Zoology Quiz Cummulative
1) The earliest tetrapod fossils show that they possessed a basic pattern of __________digits per
limb.
three
four
five
more than five
more than ten
2) Horseshoe crabs
are, like their relatives the trilobites and eurypterids, now extinct.
are poisonous to humans.
live in freshwater habitats.
have a long, spine-like telson.
are adult forms of trilobites.
3) Cephalochordates or lancelets have
a. Lack 3 of the 5 chordate hallmarks entirely
b. all five chordate hallmarks as adults AND young
c. all five chordate hallmarks as adults ONLY (not as young)
d. all five chordate hallmarks as young ONLY (not as adults)
4) Sea anemones and corals lack
a sexual stage.
an asexual stage.
a polyp stage.
a medusa stage.
, None of the choices are correct.
5) Arthropods are
carnivorous.
herbivorous.
omnivorous.
both carnivorous and herbivorous.
All of these choices are correct.
6) Agnatha characteristics include:
a. jointed appendages
b. paired fins
c. an open circulatory system
d. a dorsal hollow nerve cord
7) A taxon is paraphyletic if it
includes the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group and all of its
descendants.
includes the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group and some, but not all, of
its descendants.
does not include the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group.
None of the choices are correct.
8) In order to fly, birds must have which of the following adaptation(s)?
A lightweight skeleton.
A highly efficient respiratory system.
A high-pressure circulatory system.
Well-developed nervous and sensory systems.
All of the choices are correct.
9) Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently developed the theory of evolution.
1) The earliest tetrapod fossils show that they possessed a basic pattern of __________digits per
limb.
three
four
five
more than five
more than ten
2) Horseshoe crabs
are, like their relatives the trilobites and eurypterids, now extinct.
are poisonous to humans.
live in freshwater habitats.
have a long, spine-like telson.
are adult forms of trilobites.
3) Cephalochordates or lancelets have
a. Lack 3 of the 5 chordate hallmarks entirely
b. all five chordate hallmarks as adults AND young
c. all five chordate hallmarks as adults ONLY (not as young)
d. all five chordate hallmarks as young ONLY (not as adults)
4) Sea anemones and corals lack
a sexual stage.
an asexual stage.
a polyp stage.
a medusa stage.
, None of the choices are correct.
5) Arthropods are
carnivorous.
herbivorous.
omnivorous.
both carnivorous and herbivorous.
All of these choices are correct.
6) Agnatha characteristics include:
a. jointed appendages
b. paired fins
c. an open circulatory system
d. a dorsal hollow nerve cord
7) A taxon is paraphyletic if it
includes the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group and all of its
descendants.
includes the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group and some, but not all, of
its descendants.
does not include the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group.
None of the choices are correct.
8) In order to fly, birds must have which of the following adaptation(s)?
A lightweight skeleton.
A highly efficient respiratory system.
A high-pressure circulatory system.
Well-developed nervous and sensory systems.
All of the choices are correct.
9) Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently developed the theory of evolution.
