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Exam 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Segmentation is one of the four diagnostic characteristics of the Phylum Chordata? | False |
| Species in the subphylum Urochordata can swim as adults? | False |
| The subphylum thought to have given rise to vertebrates is... | Cephalochordata |
| The primitive vertebrate that once ruined the Great Lakes fishing industry was the... | Lampery |
| The vertebrate group with the most species is.. | Fish |
| If you catch an angler fish, the fish you see is always female? | True |
| A caecilian is a... | Amphibian |
| Perhaps the best living evidence that amphibians evolved from fish is the.. | Mud skipper |
| Amphibians need to stay near water because.. | Both A,B...(their skin needs to stay moist, and they must lay their eggs in water) |
| Sharks must keep swimming or else they will sink to the bottom | True |
| The largest fish in existence is the.. | Whale shark |
| Bony fish maintain their depth in water by | Their swim bladder |
| Amphibians that jump are in the group called | Frogs and toads |
| Reptiles differ from amphibians in having | Both A,B...(scaly skin which reduces water loss, and eggs with a shell) |
| Bony fish have an operculum covering their gills.. | True |
| Sharks are unique among fish in having internal fertilization.. | True |
| Amphibians are thought to have evolved from.. | Lobe-finned fish |
| The deep "jug o rum" sound heard near ponds and lakes on summer nights is the call of the male.. | Bull frog |
| Reptiles, amphibians, and fish CANNOT control their body temperature by internal means. They are therefore.. | Ectotherms |
| You can tell a crocodile from an alligator because a crocodile has.. | Both A,B... (a more pointed snout, a tooth exposed even when the jaw is closed) |
| Archaeopteryx did NOT have... | A beak (horny bill with no teeth) |
| The only birds known to hibernate is the.. | Poor wills (goatsucker) |
| Gallinaceous birds, unless frightened, spend most of their time on the ground | True |
| WHich of the following are solitary nocturnal birds of prey? | Owls |
| Which american pigeon species was driven into extinction, though billions once existed? | Passenger pigeon |
| Shorebirds have webbed feet, dive dor food, and come on land only to breed.. | False |
| What flightless, aquatic bird occurs only in the southern hemisphere? | Penguin |
| Which of the following is (are) in the order of perching birds? | All of the above...(robin,cardinal,blue jay) |
| Which is NOT a mammalian trait? | Ectothermic |
| The mammalian placenta consists of.. | Both maternal and fetal tissue |
| Eutherian | Young nourished by placenta |
| Marsupial | Young develop in pouch |
| Monotreme | Young hatch from eggs |
| The fastest animal on earth is the... | Peregrine falcon |
| The reason moles may be destructive to gardens is because they eat plant roots.. | False |
| The birds that feed their young with "crop milk", the sloughed off lining of their esophagus are... | Pigeons |
| The hatchlings of long legged wading birds are.. | Altricial (poorly developed) |
| Which of the following is true about birds | All of the above... (hollow bones,parental care of young, only one (left)ovary) |
| Which of these is NOT in the order Rodentia | Armadillo |
| Which is NOT true about bats? | Find prey with their keen eyesight |
| Which of these is in the order Perissodactyla? | Zebra |
| Many birds mimic sounds. Alex the parrot was unique in that he seemed to know what he was saying | True |
| The mammal order with the greatest number of species is... | Rodentia |
| Which is NOT considered to be one of the most intelligent orders of mammals? | Sirenia |
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