of movement.
joints are necessary for molting to occur.
An animal’s immune system must be able to tell the difference between
endotherms and ectotherms.
fever and normal body temperature.
body cells and pathogens.
ligaments and tendons.
The system that helps all others maintain homeostasis by transporting oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide and wastes is the
excretory system
digestive system
circulatory system
respiratory system
Endotherms survive more easily during cool nights or in cold weather because they
generate a lot of metabolic heat
migrate to warmer climates.
seek cover from the cold.
use the sun to maintain their temperature.
An animal whose body temperature depends mostly on its relationship to sources of heat outside its body is a(n)
bird
ectotherm
mammals
endotherm
Which conditions would be the most favorable for an organism that reproduces asexually?
relatively constant environmental conditions
a marine or freshwater environment
an environment with great seasonal variations
an environment with geological features such as mountains
Synchronizing gamete release during external fertilization increases the chance that
offspring will mature.
females can internalize sperm.
eggs will be fertilized.
sperm will survive.
One important characteristic shared by all embryos of land vertebrates and aquatic vertebrates is that
they all develop in amniotic eggs.
they all develop fully before being born.
they all develop in a watery environment.
they all can survive independently after birth.
The type of development shown in the figure is the result of
parthenogenesis.
molting.
complete metamorphosis.
incomplete metamorphosis.
