Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

Zoology > Exam 4 > Flashcards

Exam 4 Flashcards

1
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Order Araneae?

A

Class: Arachnida

Pedicel, silk glands, spinnerets
True Spiders

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Order Scorpionida?

A

Class: Arachnida

Nocturnal predators, stinger, large pedipalps

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Order Opiliones?

A

Class: Arachnida

Oviod shape, no silk venom or pedicel, omnivorous predators
Daddy Longlegs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Order Acarina?

A

Class: Arachnida

mostly ectoparasites, prosoma and opithosoma fused
Mites and ticks

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What is a pedicel and who has it?

A

Region that attaches the cephalothorax and the abdomen

Order Araneae or True Spiders

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What are major differences between Araneae and Opilionea?

A

Araneae have a pedicel, spinnerets and venom

Opilionea have no silk, venom or pedicel

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What is a spinneret and where is it located?

A

produce silk

opithosoma

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What ticks in Oklahoma cause what diseases?

A

American Dog Tick: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Black legged tick: Lyme Disease

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Myriapoda?

A

terrestrial, t tagmata (head and trunk), uniramous appendages

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Diplopoda?

A

trunk is segmented
2 pairs of legs per segment
burrowers
detritivores

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Chilopoda?

A

Nocturnal
One pair of legs per segment
poison claw
predators

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What are some major differences between the Classes Diplopoda and Chilopoda?

A

Diplopoda: 2 pairs of legs per segment, detritivores
Chilopoda: 1 pair of legs per segment, predators

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What are some general characteristics of Crustaceans?

A

2 pair of antennae, biramous appendages, 2 tagmata, swimmerets, walking legs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

How many tagmata do Crustaceans have?

A

Two

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What kind of appendages do Crustaceans have?

A

Biramous appendages

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What type of reproductive strategies doe Crustaceans exhibit?

A

Dioecious, Parthenogenic, larva

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Do Crustaceans undergo ecdysis?

A

Yes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What type of feeding strategies do Crustaceans exhibit?

A

All

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What are some general characteristics of Branchiopoda?

A

Parthenogenic, important role in food webs,

Fairy shrimp, brine shrimp, and water fleas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What are some general characteristics of Malacostraca?

A 
Largest class of crustaceans, all aquatic
Lobsters, crabs, crayfish, krill
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What are some general characteristics of Hexapoda?

A

6 legs, uniramous

3 tagmata - head, thorax, abdomen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

How do Insects move?

A

Flight

Modified legs for: swimming, running, jumping etc

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

How many tagma?

A

3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Describe the digestive tract of insects?

A

foregut, midgut, hindgut

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

How do Insects exchange gases?

A

Diffusion
Spiracles and bubbles
gills
Trachea/spiracles

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

What are the major differences between hemimetabolous and holometabolous?

A

Hemi - Nymphs

Holo - Larve, Pupa, Adult

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

How do insects communicate?

A

Pheromones

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

What are some positive and negative effects of insects on humans?

A

Positives - food, wax, honey, silk, pollination

Negatives - Parasites, disease, Pests

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

What Phylum does the subphylum Trilobitomorpha belong to?

A

Arthropoda

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

What phylum does the subphylum Chelicerata belong to?

A

Arthropoda

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

What subphylum does the Class Merostomata belong to?

A

Chelicerata

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

What subphylum does the Class Arachnida belong to?

A

Chelicerata

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

What Class does the Order Araneae belong to?

A

Arachnida

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

What Class does the Order Scorpionida belong to?

A

Arachnida

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

What Class does the Order Solpugida belong to?

A

Arachnida

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

What Class does the Order Opiliones beliong to?

A

Arachnida

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

What Class does the Order Acarina belong to?

A

Arachnida

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

What phylum does the subphylum Myriapoda belong to?

A

Arthropoda

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

What subphylum does the Class Diplopoda belong to?

A

Myriapoda

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

What subphylum does the Class Chilopoda belong to?

A

Myriapoda

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

What phylum does the subphylum Crustacea belong to?

A

Arthropoda

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

What subphylum does the Class Branchiopoda belong to?

43
Q

What subphylum does the Class Maxillopoda belong to?

44
Q

What subphylum does the Class Malacostraca belong to?

45
Q

What phylum does the subphylum Hexapoda belong to?

A

Arthropoda

46
Q

What subphylum does the Class Insecta belong to?

47
Q

What are some general characteristics of Echinodermata?

A 
exoskeleton (ossicles)
water vascular system
pedicellaria
dermal branchiae
pentaradial symmetry
48
Q

What are Papulae?

A

Dermal Branchiae

thin folds in the body wall, a modification for gas exchange

49
Q

What are Pedicellariae?

A

Pincher like structures on the outside for protection

50
Q

What type of symmetry do Echinoderms exhibit?

A

Bilateral as larvae

Pentaradial as adults

51
Q

What does it mean to be secondarily radially symmetric?

A

Bilateral as larvae

Pentaradial as adults

52
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Asteroidea?

A

Water vascular system
Predators and Scavengers
Cardiac and Pyloric Stomachs
Autotomy

53
Q

What are the major features of the water vascular system?

A

Water vascular system
Ring canal
Madreporite
Tube feet

54
Q

What is the difference between a cardiac and pyloric stomach?

A

Cardiac: large region that receives food, extrudes out to take in the food
Pyloric: absorption of food and extends out to the arms

55
Q

What is autotomy?

A

The ability to self sever an appendage

56
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Ophiuroidea?

A 
central disc with five radial arms
downward mouth
no intestines
tube feet
no dermal branchiae
57
Q

What type of feeders are Ophiuroidea?

A

Predators and Scavengers

58
Q

What are some general characteristics of the class Echinodia?

A

Globular or disc shaped
test (fused ossicles)
mouth downward

59
Q

What are the major external structures of Echinodia?

A

Tube feet
Pedicellaria
Madreporite
Aristotle’s lantern

60
Q

What type of feeders are Echinodia?

A

Herbivores
Predators
Detritivores

61
Q

What is Aristotle’s Lantern?

A

Chewing apparatus

62
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Holothuroidea?

A

No arms
“Tentacles”
No spines or pennacellaria

63
Q

What type of feeders are Holothuroidea?

A

Suspension and deposit feeders

Secrete mucus covered tentacles into the water

64
Q

What is evisceration?

A

expulsion of the digestive tract

65
Q

What are some major characteristics of Hemichordates?

A

Half Chordates
Open Circulatory System
Complete digestive tract
pharyngeal slits

66
Q

What do Hemichordates use pharyngeal gill slits for?

67
Q

What are some major characteristics of the Class Enteropneusta?

A

Proboscis
collar
trunk
Acorn and tongue worms

68
Q

What are some major characteristics of the Class Pterobranchia?

A

Proboscis
collar-tentacles and arms
trunk - U shaped

69
Q

What phylum does the Class Asteroidea belong to?

A

Echinodermata

70
Q

What phylum does the Class Ophiuroidea belong to?

A

Echinodermata

71
Q

What phylum does the Class Echinoidea belong to?

A

Echinodermata

72
Q

What phylum does the Class Holothuroidea belong to?

A

Echinodermata

73
Q

What phylum does the Class Crinoidea belong to?

A

Echinodermata

74
Q

What phylum does the class Enteropneusta belong to?

A

Hemichordata

75
Q

What phylum does the Class Pterobranchia belong to?

A

Hemichordata

76
Q

What are the 5 characteristics all Chordates have?

A 
Notochord
Dorsal hollow nerve chord
Pharyngeal slits or pouches
Endostyle or thyroid gland
Postanal tail
77
Q

What is the function of the Notochord?

A

“Backbone”
Support, muscle attachment

replaced by cartilage or bone in adults

78
Q

What is the function of the Dorsal Hollow Nerve Chord?

A

“Spinal Chord”
single, dorsal
connection to the brain

centralization of nervous system

79
Q

What is the function of the Pharyngeal Slits?

A

Perforated, slit like openings, or pouches
mainly embryonic

used for filter feeding and gas exchange

80
Q

What is the function of the Endostyle and Thyroid Gland?

A

Endostyle: secretes mucus; used in filter feeding

Thyroid Gland: hormone secretion/regulation

81
Q

What is the function of the Postanal Tail?

A

Probably evolved for propulsion in water

82
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Subphylum Urochordata?

A

Marine

Turnicates and Sea Squirts

83
Q

Do Urochordates maintain all 5 Chordate characteristics throughout their life cycle?

A

All characteristics are present as larve

Only the Endostyle and Pharyngeal Slits as adults

84
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Subphylum Cephalochordata?

A 
All 5 characteristics persist
epidermis
poor swimmers
burrowers
suspension feeders
85
Q

Do Cephalochordata exhibit all 5 Chordate characteristics throughout their entire life cycle?

86
Q

What is a craniata?

A

Skull

Surrounds the brain, olfactory organs, eyes, and inner ear

87
Q

What Phylum does the Subphylum Urochordata belong to?

88
Q

What Phylum does the Subphylum Cephalochordata belong to?

89
Q

What Phylum does the Subphylum Vertebrata belong to?

90
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Subphylum Vertebrata?

A

Vertebrae

Jawless or Jawed

91
Q

What is the function of a Vertebrae?

A

surrounds the nerve chord

primary axial support

92
Q

What is classified as a Jawless fish?

A

Ostracoderms (extinct)
Hagfish
Lampreys

93
Q

What is classified as a Jawed fish?

A

cartilaginious and bony fish
Classes:
Chondrichthyes
Osteichthyes

94
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Myxini?

A 
Primitive craniate
skull
marine
scavengers
produce slime

Hagfish

95
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Petromyzontida?

A

Marine and Freshwater
Sucking mouth and teeth
Filter feeders as larvae
Predators as adults

Lampreys

96
Q

What Subphylum does the Class Chondrichthyes belong to?

A

Vertebrata

97
Q

What Subphylum does the Class Osteichthyes belong to?

A

Vertebrata

98
Q

What are some general characteristics of cartilaginous and bony fish?

A 
hinged jaw
paired appendages
efficient predators
more efficient respiration systems
Classes:
Chondrichthyes
Osteichthyes
99
Q

What are some general characteristics of the Class Chondrichthyes?

A 
Marine
Carnivores or Scavengers
Cartilaginous endoskeleton
No bones
No swim bladder
heterocercal tail

sharks, rays

100
Q

What tail shape is good for speed?

A

Heterocercal

101
Q

What tail shape is good for movement?

A

Homocercal

102
Q

What tail shape is usually associated with poor swimmers?

A

Diphycercal

103
Q

Why are Chonodrichthyes such successful predators?

A 
Movement
Efficient respiration
Placoid scale modified into teeth, spines, and stings
Efficient sensory systems
Long lived

Zoology (4 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions