Exam One Flashcards
Which of the following taxonomic categories includes the fewest number of species?
Panthera
Animals that posses homologous structures probably ______.
evolved from a common ancestor
Which would be the most suitable outgroup species for a cladogram involving the other answer choices?
tuna
Which is the correct way to write the scientific name for humans?
Homo sapiens
When describing a group of animals, you speak about an ancestral species and some but not all of its descendants. This is an example of a _____.
paraphyletic group
Hair on mammals when compared to other vertebrates is an example of a _____.
shared derived character
Which broad taxonomic group is not a domain?
Plantae
If you were putting members of each of the following taxa in a box, which would need the biggest boxes?
domain
You discover two trees that each have thorns to protect them from herbivores, but they are in different classes of plants, and many non thorny plants are between them on the tree of life. What has happened?
convergent evolution
You are studying a strange new organism. Examination of its structure shows it to be truly multicellular. Where would you begin to classify it?
Eukarya
Why is using shared derived characters to figure out how organisms are related better than using shared ancestral characters?
They show changes during the history of life?
What should animals with radial symmetry be better able to do than those with bilateral symmetry?
deal effectively with food distributed homogeneously in all directions
The ____ gene family underwent a series of duplications.
Hox
Most animals share a unique _____ containing family of genes.
homeobox
___ ___ regulate the formation of the anterior-posterior axis.
Hox genes
Earthworm –>
Coelomate
Planarian –>
Acoelomate
In which type of cleavage pattern does each cell have the capacity to develop into a complete embryo?
indeterminate cleavage
Taxonomic level Eumetazoa contains :
- Deuterostomia
- Lophotrochozoa
- Ecdysozoa
Characterize(s) an animal body plan :
symmetry , tissues , body cavity
Groups in order :
- Porifera
- Cnidaria
- Aceola
- Nematoda
Which is a member of the Bilateria?
Nematoda
You are dissecting an unidentified animal. It is radially symmetric and has no body cavity. To what phylum might it belong?
Cnidaria
You are dissecting an unidentified animal. It is bilaterally symmetric and has no body cavity. To what phylum might it belong?
Platyhelminthes