Name: Score:
225 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 225
What type of tail to Lungfishes posses?
Hammerhead shark
Great white shark
A primitive diphycercal tail
African and south american lungfish
Term 2 of 225
Which sharks are known for long distance migration?
Age Of Dinosaurs
Great White Sharks
Female Bower Bird
The Loch Ness Monster
Term 3 of 225
Are Lungfish positive or negative pressure breathers?
Obligate air breathers
Positive pressure breathers
They are degenerate and covered with skin
Internal fertilization
,Term 4 of 225
What is the function of the rectal gland in Chondrichthyes?
Assists in regulating body temperature by adjusting blood flow
Stores excess nutrients for times of scarcity
Secretes concentrated salt solution into cloaca to regulate proper salt concentration in
blood and body fluids
Produces enzymes for breaking down tough prey items
Term 5 of 225
What is the Mesozoic Era known as?
Age of Dinosaurs
Age of Reptiles
Age of Fishes
Age of Mammals
Term 6 of 225
What is the defense mechanism of the Hagfish?
Secretes concentrated salt solution into cloaca to regulate proper salt concentration in
blood and body fluids
Support, protection, and calcium storage
Direct sperm into female cloaca
They produce copious amounts of slime and exhibit a knotting behavior
,Term 7 of 225
What does it mean to be protandrous?
Canis Familiaris
Geographic isolation which results in speciation
The ability to survive and reproduce
Change from male to female
Term 8 of 225
What subphylum do vertebrates belong to?
Subphylum Vertebrata
Phylum Chordata
Alfred Wallace
Class Mammalia
Term 9 of 225
The Ampullae of Lorenzini are electroreceptors that detect electrical waves, what else can they
detect?
Hydrogen bonding
Temperature inversion
Temperature changes
Van der waals forces
, Term 10 of 225
What does physostomous mean?
Fish which have a duct connecting the esophagus to the gas bladder so they can gulp air
The environment favors traits that are advantageous and works to increase the fitness of an
organism in a given environment
Fish that have scales covering their entire body
Fish that live in saltwater environments
Term 11 of 225
What is the osmolarity of Chondrichthyes relative to Seawater?
Harvested for their meat for food and for their skin to make "eel-skin" leather
They produce copious amounts of slime and exhibit a knotting behavior
They are iso-osmotic to seawater
Secretes concentrated salt solution into cloaca to regulate proper salt concentration in
blood and body fluids
Term 12 of 225
Which group of Sarcopterygii fish appear most closely structurally related to early tetrapods?
Lissamphibia
Rhipidistia
Coelacanth
Acanthostega
225 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 225
What type of tail to Lungfishes posses?
Hammerhead shark
Great white shark
A primitive diphycercal tail
African and south american lungfish
Term 2 of 225
Which sharks are known for long distance migration?
Age Of Dinosaurs
Great White Sharks
Female Bower Bird
The Loch Ness Monster
Term 3 of 225
Are Lungfish positive or negative pressure breathers?
Obligate air breathers
Positive pressure breathers
They are degenerate and covered with skin
Internal fertilization
,Term 4 of 225
What is the function of the rectal gland in Chondrichthyes?
Assists in regulating body temperature by adjusting blood flow
Stores excess nutrients for times of scarcity
Secretes concentrated salt solution into cloaca to regulate proper salt concentration in
blood and body fluids
Produces enzymes for breaking down tough prey items
Term 5 of 225
What is the Mesozoic Era known as?
Age of Dinosaurs
Age of Reptiles
Age of Fishes
Age of Mammals
Term 6 of 225
What is the defense mechanism of the Hagfish?
Secretes concentrated salt solution into cloaca to regulate proper salt concentration in
blood and body fluids
Support, protection, and calcium storage
Direct sperm into female cloaca
They produce copious amounts of slime and exhibit a knotting behavior
,Term 7 of 225
What does it mean to be protandrous?
Canis Familiaris
Geographic isolation which results in speciation
The ability to survive and reproduce
Change from male to female
Term 8 of 225
What subphylum do vertebrates belong to?
Subphylum Vertebrata
Phylum Chordata
Alfred Wallace
Class Mammalia
Term 9 of 225
The Ampullae of Lorenzini are electroreceptors that detect electrical waves, what else can they
detect?
Hydrogen bonding
Temperature inversion
Temperature changes
Van der waals forces
, Term 10 of 225
What does physostomous mean?
Fish which have a duct connecting the esophagus to the gas bladder so they can gulp air
The environment favors traits that are advantageous and works to increase the fitness of an
organism in a given environment
Fish that have scales covering their entire body
Fish that live in saltwater environments
Term 11 of 225
What is the osmolarity of Chondrichthyes relative to Seawater?
Harvested for their meat for food and for their skin to make "eel-skin" leather
They produce copious amounts of slime and exhibit a knotting behavior
They are iso-osmotic to seawater
Secretes concentrated salt solution into cloaca to regulate proper salt concentration in
blood and body fluids
Term 12 of 225
Which group of Sarcopterygii fish appear most closely structurally related to early tetrapods?
Lissamphibia
Rhipidistia
Coelacanth
Acanthostega
