1.
What does the cerebrum do?
2.
To which class does a lamprey belong?
3.
What is the name of the cells that carry oxygen in the blood?
4.
Which has the most flexible skeleton: a salmon, a carp, or a shark?
5.
A female mates with a male and then lays eggs that develop and hatch. Is this external or internal fertilization? What kind of development is this?
6.
What does a fish use to feel vibrations in the water?
7.
What is the difference between a vein and an artery?
8.
A botanist examines a portion of a plant and finds a lot of meristematic tissue. Is that portion of the plant still growing or has it stopped growing?
9.
Determine the shape, margin, and venation of the following leaves:
10.
Why is the bottom of a leaf typically a lighter shade of green than the top of the leaf?
11.
Fill in the blank: A tree with an abscission layer is __________________.
12.
What phylum contains plants that must be small?
13.
What is the fundamental difference between monocots and dicots?
14.
What property of water governs how water flows upwards in a plant?
15.
Vascular plants have two kinds of structures for the transport of water and nutrients. What arethey called?
16.
Of the two structures listed in Problem #15, which must be made of living cells in order to be able to do their job?
17.
What is the male reproductive organ of a flower? What is the female reproductive organ?
18.
What is the purpose of a cotyledon?
19.
How do insects aid in the physiology of flowering plants?
20.
State the five characteristics that set reptiles apart from other vertebrates.
21.
Which order (Rhynchocephalia, Squamata, Crocodilia, Testudines) contains lizards?
22.
State the six characteristics that set birds apart from other vertebrates.
23.
What is a bird actually doing when it is preening?
24.
State the five characteristics that set mammals apart from other vertebrates.
25.
What kind of hair serves as insulation for a mammal?