BIO 370 Vertebrate Zoology ASU Exam 1 questions with correct answers

Types of adaptations: Form and function CORRECT ANSWER o Body plan o Locomotion o Gas exchange o Feeding structures o Thermoregulation o Reproduction Abiotic environmental conditions (drive the evolution and fixation of a trait in a population) CORRECT ANSWER o Space (habitat) o Water o Temperature o Light o Oxygen o Minerals Biotic environmental conditions (interactions between an animal and other organisms) CORRECT ANSWER o Food o Predators o Conspecific rivals or mates The Linnaean system CORRECT ANSWER Naming of organisms based on functional similarities (anatomy, physiology, behavior) and uses a binomial nomenclature Cladistics CORRECT ANSWER Phylogenetic systematics that takes evolutionary relationships into consideration by grouping an ancestor and all of their descendants into a clade o Grouping can then be based on morphology, gene sequencing, or computational methods