Question 1

Periodically shedding their outer covering is a feature unique to the ________

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A)   ecdysozoans.
B)   echonodermata.
C)   mollusca.
D)   lophotrochozoans.
E)   bryozoans.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

The only animal in which digestion occurs within cells is

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A)   comb jellies.
B)   flatworms.
C)   sponges.
D)   cnidarians.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

In _______, the mouth develops at or near the blastopore.

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A)   gastrocoelomates
B)   blastocoelomates
C)   protostomes
D)   deuterostomes
E)   triploblasticsF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 4

Which of these is a bivalve?

Accepted Answer

A)   slug
B)   octopus
C)   earthworm
D)   snail
E)   oysterF) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 5

Name one of the smallest, if not the smallest, animals that are sometimes referred to as "wheel animalcules."

Accepted Answer

A)   planaria
B)   parasitic mites
C)   fruit flies
D)   parasitic
E)   rotifersF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

Identify the features unique to protostome development.

Accepted Answer

A)   Coelom forms by a splitting of the mesoderm, the blastophore becomes the mouth and the cleavage is spiral.
B)   Coelom forms by a splitting of the mesoderm, the blastophore becomes the anus and the cleavage is spiral.
C)   Coelom forms by a splitting of the mesoderm, the blastophore becomes the mouth and the cleavage is radial.
D)   None of the features listed are unique to the protostomes.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Which of the following are NOT cnidaria?

Accepted Answer

A)   corals
B)   sponges
C)   sea anemones
D)   hydrozoa
E)   Portuguese man-of-warF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Flukes are divided into Monogenea and Digenea. Monogenea have a posterior holdfast with hooks, clamps, and suckers; Digenea have suckers but never hooks and clamps. Monogenea have only one host in the life cycle, and usually live on gills or skin of fish and amphibians; Digenea have at least two hosts and often three or more, and are named because they have two reproductive states in their life cycle (an adult and intramolluscan phase) . From what you now know, the blood fluke Schistosoma would therefore be

Accepted Answer

A)   an endoparasite and Monogenean.
B)   an endoparasite and Digenean.
C)   an ectoparasite and Digenean.
D)   an ectoparasite and Monogenean.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Which of the following features is not one of the key features that led to the success of the arthropods?

Accepted Answer

A)   segmented body
B)   exoskeleton
C)   brain and a ventral nerve cord
D)   contain a variety of respiratory organs
E)   All are features that made arthropods successful.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

The structure that directs food into the body of a rotifer is called the corona.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Animals are classified according to all of the following features EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)   presence or absence of segmentation.
B)   mode of reproduction.
C)   type of body symmetry.
D)   number of germ layers.
E)   molecular data.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 12

Describe the similarities and differences between the comb jellies and cnidarians.

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Question 13

In deuterostomes,

Accepted Answer

A)   cleavage is radial and the fate of the cells is indeterminate.
B)   spiral cleavage occurs.
C)   the fate of cells is fixed and determinate.
D)   the mouth appears at or near the blastopore.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all animals?

Accepted Answer

A)   Animals are heterotrophic by ingestion or absorption.
B)   Animals produce gametes by meiosis.
C)   Animals digest their food internally.
D)   Animals are multicellular eukaryotes.
E)   The adult form is diploid in an alternation of generation life cycle.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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