WMAN 224 Final Exam questions with verified
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1. This muscle is most important for the downstroke Pectoralis
2. This bird has a very complex song repertoire Superb Lyrebird
and can even mimic chainsaws, cameras and
car alarms
Dinos had feathers,
3. What is the evidence that birds evolved from excel- lent parental
Thero- pod dinosaurs care, multi- ple
instances of a reduc-
tion in body size
4. Is a recently created group of dinosaurs, Ornithoscelida
which now contains the Theropods (aka bird
ancestors)
Flight
5. All of the following are characteristics of all
birds EX- CEPT?
6. Shared characteristics of birds feathers, beaks,
oviparity and
endothermy
7. Amniotes split into 2 major evolutionary Synapsida/Sauropsida
lineages. They are:
8. This non-native North American predator is a Feral/outdoor cats
leading cause of wild bird (and other wildlife)
deaths
9. The age of mammals is Cenozoic
10. What do all mammals have in common? Lactation
11. Which of the following is a non-mammalian synapsid? Pelycosaur
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(Dimetrodon)
12. Class Reptilia Reptiles
13. Class Aves Birds
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14. holes in the side of the skull Temporal fenestration
15. means "window" in latin Fenestra
16. "without" anapsid
17. Single arch, "joined" Synapsid
18. double arch, "joined" diapsid
19. What two are collectively called sauropsids anapsid and diapsids
20. Tuatara, squamates, specialized marine feet with
tetrapods (placodonts, Plesiosaurs, varying
ichthyosaurs) Secondarily pelagic/marine
Derived from terrestrial ancestors
21. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodilians,
birds "Thecodonts"
22. Stocky short-
legs Dermal
bones
Large herbivores -- Manatee-like
23. Either long neck and small head or short
neck and large head (pilosaur)
24. Dolphin-like
Most specialized for marine environments
Retained fore- and hindlimbs
25. Likely related to varanid lizard (monitor
lizards) Returned to the water, hands and
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Lepidosauromorphs
Archosauromorphs
Placodonts
Plesiosaurs
Ichthyosaurs
Mosasaurs
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1. This muscle is most important for the downstroke Pectoralis
2. This bird has a very complex song repertoire Superb Lyrebird
and can even mimic chainsaws, cameras and
car alarms
Dinos had feathers,
3. What is the evidence that birds evolved from excel- lent parental
Thero- pod dinosaurs care, multi- ple
instances of a reduc-
tion in body size
4. Is a recently created group of dinosaurs, Ornithoscelida
which now contains the Theropods (aka bird
ancestors)
Flight
5. All of the following are characteristics of all
birds EX- CEPT?
6. Shared characteristics of birds feathers, beaks,
oviparity and
endothermy
7. Amniotes split into 2 major evolutionary Synapsida/Sauropsida
lineages. They are:
8. This non-native North American predator is a Feral/outdoor cats
leading cause of wild bird (and other wildlife)
deaths
9. The age of mammals is Cenozoic
10. What do all mammals have in common? Lactation
11. Which of the following is a non-mammalian synapsid? Pelycosaur
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(Dimetrodon)
12. Class Reptilia Reptiles
13. Class Aves Birds
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14. holes in the side of the skull Temporal fenestration
15. means "window" in latin Fenestra
16. "without" anapsid
17. Single arch, "joined" Synapsid
18. double arch, "joined" diapsid
19. What two are collectively called sauropsids anapsid and diapsids
20. Tuatara, squamates, specialized marine feet with
tetrapods (placodonts, Plesiosaurs, varying
ichthyosaurs) Secondarily pelagic/marine
Derived from terrestrial ancestors
21. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodilians,
birds "Thecodonts"
22. Stocky short-
legs Dermal
bones
Large herbivores -- Manatee-like
23. Either long neck and small head or short
neck and large head (pilosaur)
24. Dolphin-like
Most specialized for marine environments
Retained fore- and hindlimbs
25. Likely related to varanid lizard (monitor
lizards) Returned to the water, hands and
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answers graded A+ latest update
Lepidosauromorphs
Archosauromorphs
Placodonts
Plesiosaurs
Ichthyosaurs
Mosasaurs
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