Third Quiz (refined)

Question 1

________ is the term used to describe an embryo that develops in an egg and hatches outside a mother’s body

Answer 1

oviparous

Question 2

what are four things true of deuterostomes?

Answer 2

radial cleavage, blastopore, indeterminate cleavage, coelomates

Question 3

which type of animal can not be used in a discussion of only reptiles?

Answer 3

theropods

Question 4

Net Primary Productivity is the amount of energy that remains from Gross Primary Productivity and is usually ________ % of GPP

Answer 4

5-20%

Question 5

name an order that is not under amphibians

Answer 5

Decapoda

Question 6

which nutrient moves between terrestrial and marine systems in a strictly sedimentary cycle

Answer 6

phosphorus

Question 7

as a mammalian human you are not a ________________

Answer 7

Celphalochordate

Question 8

what is the name of the first bird and what was it’s major adaptation to flight?

Answer 8

Archaeopteryx, feathers and keratin wings

Question 9

the process by which soil bacteria converts atmospheric N2 (N=N) to NH3 is called ______________

Answer 9

ammonification

Question 10

__________ has clam like shells

Answer 10

Brachiopods

Question 11

____ ______ are lobefin fish

Answer 11

lung fishes

Question 12

___________ means both ways of life

Answer 12

amphibians

Question 13

________ have a rasp-like medulla

Answer 13

mollusks

Question 14

_________ has sticky tentacles and cilia

Answer 14

Ctenophora

Question 15

_______ ___ has a yolk sac and albumin

Answer 15

amniotic egg

Question 16

_________ is the least derived craniate

Answer 16

hagfish

Question 17

______________s include sharks, skates and rays

Answer 17

Chondrichthyans

Question 18

Primary Productivity increases with decreased rainfall
True or False

Answer 18

False

Question 19

three factors that limit primary productivity

Answer 19

light, nutrition, and water availability

Question 20

what are the two types of food webs?

Answer 20

grazing and detrital

Question 21

what are the three germ layers found in a triploblastic animal? which one covers an animals outer surface?

Answer 21

endoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm.
ectoderm is the outer most layer

Question 22

which ecosystem has the highest % total Net Primary Productivity?

Answer 22

ocean

Question 23

what are the three living lineages of mammals

Answer 23

monotremes, marsupials and placentals

Question 24

name the industrial nitrogen fixation process that is responsible for a 40% increase in the human population

Answer 24

Haber-Bosch process

Question 25

name the three kinds ecological pyramids

Answer 25

number, biomass and energy

Question 26

the largest reservoir of carbon is __________

Answer 26

deep ocean

Question 26

the largest reservoir of water is ____________

Answer 26

the ocean