Question 1

Which of the following is not a major trait distinguishing the primates from other mammals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dexterous hands with opposable thumbs that can grasp branches and manipulate food 
B)  Nails rather than claws 
C)  Maternal care of young 
D)  Eyes on the front of the face that provide good depth perception 
E)  Both b and c 
A)  Dexterous hands with opposable thumbs that can grasp branches and manipulate food 
B)  Nails rather than claws 
C)  Maternal care of young 
D)  Eyes on the front of the face that provide good depth perception 
E)  Both b and c

Question 2

The body plan of insects is composed of which of the three following regions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Head, abdomen, and trachea 
B)  Head, abdomen, and cephalothorax 
C)  Cephalothorax, abdomen, and trachea 
D)  Head, thorax, and abdomen 
E)  Abdomen, trachea, and mantle 
A)  Head, abdomen, and trachea 
B)  Head, abdomen, and cephalothorax 
C)  Cephalothorax, abdomen, and trachea 
D)  Head, thorax, and abdomen 
E)  Abdomen, trachea, and mantle

Question 3

The important innovation that evolved from the gill arches of jawless fishes and is retained by chondrichthyans, ray-finned fishes, coelacanths, lungfishes, and tetrapods is

Accepted Answer

A)  heavily armored skin. 
B)  the jaw. 
C)  fins. 
D)  the ability to swim. 
E)  the vertebral column. 
A)  heavily armored skin. 
B)  the jaw. 
C)  fins. 
D)  the ability to swim. 
E)  the vertebral column.

Question 4

Which of the following about the chondrichthyans and ray-finned fishes is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They both have swim bladders. 
B)  They both have skeletons made of bone. 
C)  They both have flexible leathery skin. 
D)  They both live only in salt water. 
E)  Both c and d 
A)  They both have swim bladders. 
B)  They both have skeletons made of bone. 
C)  They both have flexible leathery skin. 
D)  They both live only in salt water. 
E)  Both c and d

Question 5

Factors that may have contributed to the remarkable evolutionary success of insects include

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of any other similar organisms in the terrestrial environments colonized by insects. 
B)  the ability to fly. 
C)  complete metamorphosis. 
D)  a new mechanism for delivering oxygen to their internal tissues. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  the lack of any other similar organisms in the terrestrial environments colonized by insects. 
B)  the ability to fly. 
C)  complete metamorphosis. 
D)  a new mechanism for delivering oxygen to their internal tissues. 
E)  All of the above

Question 6

Use the following to answer questions:
Refer to the diagram below of a sea star (a type of echinoderm).  
-Identify all labeled structures.

Accepted Answer

A: Anus
B: Madreporite
C: Tube

Question 7

In the not-too-distant past, the theory that birds were reptiles met with skepticism. What type(s) of evidence support this theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  The fossil record 
B)  Morphology 
C)  Molecular data 
D)  Both a and c 
E)  All of the above 
A)  The fossil record 
B)  Morphology 
C)  Molecular data 
D)  Both a and c 
E)  All of the above

Question 8

The sharks, skates, and rays are members of the vertebrate group known as

Accepted Answer

A)  tetrapods. 
B)  hagfishes. 
C)  placoderms. 
D)  chondrichthyes. 
E)  urochordates. 
A)  tetrapods. 
B)  hagfishes. 
C)  placoderms. 
D)  chondrichthyes. 
E)  urochordates.

Question 9

The cartilaginous fishes control their movement with pairs of unjointed appendages called _______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The cartilaginous fishes control their movement with...

Question 10

Structures called placentas, which nourish developing embryos, evolved in _______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Structures called placentas, which nourish developing embryos,...

Exam 33: Deuterostome Animals

Which of the following is not a major trait distinguishing the primates from other mammals?

The body plan of insects is composed of which of the three following regions?

The important innovation that evolved from the gill arches of jawless fishes and is retained by chondrichthyans, ray-finned fishes, coelacanths, lungfishes, and tetrapods is

Which of the following about the chondrichthyans and ray-finned fishes is true?

Factors that may have contributed to the remarkable evolutionary success of insects include

Use the following to answer questions: Refer to the diagram below of a sea star (a type of echinoderm). -Identify all labeled structures.

In the not-too-distant past, the theory that birds were reptiles met with skepticism. What type(s) of evidence support this theory?

The sharks, skates, and rays are members of the vertebrate group known as

The cartilaginous fishes control their movement with pairs of unjointed appendages called _______.

Structures called placentas, which nourish developing embryos, evolved in _______.

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