Zoology Questions
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Which of the following is the most inclusive term for an organism that obtains organic food material by eating other organisms or substances derived from them?
Which of the following statements describes how healthy corals appear brightly colored?
Early in animal evolution, some groups such as __________ and (later) _____________ diverged from all other animal groups.
Which of the following adaptations led to an explosion in insect evolution?
The phylum Cycliophora includes tiny organisms that live in large numbers on the outsides of the mouthparts and appendages of lobsters. The feeding stage permanently attaches to the lobster and collects scraps of food from its host's feeding by capturing the scraps in a current created by a ring of cilia.The feeding stage of cycliophorans is best described as ________.
You find what you believe is a new species of animal. Which of the following characteristics would enable you to argue that it is more closely related to a nematode than it is to an annelid?
Which of the following animal groups is entirely aquatic?
The larvae of some insects are merely small versions of the adult, whereas the larvae of other insects look completely different from adults, eat different foods, and may live in different habitats. Which of the following is most directly involved in the evolution of these variations in metamorphosis?
Our understanding of many of the evolutionary relationships among animals changed after those phylogenies were based on morphological and molecular data (as opposed to only using morphological data).What do these changes indicate?
What type of epithelium would you expect to find covering a surface subject to physical forces?
Which of the following animals does NOT have a body cavity? See Concept 32.3 (Page)
Cardiac muscle is the only muscle composed of ______ fibers.
What structure is responsible for gas exchange in most spiders?
What would the presence of a lophophore in a newly discovered species suggest about that organism?
Which of the following groups of organisms has flagella associated with its method of feeding?
In terms of evolutionary history, the first animals were
Which of the following structures can be found in the mesohyl of a sponge?
During embryological development, the anus forms before the mouth in __________.
What type of epithelium tissue lines kidney tubules?
Which of these tissues, found in the lungs, permits gas exchange by diffusion?