Vertebrate Review Questions

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Vertebrate Review Questions
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Which fish is a parasite?

1. Lamprey
2. Shark
3. Skate
4. Bass

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What is a sharks skeleton composed of?

1. Bone
2. Chitin
3. Cartilage
4. Notochord

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Which fish is a 70 million-year-old living
fossil that was caught off the coast of
Madagascar?

1. Coelacanth
2. Ostracoderm
3. Placoderm
4. Sarcopterygus

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What is the name for an organism that obtains its
body heat from its external environment?

1. Warm-blooded
2. Endotherm
3. Ectotherm
4. Dermotherm

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Why is the production of large numbers of eggs an
important adaptation for some fishes?

1. Their offspring are developed internally.
2. They reproduce by internal fertilization.
3. Their eggs and juveniles are prey to other
   animals.
4. They guard their fertilized eggs from predators.

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Which is not a characteristic of birds?

1. Ectothermic
2. Hollow bones
3. Amniotic eggs
4. Scales covering legs

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What term describes the way reptiles maintain
their internal temperature?

1. Ectothermic
2. Exothermic
3. Endothermic
4. Thermodermic

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Which is a key adaptation that enables reptiles
to live on land?

1. Eggs hatch outside the females body.
2. Eggs are released in large numbers.
3. Eggs are fertilized internally.
4. Eggs have shells.

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What is the function of a birds crop?

1. Grind food
2. Store gametes
3. Store food
4. Create eggs

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Which type of feathers provide insulation?

1. Cavity feathers
2. Contour feathers
3. Down feathers
4. Preen feathers

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What group of mammals reproduces by laying eggs?

1. Marsupial
2. Placental mammal
3. Monotreme
4. Therapsid

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What does a mammals gestation period refer to?

1. Amount of time the young stays with its herd
2. Amount of time the young stays in the uterus
3. Amount of time the young drinks its mothers milk
4. Amount of time for the young to mature enough to
   reproduce

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Which characteristic distinguishes mammals from
other vertebrates?

1. Kidneys and a cloaca
2. A high metabolic rate and limbs
3. Mammary glands and hair
4. A four chambered heart and endothermy

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Which mammals have reptilian features such as
laying eggs?

1. Apes
2. Canines
3. Marsupials
4. Monotremes

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What is believed to have caused the isolation of
marsupials ancestors to Australia and
surrounding islands?

1. Adaptive radiation
2. Continental drift
3. Habitat destruction
4. Convergent evolution