Question 1

Modern-humans share the greatest similarities with which one of the hominids?

Accepted Answer

A) Australopithecines 
B) Neanderthals 
C) Cro-Magnons 
D) prosimians 
E) primates 
A) Australopithecines 
B) Neanderthals 
C) Cro-Magnons 
D) prosimians 
E) primates

Question 2

New world monkeys have all of the following features except

Accepted Answer

A) they have flat spreading noses. 
B) they grasp objects with long prehensile tails. 
C) they evolved in isolation in South America. 
D) they are all arboreal. 
E) they have ischial callosities (thickened rump pads). 
A) they have flat spreading noses. 
B) they grasp objects with long prehensile tails. 
C) they evolved in isolation in South America. 
D) they are all arboreal. 
E) they have ischial callosities (thickened rump pads).

Question 3

Bony fishes possess three features not found in other fish.Select the best choice from those listed below to complete the following sentence.Bony fishes have

Accepted Answer

A) swim bladders,a lateral line system,and gill covers called operculA. 
B) swim bladders,scales,and a complete digestive system. 
C) swim bladders,movable fins,and a closed circulatory system. 
D) swim bladders,gills,and movable jaws. 
A) swim bladders,a lateral line system,and gill covers called operculA. 
B) swim bladders,scales,and a complete digestive system. 
C) swim bladders,movable fins,and a closed circulatory system. 
D) swim bladders,gills,and movable jaws.

Question 4

Birds,like mammals,can regulate their body temperatures within close limits.Therefore birds and mammals are called

Accepted Answer

A) ectothermic. 
B) poikilothermic. 
C) endothermiC. 
D) heterothermic. 
E) warm-blooded. 
A) ectothermic. 
B) poikilothermic. 
C) endothermiC. 
D) heterothermic. 
E) warm-blooded.

Question 5

Which of the following living reptiles care for their young and have a four-chambered heart,as birds do?

Accepted Answer

A) turtles 
B) crocodiles 
C) lizards 
D) snakes 
E) tuataras 
A) turtles 
B) crocodiles 
C) lizards 
D) snakes 
E) tuataras

Question 6

Anthropoids or higher primates include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) new World monkeys. 
B) old World monkeys. 
C) apes. 
D) humans. 
E) lemurs. 
A) new World monkeys. 
B) old World monkeys. 
C) apes. 
D) humans. 
E) lemurs.

Question 7

New World monkeys evolved approximately 30 million years ago.These animals are easy to identify because they

Accepted Answer

A) have opposable thumbs and binocular vision. 
B) have prehensile tails and hair. 
C) have protruding noses and prehensile tails. 
D) have flattened noses and prehensile tails. 
E) have opposable thumbs and protruding noses. 
A) have opposable thumbs and binocular vision. 
B) have prehensile tails and hair. 
C) have protruding noses and prehensile tails. 
D) have flattened noses and prehensile tails. 
E) have opposable thumbs and protruding noses.

Question 8

Monotremes differ from the other mammals in their

Accepted Answer

A) laying of shelled eggs. 
B) milk-producing glands. 
C) fur. 
D) carnivorous nature. 
E) containing a pouch for young to livE. 
A) laying of shelled eggs. 
B) milk-producing glands. 
C) fur. 
D) carnivorous nature. 
E) containing a pouch for young to livE.

Question 9

Chimpanzees are considered to be our closest ancestors because

Accepted Answer

A) they have prehensile tails. 
B) their hemoglobin molecule differs from the human by only one amino acid. 
C) their upper/lower limbs equally account for bearing the body weight. 
D) they have flat,spreading noses. 
E) they are a highly social species. 
A) they have prehensile tails. 
B) their hemoglobin molecule differs from the human by only one amino acid. 
C) their upper/lower limbs equally account for bearing the body weight. 
D) they have flat,spreading noses. 
E) they are a highly social species.

Question 10

Mammals are thought to have evolved from

Accepted Answer

A) thecodonts. 
B) therapsids. 
C) dinosaurs. 
D) marsupials. 
E) archosaurs. 
A) thecodonts. 
B) therapsids. 
C) dinosaurs. 
D) marsupials. 
E) archosaurs.

Question 11

All of the following features are true of primates except

Accepted Answer

A) they are mammals with grasping fingers and toes. 
B) they belong to the order containing lemurs,monkeys,and apes. 
C) they have binocular vision. 
D) they have prehensile tails. 
E) they have increased brain sizE. 
A) they are mammals with grasping fingers and toes. 
B) they belong to the order containing lemurs,monkeys,and apes. 
C) they have binocular vision. 
D) they have prehensile tails. 
E) they have increased brain sizE.

Question 12

Choose the letter of the best match from the following:
-The early H.sapiens in Europe about 130,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) Hominoids 
B) Neanderthals 
C) Australopithecus 
D) H.erectus 
E) H.habilis 
A) Hominoids 
B) Neanderthals 
C) Australopithecus 
D) H.erectus 
E) H.habilis

Question 13

Of the species of humans that have evolved,Homo _______ has been the most successful,lasting for nearly a million years and spreading out of Africa across Europe and Asia.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Of the species of humans that have...

Question 14

It is generally accepted that the vertebrates that evolved during the early Devonian period are the

Accepted Answer

A) sharks and bony fish. 
B) hominoids. 
C) birds. 
D) dinosaurs. 
E) mammals. 
A) sharks and bony fish. 
B) hominoids. 
C) birds. 
D) dinosaurs. 
E) mammals.

Exam 35: Vertebrates

Modern-humans share the greatest similarities with which one of the hominids?

New world monkeys have all of the following features except

Bony fishes possess three features not found in other fish.Select the best choice from those listed below to complete the following sentence.Bony fishes have

Birds,like mammals,can regulate their body temperatures within close limits.Therefore birds and mammals are called

Which of the following living reptiles care for their young and have a four-chambered heart,as birds do?

Anthropoids or higher primates include all of the following except

New World monkeys evolved approximately 30 million years ago.These animals are easy to identify because they

Monotremes differ from the other mammals in their

Chimpanzees are considered to be our closest ancestors because

Mammals are thought to have evolved from

All of the following features are true of primates except

Choose the letter of the best match from the following: -The early H.sapiens in Europe about 130,000 years ago.

Of the species of humans that have evolved,Homo _______ has been the most successful,lasting for nearly a million years and spreading out of Africa across Europe and Asia.

It is generally accepted that the vertebrates that evolved during the early Devonian period are the

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