Question 1

How do turtles differ from other reptiles?

Accepted Answer

A)   T hey are mostly predators.
B)   T hey do not have internal fertilization.
C)   T hey give birth to live young.
D)   T hey do not have teeth.
E)   T hey must live part of their life in water.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 2

Sponges are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   herbivores
B)   filter feeders
C)   scavengers
D)   predators
E)   carnivoresF) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Which organism is not an arachnid?

Accepted Answer

A)   spider
B)   scorpion
C)   tick
D)   ant
E)   miteF) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

The colonial theory of animal origins states that animals ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   migrated on land from sponge colonies in the ocean
B)   originated in the colonial geologic period
C)   evolved from autotrophic green alga colonies
D)   evolved from a heterotrophic protist that formed colonies
E)   colonized land before they colonized the seasF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 5

Most animal lineages evolved during the ____ period.

Accepted Answer

A)   Cretaceous
B)   Devonian
C)   Ordovician
D)   Silurian
E)   CambrianF) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 6

Among the following, bats are most closely related to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   birds
B)   rats
C)   foxes
D)   squirrels
E)   monkeysF) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

Which part of the amphibian life cycle prevents them from being fully terrestrial?

Accepted Answer

A)   finding a mate
B)   reproduction
C)   respiration
D)   obtaining food
E)   locomotionF) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 8

Sea anemones are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   polyp forms of cnidarians
B)   medusa forms of cnidarians
C)   spongiforms of cnidarians
D)   spongiforms of echinoderms
E)   polyp forms of echinodermsF) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

The wet-nose and cleft upper lip of the _____ does not allow these primates the range of facial expressions and vocalizations observed in the anthropoids.

Accepted Answer

A)   orangutan
B)   lemur
C)   spider monkey
D)   gorilla
E)   humanF) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

Many primate adaptations were responses to living in ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   warm climates
B)   trees
C)   underground burrows
D)   deserts
E)   grasslandsF) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 11

Which was an early tetrapod innovation?

Accepted Answer

A)   limbs evolved from dorsal fins
B)   cartilaginous pectoral girdle
C)   four-chambered heart
D)   stereoscopic vision
E)   inner ear changes to detect airborne soundsF) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

How do ray-finned fish keep from sinking?

Accepted Answer

A)   T hey are constantly swimming.
B)   T heir fins are constantly moving.
C)   T hey have lungs that are always filled with air.
D)   T hey have a swim bladder that is filled with gas.
E)   T hey have a skeleton that is less dense than the surrounding water.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 13

Which of the organisms below give support for the colonial theory of animal origins?

Accepted Answer

A)   Spriggina
B)   choanoflagellates
C)   Ediacarans
D)   trilobites
E)   club fungiF) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

Which of the following traits allowed for evolutionary innovations in body form?

Accepted Answer

A)   bilateral symmetry
B)   segmentation
C)   coelomate evolution
D)   ectoderm development
E)   gastrovascular cavitiesF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

Which was the most likely food source for the first terrestrial tetrapods?

Accepted Answer

A)   leaves
B)   insects
C)   small mammals
D)   worms
E)   eggsF) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

Which animal nurses its young, has forward facing eyes, nails on its fingers and toes, and a moist nose?

Accepted Answer

A)   a lemur
B)   a tarsier
C)   a bird
D)   a new world monkey
E)   a humanF) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 17

The vertebrate lung first appeared in ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   fishes
B)   amphibians
C)   reptiles
D)   birds
E)   mammalsF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Which group of organisms has an exoskeleton?

Accepted Answer

A)   annelids
B)   arthropods
C)   cnidarians
D)   roundworms
E)   flatwormsF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following invertebrates is most closely related to vertebrates?

Accepted Answer

A)   lancelets
B)   tunicates
C)   sea stars
D)   earthworms
E)   leechesF) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

The earliest hominin fossils were found in ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Africa
B)   Asia
C)   Australia
D)   the South Pacific
E)   EuropeF) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Exam 16: Animal Evolution

The wet-nose and cleft upper lip of the _____ does not allow these primates the range of facial expressions and vocalizations observed in the anthropoids.

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Which animal nurses its young, has forward facing eyes, nails on its fingers and toes, and a moist nose?

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Which of the following invertebrates is most closely related to vertebrates?

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The colonial theory of animal origins states that animals ____.

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Which group of organisms has an exoskeleton?

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How do ray-finned fish keep from sinking?

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Which was the most likely food source for the first terrestrial tetrapods?

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Which was an early tetrapod innovation?

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Which organism is not an arachnid?

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Which of the following traits allowed for evolutionary innovations in body form?

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Sponges are ____.

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Which of the organisms below give support for the colonial theory of animal origins?

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How do turtles differ from other reptiles?

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Many primate adaptations were responses to living in ____.

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Sea anemones are ____.

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Among the following, bats are most closely related to ____.

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Which part of the amphibian life cycle prevents them from being fully terrestrial?

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The earliest hominin fossils were found in ____.

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The vertebrate lung first appeared in ____.

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Most animal lineages evolved during the ____ period.

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