WIS 2552 Exercise 1 (CTOP)

A pseudocoelom is typical of the

Nematodes

Among the Amphibia several species are adapted for deeding plants as adults

False

Of the ratites the ____ has just two toes

Ostrich

The dorsal part of a turtle’s shell is called the

Carapace

___ Is the embryonic tissue layer that lines the embryonic gut

Endoderm

Species in the Pelican – Cormorant group have ___ feet

Totipalmate

The endosymbiosis theory argues that a ______ relationship was established between two cells

Mutualistic

The ____ has claws on its wings to help climb through vegetation

Hoatzin

The endosymbiosis theory argues that small prok cells were engulfed by _______

Larger prokaryotic cells

Diving Ducks and Dabbling Ducks tend to be plumage

Dichromatic

There are no native species of chameleons in Madagascar

False

Class ____ has the greatest number of vertebrate species

Osteichthyes

Darwin noted that there were no native ______ in Australian grasslands

Rabbits

Darwin used evidence from ________ to imagine concept of Centers of Origin

Giant armadillo fossils

_____is another name for primary producers

Autotroph

Digitalin is a compound produced by a certain____

Plant

The modern order Squamata likely descended from the fossil reptile group____

Archosauria

Caecilians are not found in the tropics of ______

Australia

Tetrahymena is a genus in the Kingdom _____ often used in Toxicology studies

Protista

parthenogenesis is seen about 1/3 of the species in the lizard genus _______

Cnemidophorous

Redi’s experiment involved denying _____ access to decaying meat

Flies

Petrels are related to ______

Shearwaters

The ____ gecko is a common introduced lizard in Gainesville, Florida

Mediterranean

All chordate characteristics are seen throughout the lives of the individual

False

Terrestrial Caecilians are mostly adapted for______

Burrowing

There are about ___ species of birds in the world

9700

Bacteria play an especially important role in the ______ cycle

Nitrogen

The giant salamander is ____ in length

1.6 Meters

The ____ era is broken into Epochs

Cenzoic

A dorsal hollow nerve cord is a characteristic of just the ____

Chordates

Northern Mockingbirds were introduced successfully to ______

Hawaiian Islands

Grebes are loon-like birds with _____ feet

lobed

The American Crocodile is still found on various islands in the Caribbean

True

Darwin based his theory partly on observations of farm animals

True

Intracellular digestion is characteristic of

sponges

White Pelicans differ from other members of the order in that they do not

Dive from the air for food

Pharyngeal gill slits are characteristic of just the _____

Chordates

_____ wrote The Island Waterfowl

Milton Weller

Rheas have ___ toe per foot

3

The ___ Anole is a common species introduced to Florida

Cuban

In photosynthesis, CO2 is converted to ____ and H2O

Sugars

The introduced Nile Monitor in Florida may possibly become a threat to native _______

Burrowing Owls

Some ammonia is mineralized as ____

NH4+

In Florida, Alligators are hunted recreationally

True

Albatrosses are grouped with the _____

Shearwater

The bony fish evolved in the _____ period of the Paleozonic

Ordovician

Energy in biological systems mostly exists in the form of ____ Molecules

ATP

Birds descended from the subclass ___ of fossil reptiles

Archosauria

Swans and Geese tend be plumage

Monochromatic

Seeds evolved during the _______

Paleozoic