What type of animal has the highest metabolism, thus the highest body temperature?

reptilesbirds

mammalsfish

What is an example of a Lagomorpha?

sealgoat

rabbitfox

What type of mammal is in the order Chiroptera?

ratssquirrelsmonkeys

bats

What is an example of a songbird?

storkfalcon

penguinbluebird

What is an example of a shorebird?

ploverowl

flamingoostrich

Pouched mammals are called

MonotremesMarsupialsPlacental

The only pouched mammal native to North America is the

cuscusopossum kangaroowambat

What type of mammal is in the order Proboscadea?

zebraselephantsmanatees

cows

What type of feather gives birds their streamline shape?

downcontour

flightsynthetic

Why do scientists think birds evolved from reptiles?

jelly-like eggs, scaly skin, fossil records

amniotic eggs, smooth skin, fossil records

jelly-like eggs, smooth skin, fossil records

amniotic eggs, scaly skin, fossil records

All mammals have what?

pouchesfingers and toes

three chambered hearthair

Which one means “two-halves”?

CephalopodGastropod

BivalveTunicate

Which group has members that can live either in salt water,

freshwater, or on land?

GastropodsImeris

CephalopodsBivalves

Which name means “head foot”?

BivalveCephalopodGastropod

Imeris

What is the name of the teeth in frogs that crushes prey?

maxillaryincisors

vomerinedeciduous

Amphibians lay jelly-like eggs in the water, reptiles lay

amniotic eggs in the wateramniotic eggs on land

jelly-like eggs in the waterjelly-like eggs on land

Which of the following is venomous?

tuataraKomodo Dragon

Mexican Bearded LizardIguanas

Which organism is a gastropod?

squidclamsnail

octopus

Which organism can make a pearl if a piece of sand gets

between the mantle and shell?

GastropodsBivalves

CephalopodsIderinas

Which organism is a Cephalopod?

squidslug

oystermussel

Which means “stomach foot”?

GastropodBivalve

CephalopodGastrometacarp

Which one means “two-halves”?

CephalopodGastropod

BivalveTunicate

What is the name of the waterproof protein in reptile

skin?

histonecollagenkeratin

aloe vera

What is the name of the bottom part of a turtle’s shell?

ventral platecarapaceplastron

ventral shield

The pork tapeworm’s Genus species name is

Fasciolopsis hepaticaTaenia solium

Schistosoma mansoniClonorchis sinensis

The first, or invertebrate host is called the

indirectcomplete

intermediatedefinitive

The common name of Taeniarynchus saginatus is

pork tapewormbeef tapewormdog tapeworm

gummi tapeworm

Which order do turtle/tortoises belong?

SquamataCrocodilia

RhychocephaliaTestudines

Which group of reptiles has the most species?

snakes and lizardsturtles and tortoises

alligators and crocodilestuataras

The Genus name of Planaria is

MicrostomiumPhagocata

DugesiaClonorchis

The worms that are leaf shaped and parasites with complex life

cycles are

HirundineaTrematodaTurbellariaCestoda

The Chinese liver fluke’s Genus species name is

Fasciolopsis hepaticaTaenia solium

Schistosoma mansoniClonorchis sinensis

Gas exchange in the gills takes place in the gill

slitsarches

operculumsfilaments

Filter feeding sharks, like the whale shark and basking filter

the water using

baleengill rakersfibrinogen

coffee filters

Hagfish are considered

predatorsparasites

scavengersomnivores

The free-living flatworms are placed in the class

CestodeaTurbellariaTrematoda

Triclada

The simple eyespots seen in most turbellarians are called

ocelliauricles

statocystschemoreceptors

Tapeworms lack

reproductive organsa mouthhooks

suckers

The holdfast structure of a tapeworm is called the

strobilaacetabulum

scolexproglottid

The development of a head region on a bilaterally

symmetrical animal is called

organ organizationcephalization

diploblastic organizationcentralization

Members of the Turbellaria include

free-living flatwormsmonogenetic flukes

tapewormsroundworms

Members of the Cestoda include

free-living flatwormsmonogenetic flukes

tapewormsroundworms

Agnatha means

cartilage fishbony plates

bony fishjawless fish

Swimming with the mouth open to allow water to passively flow

over the gills is called

buccal pharyngeal pumpingpneumatic

coastal ram ventilation

Skates and rays have holes/gill slits in the top of their heads

called

spiraclesopercula

narespneumatophores

The water flow over the gills in fish is called

osmoticactive

countercurrentexchange

Fish mostly regulate buoyancy by adjusting the volume of

gas/air in

the stomachthe gills

the body tissuesthe swim bladder

In the epidermis of fish skin, sensory pits make up the

utriculipneumatic pits

lateral line systemsacculi

The majority of fish reproduce by laying eggs, then the male

covers them with sperm (external fertilization) called

viviparousovoviviparous

oviparousbrooders

The tail of sharks is known as _________ cercal, because the top lobe is larger than the bottom lobe.

homohetero

isodorci

Skates and rays are flattened

dorsoventrallyventrolaterallydorsolaterally

anteriorposteriorly

Sharks stay buoyant using

swim bladder filled with oilgas filled swim bladder

oily liverlife preservers

Binomial nomenclature uses a two-part name to designate

each kind of organism. The two parts of the name are

family and phylumgenus and familyspecies and classgenus and species

The science of life is called

zoologyecology

physiologybiology

The largest annelid class is ____________, and its

members are primarily marine.

chaetognathaoligochaetahirundineapolychaeta

Polychaetes are distinguished by lateral extensions of the body

called

parapodiasetae

prostomipalps

Earthworms belong to the Annelid class

HirundineaChaetognatha

PolychaetaOligochaeta

The structure on an earthworm used for mucus secretion during

copulation in Oligochaetes is the

clitellumparapodia

atokeepitoke

Leeches belong to the Annelid class

OligochaetaPolychaetaHirundineaScopecium

The anticoagulant secreted by leech salivary glands is

hirudinsaliva

salivary amylasehemerythrin

Over the past several thousand years leeches have been used

by humans

to attack foreign invadersto remove excess blood

as foodto prevent malaria

Osteichthyes means

cartilage fishbony plates

bony fishjawless fish

Chondrichthyes means

cartilage fishbony plates

bony fishjawless fish

The science called _______ studies the fossil record.

biogeographypaleontologyarcheology

anthropology

Important direct evidence that plants and animals existed on this

planet in the past comes from

comparative anatomyhomology

fossilscomparative biochemistry

Anatomical structures which have no apparent function are typically examples of _____

structures.

fossilvestigial

redundantconvergent

Ecology is the study of

taxonomic relationshipsfossil organisms

the worldwide distribution of organisms

the interaction of organisms with each other and their environment

The study of the mechanisms of transmission of traits from

parents to offspring is

geneticshistologycytology

embryology

The study of fishes is

mammalogyornithologyichthyologyherpetology

The study of insects is

mammalogyentomology herpetologyichthyology

The study of amphibians and reptiles is

ornithologyprotozoologymammalogyherpetology

The study of birds is

ornithologyherpetologymammalogyentomology

One of the simplest and most common forms of sexual

reproduction among protists is

buddingfragmentationschizogony

binary fissionmultiple fission

The largest phylum of protozoans is

ApicomplexaZoomastigophora

SarcomastigophoraCiliophoraSporozoa

Red Tides are caused by certain members of the class

Phytomastigophora called

radiolariansforaminiferanssporozoans

dinoflagellates

The Zoomastigophoran Trypanosoma is the causal

organism of the disease

sleeping sicknessmalaria

leishmaniasistrichina

The vectors of Trypanosoma are

Aedes mosquitosAll species of flies

Tsetse fliesAll species of mosquitos

Toxoplasmosis is primarily carried to humans by

tsetse fliesmosquitoschickens

cats

An economically important disease of the poultry industry is

trypanosomiasis

pebrinefoul broodcoccidiosis

An important parasitic ciliate that lives in the large intestines

of humans, pigs, and other mammals is

E. gingivalisT. brucei

B. coliP. falciparum

The Genus of sporozoans that has been responsible for the most human suffering and deaths is

Toxoplasma Isospora

TrypanosomaPlasmodium

The White Cliffs of Dover are an example of/an ______ chalk

deposit.

ForaminiferanRaiolariansHeliozoanDiffugian

The medusa body form is commonly called a jellyfish and is buoyant because it has a lot of the

material called

hydranthcnidocil

rhopaliummesoglea

The support system is called a hydrostatic skeleton, which means that it is based on the amount of

spiculescalcium deposits

gas pressure water pressure

When a sea anemone has both sexes it is said to be

confusedmonoecious

diploiddioecious

The single large opening at the top of the spongocoel is the

osculumatrioporeostiummouth

Sponges may gain nutrition by all of the following modes

except

filtrationtrapping food items with the

collar cellsactive transport of nutrients

active predation

An intracellular structure which is a fluid filled capsule holding a

coiled, hollow tube is the

cnidocytechoanocyate

cnidocilnematocyst

The ____________ body form of a cnidarian is typically

asexual and sessile.

syconpolypasconleucon

The _______ body form of a cnidarian is typically dioecious

and free swimming

syconpolypascon

medusa

Members of the cnidarian class ______ are called “true

jellyfish”.

CubozoaAnthozoaHydrozoa

Scyphozoa

Contractile vacuoles in freshwater protozoans function to

remove excess waterremove the nitrogen wastes

capture preyincrease the efficiency movement

An amphibians ability to breathe through it’s skin is called

buccal pumpbuccopharyngeal pumping

cutaneous respirationram ventilation

In the order Anura, fertilization of egg and sperm occurs

internallyexternally

inside the females cloacain the ground

Amphibians secrete mucus/fluids on their bodies for

toxins for defensehelping males stick to the

females during reproductionkeeping skin moist

all of the above

Amphibians have a third eyelid called the

tympanic membraneseustachian tubes

nictitating membranescontact lens

The word Amphibian means

living a double lifewater lizard

jelly egg layerhaving a double chin

Sponges can have a skeleton made of

ostia or osculaoscula or spicules

spicules or sponging

The flagellated cells that line the canals of the sponge are called

choanocytespinacocytesporocytes

ostia

Of the 3 different types of body or canal designs in sponges, which is the most complex?

asconleuconsyconescon