BIOL 1070 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Kilogram, Thermogenesis, Torpor
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QUESTION 1
Which of these choices is an example of acclimatization?
| Plants growing in the shade grow larger leaves compared to the leaves growing in direct | ||
| A.Pigweed plants ( Amaranthus retroflexus ) growing in North Carolina are more tolerant to heat than plants growing in Canada. | ||
| A.The quadrate bone of snakes is movable rather than rigidl y attached, as seen in other vertebrates. | ||
| A.Desert rodents produce more concentrated urine because of their longer loop of Henle as compared to the loop of Henle found in other rodents living in less arid conditions. |
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QUESTION 2
Which of these choices is an example of connective tissue ?
| cardiac muscle | ||
| neurons | ||
| blood | ||
| glial cells |
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QUESTION 3
Which of these choices best describes homeostasis ?
| A.maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment | ||
| A.all vertebrates have a similar body plan | ||
| A.exchange of materials with the environment a cell is found in | ||
| A.relationship of the structure and function in animals |
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QUESTION 4
You are looking at two cells under a microscope. Both have the same shape, but cell A is smaller than cell B. Which of these statements correctly describes cell B?
| A.The larger cell has less surface area than the smaller cell. | ||
| A.The larger cell has a smaller sur face-to- | ||
| A.The larger cell has the same surface-to-volume area as the smaller cell. | ||
| A.The larger cell has more surface area than the smaller cell. |
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QUESTION 5
Which of these statements is true about ectotherms?
| A.Ectothermic animals tend to be found in arctic regions. | ||
| A.E ctotherms tend to consume more calories than endotherms of similar size. | ||
| A.Ectotherms tend to have more insulating structures than endotherms. | ||
| A.Ectotherms use more energy for |
The Cambrian explosion is a prime example of ________________.
| mass extinction | ||
| evolutionary stasis | ||
| a large meteor impact | ||
| adaptive radiation |
1 points
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 |
1 points
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 |
1 points
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 |
