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AP Bio

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

Which of the following describes a similarity between fungi and arthropods?

a)

Both groups use chitin for support.

b)

Both groups are predominantly autotrophs that produce their own food.

c)

Both groups have cell walls.

d)

The haploid state is dominant in both groups.

2.

What are the filamentous mats formed by most fungi called?

a)

hyphae

b)

haustoria

c)

arbuscles

d)

mycelia

3.

The figure depicts the outline of a large fairy ring that has appeared overnight in an open meadow as viewed from above. The fairy ring represents the furthest advance of this mycelium through the soil. Locations A-D are all 0.5 meters below the soil surface.

Where would you expect to find the oldest portion of this mycelium?

a)

location a

b)

location b

c)

location c

d)

location d

4.

The following figure depicts the outline of a large fairy ring that has appeared overnight in an open meadow, as viewed from above. The fairy ring represents the furthest advance of this mycelium through the soil. Locations AD are all 0.5 meters below the soil surface. Responses may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Which location is nearest to basidiocarps?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

All fungi are____

a)

Flagellated

b)

symbiotic

c)

decomposers

d)

heterotrophic

6.

Evidence of which structure or characteristics would be rare to find among fossils of the Ediacaran fauna

a)

hard parts

b)

embryos

c)

bilateral symmetry

d)

true tissues

7.

What do many organisms with deuterostome development have in common?

a)

Embryos have pharyngeal pouches that may or may not form gill slits

b)

The blastopore formed during gastrulation becomes the anus

c)

Adults are bilaterally symmetrical

d)

All have a spinal column

8.

Which of the following statements is consistent with the phylogeny in the figure?

a)

Porifera are more closely related to Ctenophora than they are to Acoela

b)

Porifera are more closely related to Acoela than they are to Ctenophora

c)

Ecdysozoa evolved before Dueterostomia

d)

Dueterostomia evolved before Porifera

9.

The heartworms that can accumulate within the hearts of dogs and other mammals have a hemocoel, an alimentary canal, and an outer covering that is occasionally shed. To which phylum does the heartworm belong?

a)

Platyhelminthes

b)

Nematoda

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Annelida

10.

Which of the following statements concerning animal taxonomy is accurate

a)

in the kingdom Animalia most clades are based on body plan confirm clades based on molecular data

b)

kingdom Animalia is polyphyletic

c)

Animals are thought to have evolved from flagellated protists similar to modern choanoflagellates

d)

animals are more closely related to plants than to fungi

11.

which of the following adaptations led to an explosion in insect evolution

a)

exosomething idk noty right?!??!

b)

flight

c)

terrestrial living

d)

tracheal system

12.

which of the following structures in insects functions in gas exchange?

a)

spiracles

b)

chelicerae

c)

compound eyes

d)

antennae

13.

The increase in plant species diversity is correlated with which of the following events?

a)

invasion of marine habitats by insects

b)

the evolution of complete metamorphosis in insects

c)

a massive increase in species diversity of insects

d)

the evolution of flight in insects

14.

Which of the following combinations correctly matches a phylum to its description?

a)

Cnidaria- flatworms gastrovascular cavity does not have a coelom or a hemocoel

b)

Echinodermata-bilateral symmetry as a larva, water vascular system

c)

Platyhelminthes-radial symmetry, polyp and medusa body forms

d)

Nematoda-segmented worms , closed circulatory system

15.

Which of the following animal groups is entirely aquatic?

a)

Crustacea

b)

Mollusca

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Nematoda

16.

Which of the following is a characteristic of all chordates at some point during their life cycle?

a)

Jaws

b)

Four-chambered heart

c)

post-anal tail

d)

vertebrae

17.

Which of the following groups includes the greatest number of organisms?

a)

lobe-fins

b)

gnathostomes

c)

amphibians

d)

osteichthyans

18.

Which of the following reproductive strategies in mammals involves the mother laying eggs that hatch outside of her body?

a)

ovoviviparous reporduction

b)

viviparous reproduction

c)

asexual reproduction

d)

oviparous reproduction

19.

In a typical ray-finned fish, the swim bladder allows individuals to perform which of the following processes?

a)

remain buoyant

b)

effectively circulate its blood

c)

use its swim bladder as a respiratory organ

d)

use its lateral line system

20.

Which structure in a shark is closest in function to a swim bladder in a ray-finned fish?

a)

its lateral line system

b)

its gills

c)

its spiral valve

d)

its liver

e)

A and B

E

21.

Which of the following organisms is considered the most recent common ancestor of living tetrapods?

a)

an armored, jawed placoderm with two pairs of appendages

b)

an early ray-finned fish that developed bony skeletal supports in its paired fins

c)

a sturdy-finned, shallow-water lobe-fin whose appendages had skeletal supports similar to those of terrestrial vertebrates.

d)

a salamander that had legs supported by a bony skeleton but moved with the side-to-side bending typical of fishes

22.

What is believed to be the most significant result of the evolution of the amniotic egg

a)

Tetrapods can now function with just lungs

b)

Tetrapods are no longer tied to the water for reproduction

c)

Embryos are protected from predators

d)

newborns are much less dependent on their parents

23.

Which of the following are the only extant animals that descended directly from dinosaurs?

a)

birds

b)

tuataras

c)

Crocodiles

d)

Lizards

24.

which clade includes humans?

a)

synapsids

b)

cyclostomes

c)

archosaur

d)

diapsids

25.

Which of the following groups includes members that all have fully opposable thumbs?

a)

anthropoids

b)

apes

c)

primates

d)

homo

26.

Which of the following statements about the geographic distribution of marsupials is accurate?

a)

they occur on all continents except Antarctica

b)

they occur only in Africa

c)

they occur in Australia and the Americas

d)

they occur only in Australia and new guinea

27.

On the back of the human skull, there is a small bump, below which is an opening where the spinal cord enters the skull. Which of the following statements provides the best evolutionary explanation for the location of the opening near the base of the skull?

a)

It provided greater protection for the spinal cord

b)

This change was necessary for the increase in size from prosimian forms to anthropoid forms

c)

it allowed for the hominin brain to grow much larger than other primates

d)

It is associated with the change to a bipedal stance

28.

Which of the following characteristics is exhibited by both monotremes and marsupials?

a)

are found in Australia and Africa

b)

lay eggs

c)

have some embryonic development outside the uterus

d)

lack nipples

29.

Primate evolution and behavior, such as hunting skills, have been directed in part by the development of depth perception. What anatomical change made depth perception possible?

a)

diurnal activity

b)

the development of compound eyes

c)

a smaller brain

d)

location of the eyes at the front of the head

30.

The ancestors of amniotes laid eggs in water. It could be argued that embryos of amniotes still develop in water for which of the following reasons?

a)

the amnion protects the embryo in the same way that a seed coat protects plant embryos of flowering plants

b)

the amnion encases each embryo in water

c)

the chorion, allantois, and yolk sac provides embryos with nutrients and waste disposal

d)

the shell keeps the embryo from drying out