Download Zoology Semester Exam Chapters 26-34 Unlike plant cells, animal

Zoology Semester Exam Chapters 26-34
1. Unlike plant cells, animal cells do not have _______________ _______________.
2. If a cell contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles, it is _______________.
3. An animal is: Unicellular or multicellular; autotrophic or heterotrophic; prokaryotic or
eukaryotic.
4. Only 5 % of all animals have _______________ columns.
5. Aquatic animals that strain floating plants and animals from the water they take in are
_______________ feeders.
6. Many small aquatic organisms move oxygen and carbon dioxide through their skin by the
process of _______________.
7. An animal that has distinct right and left sides shows _______________ _______________.
8. Organisms that spend their entire adult lives attached to one spot are said to be
_______________.
9. How does a sponge feed?
10. What are two functions of the nematocysts?
11. Cnidarians have two basic body types… list and describe them.
12. In a cnidarian, cells that sense gravity are ______________________________.
13. The Portuguese Man-of- War is a member of what class of cnidarians?
14. Food enters a flatworm’s body cavity through a muscular tube called a _______________.
15. Some flatworms have clusters of nerve cells that control the nervous system. Each cluster is
called a(n) _______________.
16. Many flatworms can detect changes in the amount of light in their environment using groups of
cells called _______________.
17. An adult tapeworm uses its scolex to: ____________________________________________.
18. In the tapeworm, both male and female reproductive organs are contained in each mature _______________.
19. How many openings does a Roundworms digestive system have?
20. In earthworms, food is ground into small pieces in the _______________.
21. The body of an annelid has characteristic _______________.
22. The bristle-like structures on some annelid’s bodies are called _______________.
23. Earthworms benefit gardener’s because their tunnels provide passageways for
_______________ roots & _______________.
24. The most active mollusks are the _______________.
25. The appendages of arthropods are _______________ & _______________ from the body wall.
26. What does molting enable arthropods to do?
27. Arthropods are classified based on the number & structure of their _______________
_______________ & _______________.
28. Which appendages are especially important in the classification of arthropods?
29. The easiest way to tell whether an arthropod is an insect or a spider is to:
______________________________.
30. The respiratory organ of terrestrial chelicerates is the _______________ _______________.
31. Describe the chemical receptors of insects.
32. In most ant societies, egg-laying is performed by: _______________.
33. What is cephalization?
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A vertebrate is any chordate that has a ____________________.
Any animal with a spinal cord must be a(n) _______________.
What are the two groups of nonvertebrate chordates?
In most fishes, the structures that are the most important for obtaining oxygen from water are
the _______________.
Blood flows through the body of a fish in a _______________ loop, _______________
circulatory system.
How do most fishes get rid of nitrogenous wastes?
If a fish’s olfactory bulbs were damaged, the fish probably would be unable to
_______________.
Most amphibians exist as _______________ larvae that breathe with gills and as
_______________ adults that breathe using lungs.
In a frog, the cavity through which digestive wastes, urine, eggs, or sperm leave the body is the
_______________.
The eggs of amphibians can dry out easily because: ______________________________.
What is a tympanic membrane? What is its use in frogs?
One method snakes use to locate prey is to flick their tongue in the air and then draw their
tongue across the roof of their mouth. What is the function of their tongue in this procedure?
All reptiles reproduce by _______________ fertilization & most are ______________
(oviparous, viviparous, ovoviviparous).
The difference between reptilian eggs and amphibian eggs is that reptilian eggs are surrounded
by a protective _______________ & _______________.
What is an endotherm? Exotherm?
What is the main function of contour feathers?
A bird’s respiratory system is more efficient than that of other land vertebrates because:
____________________________________________________________
What are the main characteristics of mammals?
What feature is present in most female mammals, but not in male mammals?
What would you need to know to determine whether a vertebrate is a bird or a mammal?
List and describe the three main groups of mammals; Give an example of each.
What is the function of a placenta?
What is a proboscidean? List examples.
A hoofed mammal is either a(n) _______________ or a(n) ____________________________.
_______________ is the group that includes gibbons & humans but does not include tarsiers.
What is a stimulus?
What type of behavior is responsible for young sea turtles heading for the ocean immediately
after they hatch?
Trial & error learning is also known as ___________________________________________.
_______________ is the type of learning that results from the association of two stimuli in the
environment.