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The platypus and the spiny anteater are examples of which mammalian group?
a. marsupials
b. monotremes
c. placentals
d. hominids
Almost all invertebrate chordates are
a. predators
b. parasites
c. filter feeders
d. scavengers
Which of the following is not a characteristic chordate feature?
a. a pharynx
b. a notochord
c. a nerve cord
d. a pseudocoelom
Which of the following is not a subphyla of the phylum Chordata?
a. Urochordata
b. Hemichordata
c. Cephalochordata
d. Vertebrata
The duck-billed platypus
a. passes gametes, feces, and urine through the same duct
b. gives birth to live young
c. is found in Africa and Australia
d. is active primarily during the day
The placoderms
a. include the sharks and rays
b. were the earliest jawless fishes
c. became extinct during the Carboniferous period
d. gave rise to the amphibians
The invasion of the Great Lakes by ______ has decimated the lakes' trout populations.
a. coelocanths
b. lampreys
c. sturgeons
d. ratfishes
The only living lobe-finned fish is the
a. lamprey
b. hagfish
c. coelocanth
d. chiamera
The amphibians arose from ______ during the ______.
a. placoderms; Cambrian
b. lungfishes; Jurassic
c. lobe-finned fishes; Devonian
d. hagfishes; Silurian
Reptiles
a. have external fertilization
b. produce amniote eggs
c. gave rise to the amphibians
d. are the most diverse vertebrate group
Only birds
a. have a cloaca
b. lay amniote eggs
c. have feathers
d. have a four-chambered heart
Which of the following is not a mammalian lineage?
a. the monotremes
b. the synapsids
c. the marsupials
d. the therians
Mammals did not arise until after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
a. true
b. false
The most species-rich vertebrate group are the
a. mammals
b. reptiles
c. amphibians
d. fishes
The vertebrate jaw first appeared in
a. mammals
b. reptiles
c. amphibians
d. fishes
Lungs evolved as outpouchings of the :
a. swim bladder
b. stomach
c. esophagus
d. blood vessels
The caecilians are a small group of
a. mammals
b. reptiles
c. amphibians
d. fishes
The ______ can use their skin as a respiratory surface.
a. mammals
b. reptiles
c. amphibians
d. birds
Reptiles resemble _____ in ______.
a. fish; not being able to leave the water
b. ostracoderms; lacking jaws
c. amphibians; relying on water for reproduction
d. birds; producing amniote eggs
The first vertebrates with a four-chambered heart fully separated into two halves were the
a. birds
b. amphibians
c. crocodilians
d. monotremes
The ______ gave rise to the mammals.
a. crocodilians
b. therapsids
c. tuataras
d. anapsids