1) Describe the route that water follows as it passes through a clam starting from the incurrent siphon and finishing with the excurrent siphon
2) Members of such a large and diverse phylum as Mollusca impact humans in many ways. Discuss this statement. 500 words max.
1) Describe the route that water follows as it passes through a clam starting from the incurrent siphon and finishing with the excurrent siphon
2) Members of such a large and diverse phylum as Mollusca impact humans in many ways. Discuss this statement. 500 words max.
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QUESTION 19
Among all protostomes, which morphological trait is most varied?
| type of symmetry | ||
| type of body cavity | ||
| number of embryonic tissues | ||
| type of development |
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QUESTION 20
Nematodes are acoelomate animals.
True
False
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QUESTION 21
The first genetic material on Earth was probably __________.
| DNA produced by reverse transcription | ||
| DNA molecules whose information was transcribed to RNA | ||
| protobionts | ||
| self-replicating RNA molecules |
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QUESTION 22
Free point. Mark "true"
True
False
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QUESTION 23
Which of the following is a characteristic of a flagellate?
| The use of pseudopods as feeding structures. | ||
| They are often multinucleate. | ||
| They can exchange genetic material with other ciliates by the process of mitosis. | ||
| Most live as solitary autotrophs in fresh water. |
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QUESTION 24
The chelicerates have 2 pair of antennae.
True
False
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QUESTION 25
Nematoes and arthropods both _________________.
| develop an anis from the blastopore formed during gastrulation | ||
| are suspension feeders | ||
| grow by shedding their exoskeleton | ||
| have ciliated larva |
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QUESTION 26
If a lung were to be found in a mollusc, where would it be located?
| incurrent siphon | ||
| mantle cavity | ||
| visceral mass | ||
| excurrent siphon |
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QUESTION 27
True segmentation (metamerism) evolved 3 seperate times.
True
False
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QUESTION 28
The first coelomate animals are the _______________________________.
| Nematoda | ||
| Platyhelminthes | ||
| Mollusca | ||
| Arthropoda |
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QUESTION 29
Several scientific laboratories across the globe are involved in research concerning the origin of life on Earth. Which of these questions is currently the most problematic and would have the greatest impact on our understanding if we were able to answer it?
| How can amino acids, simple sugars, and nucleotides be synthesized abiotically? | ||
| How did RNA sequences come to carry the code for amino acid sequences? | ||
| How could polymers involving lipids and/or proteins form membranes in aqueous environments? | ||
| How can RNA molecules act as templates for the synthesis of complementary RNA molecules? |
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QUESTION 30
The greatest number of endemic species is expected in environments that are _____.
| easily reached and ecologically diverse | ||
| isolated and show little ecological diversity | ||
| isolated and ecologically diverse | ||
| easily reached and show little ecological diversity |
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QUESTION 31
A population of organisms will not evolve if _____.
| all individual variation is due only to environmental factors | ||
| the environment is changing at a relatively slow rate | ||
| the population size is large | ||
| the population lives in a habitat without competing species present |
The Cambrian explosion is a prime example of ________________.
| mass extinction | ||
| evolutionary stasis | ||
| a large meteor impact | ||
| adaptive radiation |
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QUESTION 2
Most animals are viviparous.
True
False
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QUESTION 3
The first phylum with ganglia in their nervous system are the ________________________.
| Mollusca | ||
| Nematoda | ||
| Bivalvia | ||
| Platyhelminthes |
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QUESTION 4
The last common ancestor of all animals was probably a _____________________.
| a unicellular worm | ||
| multicellular algae | ||
| flagellated protist | ||
| multicellular fungus |
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QUESTION 5
You are given an unknown organism to identify. It is unicellular and heterotrophic. It is motile by use of many short extensions of the cytoplasm. It has well-developed organelles and two nuclei, one large, one small. The organism is most likely to be a ______________.
| foraminifera | ||
| radiolarian | ||
| ciliate | ||
| flagellate |
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QUESTION 6
Which of the following organisms would you expect to have the largest surface-area-to-volume ratio? Assume that all of the following are the same total length.
| A mollusc | ||
| A nematode | ||
| A platyhelminth | ||
| Not enough information to determine. |
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QUESTION 7
If the animal is a hermaphrodite, it is said to be _______________.
| dioecious | ||
| eutelic | ||
| monoecious | ||
| trioecious |
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QUESTION 8
A terrestrial animal species is discovered with the following larval characteristics: exoskeleton, system of tubes for gas exchange and segmentation. A knowledgeable zoologist should predict that the adults of this species would also feature ____________.
| eight legs | ||
| two pairs of antennae | ||
| a sessile lifecycle | ||
| an open circulatory system |
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QUESTION 9
The Phylum Echinodermata exhibits metamerism.
True
False
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QUESTION 10
The existence of evolutionary trends, such as increasing body sizes among horse species, is evidence that _____.
| a larger volume-to-surface area ratio is adaptive in many mammals | ||
| evolution generally progresses toward some goal | ||
| evolution tends toward increased complexity or increased size | ||
| in particular environments, similar adaptations can be beneficial to more than one species |
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QUESTION 11
Suppose you are a researcher fro a pest-control company and you develop a chemical that inhibits the develpment of an embryonic mosquito's endodermal cells. Which of the following would cause the pesticide to work?
| The mosquito would develop a weak exoskeleton, making it easy prey. | ||
| The mosquito's gut would not function properly and it would starve. | ||
| The mosquito would not have a properly functioning muscular system. | ||
| Nothing would happen and your experiment would be a failure. |
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QUESTION 12
Holometabolis refers to complete metamorphosis.
True
False
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QUESTION 13
Which of these conditions are always true of populations evolving due to natural selection?
Condition 1: The population must vary in traits that are heritable.
Condition 2: Some heritable traits must increase reproductive success.
Condition 3: Individuals pass on most traits that they acquire during their lifetime.
| Condition 1 only | ||
| Condition 2 only | ||
| Conditions 1 and 2 | ||
| Conditions 2 and 3 |
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QUESTION 14
Scientific theories _____. 22.3
| are nearly the same things as hypotheses | ||
| are supported by, and make sense of, many observations | ||
| cannot be tested because the described events occurred only once | ||
| are predictions of future events |
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QUESTION 15
The evolution of animal species and their diversity is a result of the evolution of new and different ways to _______________.
| reproduce | ||
| arrange their cells into tissues | ||
| become symmetrical | ||
| form an embyro and establish a basic body plan |