BIO 370 quiz 6 ASU questions with
verified answers
Which of the following is a trait of members of the clade Therapsida? - correct answer ✔✔
Heterodonty
Which of the following correctly describes the transition from cynodonts to mammals? - correct
answer ✔✔ Increased sensory capabilities are associated with the evolution of fur
Which of the following correctly describes the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction event? - correct
answer ✔✔ It allowed mammals to fill new ecological niches.
Which of the following correctly describes the Paleoclimate of the Cenozoic era? - correct
answer ✔✔ The closing of the Isthmus of Panama interrupted water circulation affecting
temperatures in North and South America.
Which of the following correctly describes the transition from Pelycosaurs to therapsids? -
correct answer ✔✔ Pelycosaurs have no bony secondary plate, while derived therapsids have a
complete secondary plate.
True or false: All mammas are endotherms and all endotherms are mammals. - correct answer
✔✔ False
Which of the following statements does not correctly describe the closing of the Isthmus of
Panama and the subsequent Great American Biotic Interchange? - correct answer ✔✔ South
American taxa established themselves better in North America than North American taxa did in
South America.
verified answers
Which of the following is a trait of members of the clade Therapsida? - correct answer ✔✔
Heterodonty
Which of the following correctly describes the transition from cynodonts to mammals? - correct
answer ✔✔ Increased sensory capabilities are associated with the evolution of fur
Which of the following correctly describes the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction event? - correct
answer ✔✔ It allowed mammals to fill new ecological niches.
Which of the following correctly describes the Paleoclimate of the Cenozoic era? - correct
answer ✔✔ The closing of the Isthmus of Panama interrupted water circulation affecting
temperatures in North and South America.
Which of the following correctly describes the transition from Pelycosaurs to therapsids? -
correct answer ✔✔ Pelycosaurs have no bony secondary plate, while derived therapsids have a
complete secondary plate.
True or false: All mammas are endotherms and all endotherms are mammals. - correct answer
✔✔ False
Which of the following statements does not correctly describe the closing of the Isthmus of
Panama and the subsequent Great American Biotic Interchange? - correct answer ✔✔ South
American taxa established themselves better in North America than North American taxa did in
South America.
