Question | Answer |
All animals are eukaryotic, multicelular, and have true tissues | True |
An invertebrate is an animal that has no skeleton | False |
A filter feeder | sponge |
Nematocysts help a jellyfish | protect and feed itself |
Neurons and ganglia are associated with an animal's | nervous system |
Bilateral symmetry is exhibited by a | planarian |
Ascaris is a | roundworm |
Is not an organ of the earthworm's digestive system | excretory tubule |
The earthworm's blood pressure is controlled by five pairs of | aortic arches |
Organism- Hookworm | it's phylum- Nematoda |
Organism- Earthworm | it's phylum- Annelida |
Oraganism- Coral | it's phylum- Cnidaria |
Organism- Sponge | it's phylum- Porifera |
Oragnism- Tapeworm | it's phylum- Platyhelminthes |
Is not a mollusk | Jellyfish |
All mollusks live in the water | False |
Has a foot | Clam |
An exoskeleton with jointed appendages is characteristic of phylum | Arthropoda |
Stage associated with incomplete metamorphosis | Nymph |
Greatest amount of legs found on | Millipede |
Radial symmetry is typical of | Echinoderms |
The water-vascular system is important for | Movement and predation |
Is not an echinoderm | Squid |
Grasshopper has an open circulatory system | True |
Ureter | Excretory System |
Spinal Cord | Nervous System |
Diaphragm | Respiratory System |
Small Intestine | Digestive System |
Artery | Circulatory System |
Endoskeletons can obtain both bone and cartilage | True |
In a fish, the blood that leaves the heart goes directly to the | Gills |
Gills are found in | Fish and tadpoles |
Sensory organs of the head are connected to the brain by | Cranial Nerves |
Food does not pass through the | Pancreas |
Because a fish is supported by an internal skeleton, we can say that it is endothermic | False |
The lamprey is a | Jawless Fish |
Amphibians are the only vertebrates that | Experience Metamorphosis |
A frog has teeth but does not chew its food | True |
So unique that it is in an order of reptiles all by itself | Tuatara |
There are snake species that live in | Deserts Jungles and Oceans |
Mammals, birds, and reptiles are all endothermic | False |
Organ systems that are used by some endothermic animals to cool themselves | Circulatory, Respiratory, and Nervous Systems |
A sharp, hooked beak would probably be found on a bird that eats | Meat |
In addition to lungs, birds have | air sacs connected to their respiratory system to increase volume |
The food source in a bird's egg | Yolk |
All mammals have some hair | True |
When a lioness cleans and nurses her cubs, she is displaying a reflex behavior | False |
Innate behaviors are those an animal is born with | True |
The mating rituals seen in many animals are examples of | Instincts |
Migration has been observed among | mammals, birds, and reptiles |
The champion invertebrate migrator discussed in our book is the | monarch butterfly |
Does not respond to pheromones as far as we know | Whale |
A squirrel efficiently opens and eats a nut | Learned Behavior |
A chimp discovers it can use a wad of leaves as a sponge to get water | Intelligent Behavior |
A young wolf tries to attack a skunk, gets sprayed in the face, and avoids skunks for the rest of its life | Learned Behavior |
A dog snaps at you when you blow in its face | Reflex |
A cat has 38 chromosomes; therefore, its sperm cells would contain | 19 chromosomes |
The immediate result of fertilization is | a zygote, single cell, and diploid cell |
Gametes are special cells that are most important for | reproduction |
External fertilization | usually occurs in water |
The process in which a female fish releases eggs and a male fertilizes them is called | spawning |
Gestation is a process that occurs inside the | uterus |
A chicken egg must be fertilized before the shell is formed or it will not hatch | True |
Not found in a bird egg | umbilical cord |
Is not exchanged between the mother and the ambryo | blood |
The embryo is attached to the placenta by the | umbilical cord |
Ecology is the study of only the living things in an environment | False |
A description of what an organism does or how it relates to the rest of its environments is called its | niche |
Is not a typical abiotic environmental factor | seeds |
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of | Precipitation |
Populations in the same area combine to form a | community |
Organisms such as green plants and algae can make their own food. | We can, therefore, call them producers |
In which natural process is carbon dioxide converted to sugar and oxygen? | Photosynthesis |
In which book of the Bible are natural rhythms first mentioned? | Genesis |
Is not an example of a circadian rhythm | sea turtle migrates to a remote island to lay her eggs |
Because irises die back to the ground in the winter and sprout again every spring, we call them | perennials |
Most often decomposer organisms | fungi and bacteria |
Which of these would be highest on an ecological pyramid? | Carnivore |
Some predators may also become prey for other predators | True |
Is not a social insect | Fruit Fly |
Competition occurs between populations of different species, but not within a population of the same species | False |
The relationship between a wolf and a magpie, which picks the meat off the bones of a dear after a wolf has eaten its fill, is best described as | Commensalism |
The magpie would be considered as a | scavenger |
Epiphytes are | plants that depend on other plants |
Is an example of obligatory mutualism | termites and digestive protozoans |
A colorful poison dart frog is a good example of | warning coloration |
A renewable natural resource | Timber |
The beaver is an example of a | Consumer |
Considered to be extinct | Passenger pigeon |
Domesticated animals are those that man raises primarily for his own use | True |
Clover, soybeans, and other legumes are important to farmers mainly because they add | nitrogen to the soil |
If a country's birthrate is increasing while its death rate is decreasing | its population will grow |
Conservation | is the preservation and wise use of natural resources |
Heat may be a form of | Energy pollution |
Lumber is an example of a nonbiodegradable pollutant | False |
Not a potential source of air pollution | PO4 |
The dermis does not contain | dead cells |
Subcutaneous Layer | brown thing bottom right |
Epidermis | top part of skin |
Hair Follicle | black ting sticking out |
Sweat Gland | bottom of white thing twisted |
Special cells in the dermis produce a skin called melanin | False |
List 3 functions of the skeleton | framework for support and movement, protection of internal organs, storage of minerals, or production of blood cells |
Ligaments are tough bans of tissue that connect muscles to bones | False |
A unit of bone tissue that contains a blood vessel surrounded by circular layers of nonliving bone is called an | osteon |
A joint | is where two or more bones meet |
All muscles attach to at least one bone | False |
To function, muscles need | Energy |
Homeostasis | is maintaining the internal conditions of your body |
Arteries carry blood to the heart | False |
The chamber of the heart that pumps blood to the entire body is the | left ventricle |
Atrioventricular Valves (AV) | separate the atria from the ventircles |
Red Blood cells (erythrocytes) | contain hemoglobin and transport oxygen |
Does not describe white blood cells | outnumber red blood cells |
Platelets | help form blood clots |
Antigens | are molecules that alert the immune system to foreign substances |
Helper T cells don't | produce antibodies |
Antibodies | are special proteins that react against a specific antigen |
The structure that filters the blood in the kidney is called the | Nephron |
What are the primary functions of the excretory system? | to remove wastes from the blood and eliminate them form the body |