animal, fungi, and invertebrates quizzes Flashcards
(25 cards)
What should animals with radial symmetry be better able to do than those with bilateral symmetry?
A) Have food distributed in all directions
B)focus attention in a single direction
C) move quickly in one direction
D) detect threats from below
A) Have food distributed in all directions
Which of the following triploblastic organisms is incorrectly paired with its body cavity classification?
A) flatworm—pseudocoelomate
b) planarian—acoelomate
c) earthworm—coelomate
A) flatworm—pseudocoelomate
Which taxonomic level contains the other choices?
a) sponges
b) mammals
c) Eumetazoa
d) fish
c) Eumetazoa
Which animal phylum has lesser complexity than cnidarians (corals)?
a) sponges
b) birds
c) mammals
s) fish
a) sponges
Which characterize(s) an animal body plan?
a) tissues
b) All are correct
c) body cavity
d) symmetry
b) All are correct
Place these groups in the order in which they appeared:
1. Porifera
2. Cnidaria
3. Aceola
4. Nematoda
a) 3, 4, 1, 2
b) 2, 3, 4, 1
c) 4, 3, 1, 2
d) 1, 2, 3, 4
d) 1, 2, 3, 4
You are dissecting an unidentified animal. It is radially symmetric and has no body cavity. To what phylum might it belong?
a) Cnidaria
b) Platyhelminthes
c) Arthropoda
d) Chordata
a) Cnidaria
You are dissecting an unidentified animal. It is bilaterally symmetric and has no body cavity. To what phylum might it belong?
a) Platyhelminthes
b) Cnidaria
c) Chordata
d) Annelida
a) Platyhelminthes
What unique feature helps you identify the fungus?
a) presence of mitochondria
b) absence of chloroplasts
c) presence of nuclei
d) cell walls made of chitin
d) cell walls made of chitin
You are given a fungus to identify. It has a fruiting body that contains eight haploid spores lined up in a row. What kind of fungus is this?
a) ascomycete
b) deuteromycete
c) zygomycete
d) chytrid
a) ascomycete
Which phylum includes flagellated spores?
a) Ascomycota
b) Basidiomycota
c) Zygomycota
d) Chytridiomycota
d) Chytridiomycota
Which statement about mycorrhizae is FALSE?
a) They promote plant growth.
b) Many vascular plants have them.
c)They are important in natural systems and agriculture.
d) They are in a commensalistic relationship with plants.
d) They are in a commensalistic relationship with plants.
They are in a commensalistic relationship with plants.
a) ascomycetes
b) chytrids
c)conidia
d) zygomycetes
c)conidia
What are lichens?
a) a type of plant pathogen
b) mutually beneficial relationships between fungi and plant roots
c) symbiotic associations between photosynthetic organisms and fungi
d) single-celled, flagellated protist ancestors of fungi
c) symbiotic associations between photosynthetic organisms and fungi
If you wanted to design a drug that would inhibit normal fungi FEEDING, the drug could reduce _____.
a) fungal cell nuclear DNA content
b) fungal cell surface area
c) fungal cell number
d) fungal cell reproduction rate
b) fungal cell surface area
On a class tour of a brewery, you are told that making beer involves a single-celled fungus. Your friend says, “Can’t be; must be bacteria.” How do you respond?
a) “Must be a yeast.”
b) “Must be a chytridiomycete.”
c) “Must be a mutant.”
d) “Yeah.”
a) “Must be a yeast.”
Which fungi produces the largest fruiting body?
a) a chytridiomycete
b) a basidiomycete
c) a glomeromycete
d) a yeast
b) a basidiomycete
If you wanted to show an example of segmentation to a group of visiting students, which phylum would be the best choice?
a) Annelida
b) Mollusca
c) Nematoda
d) Cnidaria
a) Annelida
Which statement about arthropods is wrong?
a) Arthropods have well-developed sensory organs.
b) Arthropod bodies are completely covered by a cuticle.
c) Most arthropod sensory organs are concentrated at the posterior end.
d) Arthropods have an open circulatory system.
c) Most arthropod sensory organs are concentrated at the posterior end.
Which statement about nematodes is incorrect?
a) Nematodes are found in most aquatic habitats.
b) They include many species that parasitize plants and animals.
c) None of them are parasites
d) They have no circulatory system.
c) None of them are parasites
The major difference between the two divisions of annelids, the errantians and sedentarians, is that _____.
a) sedentarians are less mobile than errantians
b) sedentarians are all marine organisms
c)sedentarians are more mobile than errantians
d) sedentarians contain parapodia
a) sedentarians are less mobile than errantians
The dominant shelled mollusk predator of the seas for hundreds of millions of years until the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period was the
a) ammonite.
b) squid.
c) anemone.
d) annelid.
a) ammonite.
Which would be a great surprise if found in the body of a sponge?
a) mesohyl
b) spongocoel
c) limb
d) osculum
c) limb
