Biosciences II Exam 3 assesses knowledge on biological adaptations and mechanisms in animals, such as the lateral line system in fish, Jacobson's organ, and buoyancy in bony fish. It evaluates understanding of unique biological traits and sensory adaptations.
Chemoreceptors
Detecting vibration
Heat detection
Pressure reception
Photoperiod determination
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True
False
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As a storage chamber for urine
To adjust their buoyancy
To assist them in swimming quickly
To orient in a magnetic field
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Have a uterus
Produce milk and nurse their young
Are warm blooded
Have flagellated sperm cells
None of the above is a reliable basis for distinguishing the two.
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Cell walls composed of cellulose
Cuticles
Chloroplasts
Chlorophylls
Flagellated sperm
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All organisms requiring a reducing environment (such as existed when life first evolved)
Monotremes
Lungfish
None of the above is extinct
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An exoskeleton
The ability to breathe air
A heart
Legs
Wings
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They are angiosperms
Tannins are produced, largely in younger leaves, and give the plants some degree or protection from herbivorous insects
Acorns form from ovaries
Vessels of their xylem have lignin that gives them rigidity
Thier seeds lack endosperm
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These spots resemble insect eggs
Insects may reject leaves
Insects may reject leaves with such sports to avoid competition for food that resulting caterpillar would experience
Two of the above are correct
A, b, c, are all correct
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Bony fish predated cartilaginous fish
Only cartilaginous fish have a swim bladder
Of the two groups, only the bony fish are viviparous (give birth to motile young, as opposed to laying eggs)
Land vertebrates evolved from bony fish
Only bony fish have a lateral line system
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Use ATP as an energy molecule
Have placenta
Have almost identical karyotypes
Have DNA with introns
Have chromatin in the nucleus of cells
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Have a medusa phase
Can trace their ancestor to the Cambrian Explosion
Are radically symmetrical
Can engage in sexual reproduction
Neither a, b, c, nor d above are a basis for distinguishing the two
Undergo metamorphosis as they grow and become sexually mature
Are bilaterally symmetrical
They have a skeleton of chitin
More than one of the above is correct
Neither a, b, or c, is correct
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Adult has a cranium
Larva has a hollow nerve cord positioned on the "back" or the organism
Larva has a longitudinal, flexible rod that provides skeletal support
Adult has a lateral line system (organ)
Larva has pharyngeal slits in the region just posterior to the mouth
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Endothermy
Descent from a reptilian lineage
A dorsal, hollow nerve cord
Teeth specialized for diverse diets
Bilaterally symmetrical body plan
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A segmented body plan
Radial symmetry
That they undergo metamorphosis as they grow and become sexually mature
They lack a nervous system
A shell of calcium carbonate
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Pollen germinates on the stigma
Pollen is produces and displayed on the style
Pollen tubes are diploid structures
Pollen is produces by angiosperms; all other vascular plants produce spores instead of pollen
Pollen tube inhibitors can interfere with the development of the tube as it passes down the filament_toward the ovary
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They typically are red in color
They typically have a distinct sweet odor
They typically offer nectar
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Undergo gastrulation during their early development
Are bilaterally symmetrical
Have neural tissue
Undergo ecdysis
Neither a, b, c nor d above is a basis for distinguishing the two groups
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It was found in the Burgess Shale
It existed at the of Pangaea
It evolved from a lineage of flying fish
It had a paper-thin jaw similar to that of modern birds
It had a long, bony tail
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They are composed of partially decayed organic material
They form from accumulations of fungi
They are oxygen poor environments
They can be mined for fuel
Human bodies are "laid to rest" in bogs are mummified by the conditions and can retain their skin for thousands of years
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Land plants, unlike their aquatic relatives, need structural support to maintain their "posture" in air. After colonizing land, plants evolved collagen which contributes to that support by acting as a "glue" to hold neighboring cells together.
Cuticles serve plants by limiting inbreeding
The evidence that all angiosperms had a common ancestor includes the observation that they all share basic similarities in their flowers and fruits. For example, all flowers are constructed of four whorls of modified leaves that serve as sepals. stamens and carpels.
Evidence that gymnosperms and bryophytes have a common ancestor is that they both have flagellated sperm that are similar in structure.
Land plants probably evolved from a flagellated protist
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Angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns, mosses
Angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns
Angiosperms, gymnosperms
Angiosperms
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Amphibians evolved from a linage of fish. Pre-adaptations of those "photo-amphibians" for making the transition to a life on land included eggs with water-tight membranes
The ancestors of the mammals living at about 65 m.y.a. were reptiles bother than dinosaurs
Usually amphibians deposit their eggs outside the body and and subsequently they are fertilized. Reptiles and birds, in contrast, are not as dependent on an aquatic environment for successful reproduction. They have eggs with membranes/shells that give the zygote some protection from arid conditions. A consequence of this difference between amphibians on the on hand and reptiles and birds on the other is that in the latter two taxa, fertilization must be internal
The pharyngeal slits of aquatic chordates have been modified to firm the ribs of land vertebrates
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Flagellated gamates
Spores
A sporophyte life stage that is more prominent than a gametophyte life stage
Cell walls of chitin
They are heterotrophs
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They live symbiotically with algae
They feed on plant starches and sugars
They feed at night on suspended matter in the water
They are protists
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Fungi have cell walls composed of cellulose
Yeasts are fungi
Fungi have a greater molecular affinity with plants than with animals, that is they are more closely related to plants than to animals
Fungi are autotrophs
Fungi evolved from non-vascular plants that lost their chloroplasts
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They may include cyanobacteria
The fungal partners of lichens fix nitrogen
The fungal partners of lichens fix carbon
More than one of the above are true
Neither a, b, or c is true
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Ferns are vascular plants
Seed of gymnosperms contain both a diploid embryo and endosperm
All plants have the characteristic of having an "alteration of generation" life cycle. The gametophyts generation can be distinguished from the sporophytes because only in the the former does meiosis occur
A seed represents a stage in the gemetophye generation
Yeasts represent a lineage of angiosperms that have lost their photosynthetic abilities (and chloroplasts)
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They lack flowers
They are vascular plants
Appear in the fossil record after after gymnosperms but before angiosperms
They have cells with walls of cellulose
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They represent mutualistic relationships between plants and fungi
They are in part composed of hypae
They assist vascular plants in the uptake of water
They assist plants in the uptake of minerals
The mycelium portion is a diploid structure
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Is a species of aquatic mammal once thought to be extinct
Is representative of the kind of vertebrate that first colonized the land
Is a species of reptile that has apparently not changed (or evolved) in the last 300 millions years
Is the oldest fossil bird
Is the oldest fossil vertebrate
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Amphibians
Birds
Lungfishes
Mammals
Primates
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They are more closely related to placenta mammals than to marsupial mammals
What tissues from the female reproductive tract at birth are eggs, net motile young. That is to say they are oviparous
They are fir, a distinguishing characteristic of mammals, but do not nurse their young.
They are cold blooded
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Starch, a complex polypeptide, as an important constituent of the cell walls
A cell plate that grows during cytokinesis. The cell plate is compose of constituents of the cell wall and plasma membrane
Carotenoids that contain chloroplasts
Cell walls composed mainly of amino acids
Cuticles composed on monosaccharides
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Cellulose walls to reduce the risk of desiccation
Chloroplast to permit utilizing the suns energy
Cell plates for a more efficient mode of cell division
Stomata to regulate gas exchange and evaporation
Spores
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Are pollinated by bats
Produce flowers that offer their pollinators a reward
Are angiosperms
Produce pollen in the form of pollinia (clusters of pollen, not individual grains)
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The tree provides the ants with nectar and highly nutritious vegetative bodies that are modified leaf tissue
The plant produces large thorns that are colonized by ants
The plant has nectar producing glands along its stems
Ants protect the plants from herbivory
Ants protect the plant from interference from other plants and herbivores
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