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1. All of these are characteristic of all animals except...
a. multicellular
b. heterotrophic
c. no cell wall
d. sexual reproduction
e. all are characteristic of all animals
2. Which of these is not characteristic of most animals?
a. autotrophic
b. reproduce sexually
c. no cell wall
d. swiftly respond to stimuli
e. motility at some stage of the life cycle
Essay
3. If motility is considered a characteristic of animals, why are stationary creatures
like sponges and crinoids still considered to be animals?
M/C
4. Which of the following is not characteristic of animals?
a. sexual reproduction
b. eukaryotic
c. multicellular
d. tissues and organs
e. cellulose cell wall
Essay
5. Based on DNA anatomical embryological and some fossil evidence, systematists
believe that the following were major events in the evolution of animals:
Coelomate/acoelomate
Deuterostome/protostome
Radial/bilateral
Symmetry/asymmetry
Following the main line of animal evolution leading to the phylum
chordata place these events in order, indicating which of each
pair leads to the chordata.
F/B
MATCHING
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. 4
6. How many tissue layers are in the embryos of sponges?
7. How many tissue layers are in echinoderm embryos?
8. How many tissue layers are in arthropod embryos?
9. How many tissue layers are in the embryo of a coral?
M/C
10. Which of these trends has occurred in the course of animal evolution?
a. Increasing cellular specialization
b. Cephalization
c. Constant increase of heterotrophism
d. a and b
e. a, b, and c
11. Segmentation is important in the evolution of animals because...
a. it allows them to be bigger
b. it allows for specialization of function
c. in increases the number of tissue layers present
d. a and b
e. b and c
12. Cephalization in the Animal Kingdom is:
a. Development of a body which has paired structures that form a side-to-side
mirror image
b. Concentration of sensory structures in the head
c. The ability to make rapid responses to external stimuli
d. Evolutionary development of a net-like system of veins
e. Development of eyes at the head end of the organism
13. One trend in the evolution of animals is the increase in the number of tissue
(germ) layers that can be seen during embryonic development. In flatworms and more complex
animals, there are _____ layers.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
e. 6
14. The epithelial and nervous tissues develop from which germ layer?
a. Ectoderm
b. Endoderm
c. Mesoderm
d. Mesoglea
e. Protoplasm
15. Most researchers believe that the first type of symmetry to evolve in multicellular
organisms was:
a. Bilateral
b. Segmented
c. Unilateral
d. Dorsal-ventral
e. Radial
16. Which of the following terms is best associated with cephalization?
a. Anterior and posterior
b. Dorsal and ventral
c. Wax and wane
d. Axial and appendicular
e. None of the above
17. Between the organs and the body wall, complex animals have a body cavity called:
a. Cnidarian
b. Mesoderm
c. Mesoglea
d. Coelom
e. Thorax
18. Which of the following is the most advanced type of digestive system?
a. Digestion completely within individual cells; intracellular
b. Digestion within a tube with openings at each end to the outside of the
body
c. A gastrovascular cavity
d. Fusion of a food vacuole with a lysosome
e. Digestion in a tube with a single opening
Essay
19. Describe open and closed circulatory systems. What is the advantage of having a
closed system? Which phylum is the first to have such a system?
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20. Which of these groups is characterized by having no coelom?
a. roundworms
b. annelids
c. arthropods
d. chordates
e. cniderians
21. Which of these groups is characterized by having a pseudocoelom?
a. roundworms
b. annelids
c. arthropods
d. chrodates
e. cniderians
22. Which of these groups is characterized by having a true coelom?
a. sponges
b. cniderians
c. arthropods
d. flatworms
e. roundworms
23. Which of these groups is characterized by a lack of symmetry (neither radial nor
bilateral symmetry)?
a. sponges
b. cniderians
c. arthropods
d. flatworms
e. chordates
24. The simplest multicellular animals which have only a few different cell types are:
a. Anemones
b. Sponges
c. Jellyfishes
d. Flatworms
e. Sea squirts
25. Giant squids belong to which group?
a. arthropods
b. mollusca
c. echinoderms
d. chordates
e. platyhelminthes
T/F
26. Sponges are radially symmetrical.
a. True
b. False
27. Chordates have a true coelom.
a. True
b. False
28. Chordates and echinoderms are both protostomes.
a. True
b. False
29. Flatworms have a coelom that is only partially surrounded with mesoderm.
a. True
b. False
30. Roundworms have a coelom that is only partially surrounded with mesoderm.
a. True
b. False
31. Sea stars (starfish) are considered evolutionarily to be bilaterally symmetrical.
a. True
b. False
F/B
MATCHING
a. arthropods
b. molluscs
c. chordates
d. echinoderms
e. none of these
32. Snail
33. Clam
34. Sea cucumber
35. Coelacanth
36. Spider
37. Sea squirt
MATCHING
a. bony fish
b. tunicates
c. mammals
d. birds
e. two of these are correct
38. Of the groups listed, the group with the most species
39. A four chambered heart
40. Invertebrate
41. Some lay eggs with hard shells
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42. What is the only group without true tissues?
a. round worms
b. tape worms
c. insects
d. sponges
e. sea cucumber
43. Sponge cells may be supported by an internal skeleton of __________.
a. protein
b. silica
c. calcium carbonate
d. b and c
e. all of these
44. A natural bath sponge is formed from:
a. Cellulose
b. Silica
c. Collar cells
d. Chitin
e. Proteinaceous sponge spicules
45. The currents of water (containing food) that pass through a sponge are created by:
a. Collar cells
b. Ganglia
c. Medusa
d. Osculum
e. Water-vascular system
46. Cnidarians have all of the following structures except:
a. Gastrovascular cavity
b. Spicules
c. Nerve net
d. Medusa
e. Hydra
47. The mobile stage of cnidarians is the __________.
a. medusa
b. glochidium
c. polyp
d. cnidocyst
e. zooflagellate
48. Which cnidarian is important to more forms of life in the ocean than any other?
a. polyp
b. hydra
c. anemone
d. jellyfish
e. coral
49. Hydra, anemones and jellyfish are:
a. Porifera
b. Cnidaria
c. Platyhelminthes
d. Protista
e. Flagellates
50. A cnidarian that produces a calcium carbonate protective "house" is:
a. Oyster
b. Clam
c. Snail
d. Coral
e. Crab
51. How can flatworms survive without a respiratory system?
a. They are small.
b. They are flat.
c. They are not very metabolically active.
d. They have a thin, moist covering.
e. All of these.
52. The __________ are the simplest organisms to have an excretory system. Hint: this
system consists of cilia beating within canals.
a. nematodes
b. flatworms
c. cnidarians
d. echinoderms
e. vertebrates
53. Schistosomiasis, a devastating disease which affects about 200 million people in
tropical regions, is caused by:
a. Nematodes
b. Parasitic flatworms called blood flukes
c. Echinoderms
d. Trichinella
e. Amoebas
F/B
Matching
a. Echinoderms
b. Mollusca
c. Annelida
d. Platyhelminthes
e. Arthropoda
54. tapeworm
55. crayfish
56. oyster
57. sea urchin
58. earthworm
59. characterized by tube feet
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60. Phylum Nematoda includes these very common organisms, some of which are parasitic
and most of which are often found in soil.
a. Segmented worms
b. Roundworms
c. Flatworms
d. Earthworms
e. All of the above
61. The first phylum with a complete digestive system was __________.
a. Cnidaria
b. Arthropoda
c. Nematoda
d. Annelia
e. Chordata
62. The Trichinella worm is an example of a(n) __________.
a. annelid
b. platyhelminth
c. nematode
d. tapeworm
e. leech
63. Worms with a well-developed circulatory system (including five pairs of hearts)
are:
a. Platyhelminths
b. Annelids
c. Echinoderms
d. Nematodes
e. Eels
64. Which group was the first to develop a closed circulatory system?
a. platyhelminthes
b. nematoda
c. annelida
d. echinodermata
e. arthropoda
65. What is the earthworm equivalent of teeth?
a. pharynx
b. mouth
c. crop
d. gizzard
e. nephridia
66. A jointed exoskeleton is a characteristic of:
a. Insects
b. Annelids
c. Mammalia
d. a and b
e. All of the above
67. The dominant animal taxon in terms of diversity and richness is:
a. Annelida
b. Arthropoda
c. Nematoda
d. Echinodermata
e. Chordata
68. A(n) __________ provides support and protection to arthropods.
a. cytoskeleton
b. exoskeleton
c. internal skeleton
d. epidermis
e. shell
69. Insects are:
a. Annelids
b. Arthropods
c. Mollusks
d. Beetles
e. Arachnids
70. An animal like a grasshopper can conserve water because it has an elaborately
branching system of tubes within its body used for gas exchange. These tubes are called:
a. Tracheae
b. Gills
c. Book lungs
d. Flame cells
e. Kidneys
71. Which class is not in phylum Arthropoda?
a. Insecta
b. Arachnida
c. Crustacea
d. Gastropoda
e. All are Arthropods
72. What is the first phylum to have an organ specifically for respiration?
a. Nematoda
b. Annelida
c. Arthropoda
d. Molluska
e. Echinodermata
73. Arachnids are:
a. Spiders
b. Scorpions
c. Grasshoppers
d. a and b
e. All of the above
74. Which of the following animals uses a radula to scrape food into its mouth?
a. Octopus
b. Starfish
c. Scallop
d. Rat
e. Snail
Essay
75. Explain why natural selection would have favored a closed circulatory system for
cephalopods.
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76. The largest and most intelligent invertebrates are:
a. Cephalopoda
b. Gastropoda
c. Chordata
d. Aves
e. Uniramians
77. The water-vascular system of echinoderms is used for:
a. Locomotion and respiration
b. Food capture
c. Transport of blood
d. a and b
e. All of the above
78. Phylum Chordata includes all these except:
a. Fish
b. Birds
c. Amphibians
d. Squids
e. Mammals
79. Which of the following is not a Class of vertebrates?
a. Reptilia
b. Amphibia
c. Mammalia
d. Aves
e. Echinodermata
80. Class Chondrichthyes includes:
a. Whales
b. Lampreys
c. All fish
d. Frogs
e. Sharks
81. Class Aves includes:
a. Kangaroo
b. Birds
c. Frogs
d. Reptiles
e. Dogs
82. Mammals have all of the following characteristics except:
a. Mammary glands
b. Hair
c. 4-chambered heart
d. Lungs
e. All are mammalian characteristics
83. Archaeopteryx (a fossil animal) has characteristics which link it to both:
a. Amphibians and reptiles
b. Reptiles and mammals
c. Reptiles and birds
d. Birds and mammals
e. Amphibians and mammals
F/B
Matching
a. Bony fish
b. Cartilaginous fish
c. Jawless fish
d. Amphibia
e. Invertebrate chordate
84. Tunicate
85. Shark
86. Lamprey
87. Tadpole
88. Tuna
Matching
a. Amphibia
b. Reptilia
c. Birds
d. Mammals
e. Mollusc
89. Have a tissue called the mantle
90. Squid
91. Turtle
92. Marsupials
93. 4 chambered heart, warm blooded, do not give birth to live offspring
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M/C
1. e
2. a
Essay
3. They have a motile larval stage and become sessils as adults.
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4. e
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5. First asymmetry split off from symmetry. Second radial split off from bilateral.
Third acoelomate animals split off from coelomate. Fourth protostome split leaving
deuterostome. Chordates are radially symmetrical, coelomate, and deuterostome.
F/B
6. a
7. c
8. c
9. b
M/C
10. d
11. b
12. b
13. b
14. a
15. e
16. a
17. d
18. b
Essay
19. No answer in TestBank
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20. e
21. a
22. c
23. a
24. b
25. b
T/F
26. False
27. True
28. False
29. False
30. True
31. True
F/B
32. b
33. b
34. d
35. c
36. a
37. c
38. a
39. e
40. b
41. e
M/C
42. d
43. e
44. e
45. a
46. b
47. a
48. e
49. b
50. d
51. e
52. b
53. b
F/B
54. d
55. e
56. b
57. a
58. c
59. a
M/C
60. b
61. c
62. c
63. b
64. c
65. d
66. a
67. b
68. b
69. b
70. a
71. d
72. c
73. d
74. e
Essay
75. No answer in TestBank
M/C
76. a
77. d
78. d
79. e
80. e
81. b
82. e
83. c
F/B
84. e
85. b
86. c
87. d
88. a
89. e
90. e
91. b
92. d
93. c