BIOL 1902 Exam-Questions with Correct Answers/ Expert Verified/ Latest
Update/ Already Grade A+
Moose go to beaver pons and shallow lakes in summer to: - ✔✔Acquire sodium from
aquatic plants
Which is NOT TRUE concerning the eyesight of hawks - ✔✔Hawk eyes are places on the
sides of their head for better binocular vision (more overlap of the fields of view
Owls have a large blind spot behind their head and can turn their heads - ✔✔270 degrees
Before a fisher eats a porcupine it skins (it removes its hide) - ✔✔True
The Hyoid Process is an important adaptation for the internal processing (digestion) of plant
tissues - ✔✔False
Which of these statements concerning herbivory is NOT TRUE - ✔✔A caecum is a part of the
stomach that has a colony of bacteria living in it
Which is NOT TRUE concerning animals that eat fruit and seeds - ✔✔Animals that eat a lot
of fruit usually have long intestines to digest the fruit quickly
An analogous structure - ✔✔Has the same function as another structure on a different
animal but arises from a different part of the body
Weasels tend to kill their prey by using their canine teeth to: - ✔✔Bite into the back of the
prey's cranium and pierce its brain
Spider webs capture flying insects and thus act as a flight intercept traps - ✔✔True
When they bite their prey, predatory insects and spiders often inject this into their prey -
✔✔Digestive enzymes
, This structure is analogous to a birds gizzard - ✔✔mammalian cheek teeth
Mergansers have this adaptation for capturing their main food - ✔✔Tooth-like serrations on
their bill
You can tell an Orb Weaver Spider from a Sheet Web Spider because - ✔✔Sheet Web Spider
webs look "messy" with vertical knock-down strands and a cone in the middle of the web
under which the spider sits while Orb Weaver webs are beautiful vertical structures with
complex strand patterns
Elmer's Organs and nose protuberances are found in: - ✔✔Star-nosed Moles
Which statement concerning the hearing of owls is NOT TRUE:
a) an owl's raptorial bill is large to help deflect sound to the facial disks
b)an owl's ear openings are not symmetrically placed on the sides of the head
c)an owl's head is wide to allow for horizontal separation of sound arriving at the ears
d)owls can find prey at night by hearing alone
e)the feathers on an the owl's face help it hear better - ✔✔a) an owl's raptorial bill is large
to help deflect sound to the facial disks
Mixed Function Oxidases are: - ✔✔enzymes that counteract plant toxins making them safe
to eat
Large masseters and big cheek teeth indicate that an animal: - ✔✔eats tough plant tissues
Analogous to the mandibles of a caterpillar are: - ✔✔the incisors of a rodent
Snails and slugs use a radula for ingesting plant material - ✔✔True
In preparation for winter, Beavers do this - ✔✔add lots of mud to the outside of their lodge
for insulation
Update/ Already Grade A+
Moose go to beaver pons and shallow lakes in summer to: - ✔✔Acquire sodium from
aquatic plants
Which is NOT TRUE concerning the eyesight of hawks - ✔✔Hawk eyes are places on the
sides of their head for better binocular vision (more overlap of the fields of view
Owls have a large blind spot behind their head and can turn their heads - ✔✔270 degrees
Before a fisher eats a porcupine it skins (it removes its hide) - ✔✔True
The Hyoid Process is an important adaptation for the internal processing (digestion) of plant
tissues - ✔✔False
Which of these statements concerning herbivory is NOT TRUE - ✔✔A caecum is a part of the
stomach that has a colony of bacteria living in it
Which is NOT TRUE concerning animals that eat fruit and seeds - ✔✔Animals that eat a lot
of fruit usually have long intestines to digest the fruit quickly
An analogous structure - ✔✔Has the same function as another structure on a different
animal but arises from a different part of the body
Weasels tend to kill their prey by using their canine teeth to: - ✔✔Bite into the back of the
prey's cranium and pierce its brain
Spider webs capture flying insects and thus act as a flight intercept traps - ✔✔True
When they bite their prey, predatory insects and spiders often inject this into their prey -
✔✔Digestive enzymes
, This structure is analogous to a birds gizzard - ✔✔mammalian cheek teeth
Mergansers have this adaptation for capturing their main food - ✔✔Tooth-like serrations on
their bill
You can tell an Orb Weaver Spider from a Sheet Web Spider because - ✔✔Sheet Web Spider
webs look "messy" with vertical knock-down strands and a cone in the middle of the web
under which the spider sits while Orb Weaver webs are beautiful vertical structures with
complex strand patterns
Elmer's Organs and nose protuberances are found in: - ✔✔Star-nosed Moles
Which statement concerning the hearing of owls is NOT TRUE:
a) an owl's raptorial bill is large to help deflect sound to the facial disks
b)an owl's ear openings are not symmetrically placed on the sides of the head
c)an owl's head is wide to allow for horizontal separation of sound arriving at the ears
d)owls can find prey at night by hearing alone
e)the feathers on an the owl's face help it hear better - ✔✔a) an owl's raptorial bill is large
to help deflect sound to the facial disks
Mixed Function Oxidases are: - ✔✔enzymes that counteract plant toxins making them safe
to eat
Large masseters and big cheek teeth indicate that an animal: - ✔✔eats tough plant tissues
Analogous to the mandibles of a caterpillar are: - ✔✔the incisors of a rodent
Snails and slugs use a radula for ingesting plant material - ✔✔True
In preparation for winter, Beavers do this - ✔✔add lots of mud to the outside of their lodge
for insulation
