Vertebrates

The buoyancy for osteichthyes (bony fish) is due to the presence of ______

• swim bladder

• an oily liver

• notta, they have no ability for buoyancy

swim bladder

Which type of vertebrates doesn’t have lungs?

• lizard

• Monkey

• Penguin

• Tadpole

Tadpole

What is the phlumn for vertebrates?

• echinoderms

• Poriferra

• Platyhelmintes

• Chordates

Chordates

Which of these would not be in phylumn chordata?

• caterpillar

• Frog

• Seagull

• Hamster

Caterpillar

One of the characteristics of the chordates is a stiff, flexible rod that provides internal support is known as a…

• Dorsal hollow nerve cord

• Pharnygeal gill slits

• Postanal tails

• Notochord

Notochord

In most terrestrial aniamls, including mammals and birds, pharyngeal slits are present only during embryonic development and become vestigal structures or developing into jaw bones or inner ear bones

• dorsal hollow nerve cord

• Pharnygeal gill slits

• Postanal tail

• Notocord

Pharyngeal gill slits

Alll members of the phylum chordata are ____

• Coelomates

• Acoelomates

• Pseudocoelomates

• Biocoelomates

Coelomates

Which subphylum maintains all four characteristics from embryonic stage through adulthood?

• urochordata

• Cephalochordata

• Vertebrata

• All of these

Cephalochordata

Sessile as adults; loose the notochord and post-anal tail during metamorphosis; filter feeders with a prominent pharynx

• lancelets

• Tunicates

• Craniates

• Notocord

Tunicates

Since these species are fiilter feeders, tunicates retain which characteristics?

• pharyngeal slits

• Notochords

• Dorsal hollow nerve cord

• Post-anal tail

Pharyngeal slits

The buoyancy (ability to float) for Chondricthyes (cartilaginous fish) is due to the presence of ____

• swim bladder

• An oiily liver

• Notta, they have no ability for buoyancy

An oily liver

Which charcteristic is responsible for maneuvering and propulision?

• dorsal fin

• Pectoral fin

• Operculum

• Lateral line

Pectoral fin

Which charracteristic provides coverage to their respiratory systems (gills)?

• Dorsal fin

• Pectoral fin

• Operculum

• Lateral line

Operculum

Sharks lack _____

• notochord

• hinged jaws

• ossified bones

• veterbrae

ossified bones

Which of the following types of fish have gill slits, but no gill cover (2)?

• chondricthyes

• osteichthyes

• agnatha

• urochordata

first and third

match the species with the specific characteristics:

lampfreys

catfish

sting rays

• has a swim bladder and bones

• havs cartillage making them lighter and faster

• are jawless

L-3

C-1

S-2

This feature helps most fish detect vibrations around them:

• scales

• operculum

• lateral line

• dorsal fin

lateral line

bony and cartilaginous fish are in the phylum….

• chordata

• osteichthyes

• chondrichthyes

• vertebrae

chordata

During which phase of an amphibian’s life cycle does it live ONLY in water? (2)

• adult

• egg

• larval

• its entire life

egg and larval

What is the name of the membrane, missing from amphibian eggs, that prevents drying in the eggs of other tetrapods?

• skin

• shell

• amnion

• scales

amnion

What word means body temperature changes when the outside temperature changes?

• endotherm

• cutanenous

• ectotherm

• metamorphosis

ectotherm

What part of the amniote egg is responsible for storing waste?

• amnion

• yolk sac

• chorion

• allantois

allantois

What is the difference between turtles and tortises (2)?

• turtles have thinner shells adapter for swimming and tortises have dome-shaped shells

• tortises have ‘elephantine’ hind legs and turtles have flipper-like legs

• tortises dig holes in the ground to lay their eggs in and turtles lay theirs in the water

• turtles are in the order Testudines and tortises are in the order Squamata

first and second :)

Which of these is NOT a reptile:

• snake

• lizard

• salamander

• turtle

salamander

Birds bones are ______

• solid

• made of cartilage

• hollow

• heavy

hollow

Down feathers are _____

• thick and heavy

• light and fluffy

• cold and rough

• jagged

thick and heavy

A bird has a _____- chambered heart.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

4

Which of the following statments is FALSE?

• a bird uses a gizzard to break down food

• birds regulate internal body heat making them an ectotherm

• only birds, such as ducks, and other flightless specieies developed sense of smell

• the sternum supports the large breast muscle

sceond

How would you describe how birds consume food?

• crunched or chewed before swallowing it to the esophagus

• unbroken straight to the stomach

• crucnched or chewed before swallowing it to the gizzard

• unbroken straight to the esophagus

last one

the scientific name for the wishbone of a bird is…

• proventriculus

• furculum

• choanacyte

• osculum

furculum