KSU BIOLOGY 1108 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025

KSU BIOLOGY 1108 LATEST
FINAL EXAM
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION



QUESTION 1



4 synapomorphies of chordates - ANSWERS-notochord, dorsal hollow nerve
cord,, muscular post anal tail and gill slits



QUESTION 2



Major steps of evolution - ANSWERS-notochord<head<vertebral
column<jaws<lungs<Lobed fins<limbs with digits<amniotic egg<milk



QUESTION 3



How are lobe fins, ray fins, cartilaginous fish, lancelets, and starfish related? -
ANSWERS-Common ancestor is where head and vertebral column formed



QUESTION 4



Synapmorphies of mammals - ANSWERS-mammary glands, hair all over body,
warm blooded

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QUESTION 5



Monotremes - ANSWERS-egg laying mammals



QUESTION 6



Marsupials - ANSWERS-Mammals that birth early and develop in a sac



QUESTION 7



Placental - ANSWERS-mammals that develop in mother completely



QUESTION 8



Epithelia Tissue - ANSWERS-Lines all organs, cavities and outside of body



QUESTION 9


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Nerve Tissue - ANSWERS-Enables rapid cell to cell communication over long
distances



QUESTION 10



Muscle Tissue - ANSWERS-smooth, cardiac, and skeletal



QUESTION 11



Connective Tissue - ANSWERS-cartilage, blood, fat, bone...... support and bind
other tissues



QUESTION 12



Homeostasis - ANSWERS-Maintaining a constant internal environment



QUESTION 13



Endothermy - ANSWERS-warmed by metabolic processes




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