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Vertebrate Review Questions

Vertebrate Review Questions. Which fish is a parasite?. Lamprey Shark Skate Bass. What is a shark’s skeleton composed of?. Bone Chitin Cartilage Notochord. Which fish is a 70 million-year-old “living fossil” that was caught off the coast of Madagascar?. Coelacanth Ostracoderm

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Vertebrate Review Questions

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  1. Vertebrate Review Questions

  2. Which fish is a parasite? • Lamprey • Shark • Skate • Bass

  3. What is a shark’s skeleton composed of? • Bone • Chitin • Cartilage • Notochord

  4. Which fish is a 70 million-year-old “living fossil” that was caught off the coast of Madagascar? • Coelacanth • Ostracoderm • Placoderm • Sarcopterygus

  5. What is the name for an organism that obtains its body heat from its external environment? • Warm-blooded • Endotherm • Ectotherm • Dermotherm

  6. Why is the production of large numbers of eggs an important adaptation for some fishes? • Their offspring are developed internally. • They reproduce by internal fertilization. • Their eggs and juveniles are prey to other animals. • They guard their fertilized eggs from predators.

  7. Which is not a characteristic of birds? • Ectothermic • Hollow bones • Amniotic eggs • Scales covering legs

  8. What term describes the way reptiles maintain their internal temperature? • Ectothermic • Exothermic • Endothermic • Thermodermic

  9. Which is a key adaptation that enables reptiles to live on land? • Eggs hatch outside the female’s body. • Eggs are released in large numbers. • Eggs are fertilized internally. • Eggs have shells.

  10. What is the function of a bird’s crop? • Grind food • Store gametes • Store food • Create eggs

  11. Which type of feathers provide insulation? • Cavity feathers • Contour feathers • Down feathers • Preen feathers

  12. What group of mammals reproduces by laying eggs? • Marsupial • Placental mammal • Monotreme • Therapsid

  13. What does a mammal’s gestation period refer to? • Amount of time the young stays with its herd • Amount of time the young stays in the uterus • Amount of time the young drinks its mother’s milk • Amount of time for the young to mature enough to reproduce

  14. Which characteristic distinguishes mammals from other vertebrates? • Kidneys and a cloaca • A high metabolic rate and limbs • Mammary glands and hair • A four chambered heart and endothermy

  15. Which mammals have reptilian features such as laying eggs? • Apes • Canines • Marsupials • Monotremes

  16. What is believed to have caused the isolation of marsupial’s ancestors to Australia and surrounding islands? • Adaptive radiation • Continental drift • Habitat destruction • Convergent evolution

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