Review Self_Quiz -- CLASSIFICATION: Animalia (vertebrata):
Below are some multiple choice self-quiz review questions to reinforce chapter terms and important concepts. Some of these questions will appear on the exams.

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1. Which of these are characteristics of animals?

a. Multicellular with specialized tissue and organs
b. Heterotrophic
c. Protect the developing embryo from dessication
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

2. Animals invaded land

a. 1 billion years ago
b. about or a little bit more than more than 500 million years ago
c. about or a little bit more than more than 400 million years ago
d. about or a little bit more than more than 300 million years ago
e. yesterday

3. Problems which animals needed to overcome when invading land from the oceans.

a. Supporting locomotion
b. Transporting water
c. Surviving slow environmental changes
d. a, and b
e. a, b, and c

4. When animals invaded land, some solved reproductive problems by

a. not reproducing
b. reproducing in water
c. "waterproof membranes" (e.g., amniotic sac)
d. internal reproduction
e. b, c, and d

5. Fishes in the class Agnatha (jawless fishes) do not have

a. a brain
b. vertebrae
c. a mouth
d. jaws
e. eyes

6. Subphylum vertebrata have

a. a vertebral column
b. an endoskeleton
c. most have paired appendages
d. a and b
e. a, b, and c

7. Animals with hair, are homeothermic, and produce milk for their young:

a. mammals
b. birds
c. reptiles
d. amphibians
e. bony fishes

8. Animal with a constant internal body temperature?

a. Mammalia
b. Reptilia
c. Homeothermic
d. a and c
e. a, b, and c

9. Fish with a bony skeleton:

a. Agnatha
b. Chondrichthyes
c. Osteichthyes
d. Amphibia
e. Reptilia

10. Fish with cartilaginous skeleton:

a. Agnatha
b. Chondrichthyes
c. Osteichthyes
d. Amphibia
e. a and b

11. Fish without jaws:

a. Agnatha
b. Chondrichthyes
c. Osteichthyes
d. Amphibia
e. Reptilia

12. Mammals with a placenta:

a. Monotremes
b. Marsupials
c. Placental mammal
d. Dinosaurs
e. None of the above

13. Mammals with a cloaca, duckbill, and laying eggs

a. Monotremes
b. Marsupials
c. Placental mammal
d. Dinosaurs
e. None of the above

14. Mammals with a pouch:

a. Monotremes
b. Marsupials
c. Placental mammal
d. Dinosaurs
e. None of the above

15. Kangaroo, Koala, Opossum:

a. Monotremes
b. Marsupials
c. Placental mammal
d. Dinosaurs
e. None of the above

16. Dog, Cat, Human

a. Monotremes
b. Marsupials
c. Placental mammal
d. Dinosaurs
e. None of the above

17. Platypus, Spiny anteater of Australia:

a. Monotremes
b. Marsupials
c. Placental mammal
d. Dinosaurs
e. None of the above

18. Salamanders, toads, and froga:

a. Fish
b. Amphibians
c. Reptiles
d. Birds
e. Mammals

19. Bats, Whales, Seals:

a. Fish
b. Amphibia
c. Reptilia
d. Aves
e. Mammalia

20. Snakes, Turtles, Lizards

a. Fish
b. Amphibia
c. Reptilia
d. Aves
e. Mammalia

21. New taxonomic (cladistic) research shows that if turtles are reptiles, then _________ are also reptiles.

a. insects
b. birds
c. fishes
d. frogs
e. all of the above

22. Choose the most advanced animal (Animalia) group:

a. Placental mammals
b. Marsupials
c. Monotremes
d. Segmented worms
e. None of the above

23. The term used for "cold blooded" animals is:

a. homeothermic
b. poikilothermic
c. cartilagous
d. placental
e. vascular

24. The term used for "warm blooded" animals is:

a. homeothermic
b. poikilothermic
c. cartilagous
d. placental
e. vascular

25. Choose the most primitive animal (Animalia) group:

a. Insecta
b. Tape worms
c. Jelly fishes
d. Sponges
e. Amoebas

26. Choose the most primitive animal (Animalia) group:

A. sharks
B. lampreys
C. mammals
D. frogs
E. birds

27. Choose the most primitive animal (Animalia) group:

A. Chondrichtyes
B. Agnatha
C. Mammalia
D. Amphibia
E. Aves

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