Exam 3 Clicker Questions Flashcards
An advantage of internal fertilization over external fertilization is that
Internal fertilization prevents the drying out of gametes in a dry environment.
Internal fertilization requires less gamete production.
Animal cells with an internal solute concentration of 500 mOsm/L are placed in a fluid with solute concentration of about 700 mOsm/L. Water will initially tend to flow
Out of cells
Collar cells in sponges are used in feeding & are also called
Choanocytes
A monoecious organism
Produces both egg and sperm gametes
The evolution of spongee species of greater size required
A way to increase the surface area for filtering
The largest sponge have the ____ form.
Leuconoid
Cells with organelles that can discharge threads for various purposes in jelly fish are called
Cnidocytes
The “stinging organelle” characteristic of jellyfish is a
Nematocyst
Gastrodermal muscle cells of cnidarians are derived from what type of embryonic tissue?
Endoderm
Dioecious medusae are present in species of ______.
Scyphozoans and hydrozoans
T/F in Sponges, choanocytes engulf food particles before water exits the gastrovascular cavity
False
The gastrovascular cavity of cnidarians has how many openings
One
In the phylogenic tree, which letter marks the divergence between protostome and deuterostome animals
C (SECOND RIGHT)
Which of the following is closely associated with bilateral symmetry in animals?
Cephalization
Free-living (non-parasitic) flatworms are
Turbellarians