Biology II Lab Final

Which of the following is NOT a property of fungi?

Prokaryotic

Which of the following is a characteristic of jellyfish?

Radial symmetry and incomplete digestive tract

Which of the following groups shares the most features with (and is most clearly related to) birds?

Reptiles

Which of the following is a characteristic of a nematode?

Tapered at both ends and Protective cuticle

This class of the Platyhelminthes consists of the parasitic flukes.

Trematoda

A lateral line system in many fishes serves to detect ________.

vibrations

What occurs when a sporangiospore of a zygomycete lands on a slice of bread?

- germination - hyphae formation - mycelium formation

What is true of Flatworms?

- they have bilateral symmetry - they have anterior and posterior ends - they can be parasitic

What role do lichens play in the environment?

- they help build soil - they provide food and habitat for small animals - they serve as environmental indicators of air pollution

Insects vary from other arthropods by having _______________.

2 pairs of wings and 3 pairs of legs

Which of the following is not true of a starfish/sea star?

A notochord runs along the dorsal midline

What connects the mushrooms in a fairy ring below the ground?

A thick network of mycelium.

Mammals and reptiles share the following derived features that distinguish them from amphibians:

Amniotic Eggs

Which class is also called "flower animals"?

Anthozoa

_____ are the multicellular fruiting structures of ascomycetes, which produce sexual spores.

Ascocarps

Name the largest phylum of fungi.

Ascomycota

Which is NOT a basidiomycete?

Black Bread mold

Most fungi have cell walls composed of ______.

Chitin

Ventral surface of what organism

Chitin

Which class of the superclass Gnathostomata is characterized by cartilaginous skeletons?

Chrondichthyes

What class of mollusks provides us with our seafood dinners of clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops?

Class Bivalvia

What is the largest and most diverse chordate group?

Class Osteichthyes

Cutting through a cap of a mushroom exposed gill tissue. What is seen when scrapings from gill tissue are placed on a slide under the microscope?

Club-shaped basidia and possibly basidiospores

Name the two clades of protostomes.

Ecdysozoa and Lophotrochozoa

Basidiospores are asexual spores produced on peg-like sterigma on a slub shaped basidium.

False

Lichens with leaflike thalli that overlap, forming a scaly, lobed body, are known as _____.

Foliose

Slit-like structures found beneath the cap of a typical mushroom are known as _____.

Gills

Which of the following have bodies divided into a head, thorax, and abdomen?

Grasshoppers and Ants

______ are specialized hyphae that can penetrate host cells and absorb nutrients.

Haustoria

The role of the fungus in a mycorrhizal relationship is that of _____.

Helping the plant take in phosphate and other nutrients

Name the anatomical feature shown on the image of the ventral view of the viscera

Kidney

Where does water enter the vascular system of a starfish/sea star?

Madreporite

A radula is present in which mollusc?

Snail and Squid

Meiosis in the life cycle of a zygomycete occurs in the _____.

Sporangia

Lichens are sensitive to ___.

air pollution

A medusa is often described as ______.

an umbrella-shaped body with tentacles that hang down

The brains of vertebrates form at the ______ end of the nerve cord.

anterior

Which pairing of arthropods does not belong in the same subphylum?

centipede and scorpion

Millipedes are ______.

detritivorous and herbivorous

The visceral mass region of a mollusc contains which of the following?

digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and reproductive systems

Diploblastic animals have which germ layers?

ectoderm and endoderm

Mammals can be distinguished from other tetrapods by the presence of

fure, nipples, differentiated teeth

Lichens are a symbiotic relationship between ascomycetes and ______.

green algae or cyanobacteria

Amphibians are dependent on water to ______.

lay eggs

Name this structure in crayfish

mandible

Ecdysis is the process of _____________.

molting

While swimming in the ocean, you fell a sting on your leg from a Portuguese man-of-war. The sting was caused by _____.

nematocysts

While exploring, you discover a hydrozoan called Hydra sp. Where di you find the Hydra sp.?

pond

The word Porifera comes from a Latin word that means ___________.

pore-bearer

Echinoderms have _______ symmetry

radial

Members of phylum Nematoda live in which of the following environments?

soil, freshwater and marine, within animals as parasites

Name the anatomical feature shown on the image of the deep viscera and associated structures

spleen

The central cavity of a sponge, the ______, is lined with _______.

spongocoel, choanocytes

what is the function of pleopods in crustaceans?

swimming

Earthworms are monoecious, meaning ______.

they possess both male and female organs