Saturday, April 19, 2014

Exam 4 Practice

1.     The Arthropods… (CATA)
a.   Make up more than 75% of all known species of animals
b.   Are more widely and more densely distributed throughout the world than members of all other phyla put together
c.   Are segmented eucoelomate protostomes with well-developed organ systems
d.   None of the above are correct
2.     The uniquely derived rasping tongue of the Gastropoda is called the (CATA)
a.     Radula
b.     Odontophore
c.     Mastax
d.    Buccal cavity
e.     None of the above is correct
3.     Chelicerate arthropods have which of the following? (CATA)
a.     Pedipalps
b.     Antennae
c.     Mandibles
d.    Three pairs of walking legs
4.     Which of the following is found in the shell secreted by the mantle of the Bivalvia? (CATA)
a.     Periostracum
b.     Nephrostom
c.     Prismaic layer
d.    Nacreous layer
5.     There is a tendency for somites to be combined into functional groups called…
a.     Segments
b.     Tagmata
c.     Metameres
d.    All of the above are correct
e.     None of the above is correct
6.     Which of the following is mismatched? (CATA)
a.     Gastropoda – snails, slugs, nudibranchs
b.     Bivalves – clams, mussels
c.     Polyplacophora – conch, chitin
d.    Cephalopoda – squid, nautilus
7.     T/F – The coelom of arthropods is reduced in the adults and the circulatory system is open with only a weakly developed dorsal heart.
8.     T/F – Torsion is a 180 degree rotation of the body of a Gastropod
9.     Which of the following serves a respiratory function in arthropods? (CATA)
a.     Body Surface
b.     Gills
c.     Tracheae
d.    Book lungs
10.   A potentially disastrous ecological event occurred when ___ were introduced into the Great Lakes
a.     Leeches
b.     Boring clams
c.     Zebra mussels
d.    Shipworms
11.    T/F – The cuticle is an outer covering secreted by the underlying epidermis.
12.   T/F – In the squids, most of the shell has disappeared, leaving only a thin, horny strip called the pencil.
13.   In crustaceans, the procuticle is also impregnated with…
a.     Nitrates
b.     Phosphates
c.     Calcium salts
d.    Potassium salts
14.   Which of the following is NOT correct?
a.     The Mollusca have metanephridia for a circulatory system
b.     Molluscan larvae are primitively a trochophore, but many have a veliger lavae and some have direct development
c.     The molluscan coelom is reduced
d.    The cephalopods have the most highly developed molluscan sensory organs
e.     All of the above are correct
15.   Which of the following is incorrect?
a.     Chitin – inert polysaccharide bound with protein
b.     Nauplius – larval form of Crustaceans
c.     Ecdysis – the actual process of shedding the old exoskeleton
d.    Metamorphosis – the direct development of an adult from an egg
16.   Which of the following is mismatched?
a.     Operculum – an opening in the shell of a gastropod
b.     Torsion – a phenomenon that moves the mantle cavity and twists the visceral organs
c.     Coiling – a spiral winding of the shell and visceral mass, different from torsion
d.    Ctenidium – carries out respiration activities in many gastropods
17.   T/F – Current thinking is that the subphylum Trilobita had their evolutionary origins before the Cambrian period, and living species today closely resemble those extinct species from 200 million years ago.
18.   T/F – Many Cephalopods exhibit a closed circulatory system
19.   Which of the following groups does not belong to Subphylum Chelicerata?
a.     Class Merostomata
b.     Class Hexapoda
c.     Class Arachnida
d.    Class Pyconogonidia
20.  T/F – Burrowing shipworms belong to Class Gastropoda
21.   Which of the following groups does NOT belong to the Class Arachnida?
a.     Mites
b.     Ticks
c.     Harvestmen
d.    Scorpions
e.     Sea Spiders
22.  Which of the following is a Characteristic of Phylum Mollusca (CATA)
a.     Mosaic blastula development
b.     Mantle cavity that houses the ctenidia
c.     Protonephridia for waste excretion
d.    Digestive, Excretory & Reproductive systems
23.  T/F – Arachnid tagmata consist of a cephalothorax and abdomen.
24.  Which of the following has both trochophore and veliger larvae stages (CATA)
a.     Polyplacophora
b.     Gastropoda
c.     Bivalvia
25.  Which of the following is NOT correct?
a.     Spiders seize their prey with their chelicerae and inject venom
b.     The anterior chewing appendages on the head are called mandibles
c.     All spiders are predators
d.    Spiders usually have eight simple eyes
26.  T/F – Most molluscs are dioecious but a few are hermaphroditic.
27.  Class Gastropoda has the following modifications (CATA)
a.     A 180 degree body coiling
b.     A reduction of the mantle cavity
c.     An increase in the number of gills
d.    Restricted water flow
28.  T/F – Class Bivalvia have an enlarged mantle cavity and a spade-like foot



Friday, April 18, 2014

Questions from 4.18.14


  1. How do centipedes get rid of uric acid?
  2. What are some differences between crustacean molting and insect molting?
  3. What hormone looks like a hairpin?
  4. What is the difference between dormancy and diapause
  5. The artemian brine shrimp does which of the above?
  6. What stages do you see in holometabolous development?
  7. What insects are holometabolous?
  8. What stages do you see in hemimetabolous development?
  9. What insects are hemimetabolous?
  10. What are the nymphs missin that the adults have?
  11. What stage do you see in ametabolous development?
  12. What insects are ametabolous?
  13. What groups belong in uniramia?
  14. What animal is a mimic of the monarch butterfly?
  15. What is the difference between mymicry and crypsis?
  16. What animals are mimics?
  17. What are types of crypsis?
  18. What does aposomatic mean?
  19. What type of eyes do houseflies have?
  20. What kinds of insects exhibit parthenogenesis?

Monday, April 14, 2014

Questions about Terrestrial Mandibulates


  1. What are the three classes that belong to Subphylum Uniramia?
  2. What class do centipedes belong to?
  3. Centipedes are restricted to _________ places.
  4. Why are they restricted to these places?
  5. What kind of cuticle do insects have?
  6. What tagmata are present in centipedes?
  7. Centipedes are ____________ ___________ flattened.
  8. How many pair of walking legs do centipedes have per body segment?
  9. What other appendages do centipedes have?
  10. What gland is found on the surface that secretes chemicals for protection?
  11. T/F - Centipedes are viviparous 
  12. What type of eye do centipedes have?
  13. What class do millipedes belong to?
  14. What food do millipedes eat?
  15. T/F - Millipedes are herbivorous and fast moving.
  16. T/F - Millipedes have an unwaxed cuticle
  17. Are the antennae of millipedes long or short?
  18. How many pair of walking les do millipedes have per body segment?
  19. What other appendages do millipedes have?
  20. T/F - both centipedes and millipedes have repugnatory glands.
  21. What appendage is missing in the millipedes that is present in the centipedes?
  22. What does an entomologist study?
  23. About how many species of insect have been identified?
  24. How many tagmata are present in insects?

Friday, April 11, 2014

Lab Final Review

Below is a list of the things we studied in lab this semester. I know it's a lot but you should be familiar with most of it. Review will be Monday from 12:30-2:30.

Animal Phylum Subphylum Class Order Characteristics: skull type, 
Alligator          
Amphioxis          
Amphipod          
Anchor worm          
Ants          
Ascaris          
Asconoid          
Barnacles          
Bees          
Beetles          
Birds          
Brine shrimp          
Brittle star          
Butterflies          
Centipedes          
Chicken larvae          
Clam          
Coral          
Crayfish          
Crocodiles          
Cuttlefish          
Cyclops          
Daphnia          
Dragonflies          
Earthworm          
Fluke          
Grasshopper          
Hagfish          
Horseshoe Crab          
Housefly          
Hydra          
Ibis          
Lampreys          
Leech          
Leuconoid          
Marine worm          
Millipedes          
Mites          
Moths          
Mussel          
Nautili          
Obelia          
Octopi          
Pigeon          
Planaria          
Scallop          
Scolex          
Sea cucumber          
Sea lilly          
Sea star          
Seed shrimp          
Silverfish          
Snail          
Snakes          
Snapping turtle          
Spider          
Squid          
Syconoid          
Ticks          
Tunicate          
Urchin          
Vinegar eels          
Water turtle          
Yellow Perch          
Zebrafish          
Sea star parts-          
Axial skeleton-          
Vertebrae regions-          
Appendicular skeleton-        
Synapsid dentary types-        
Synapsid skulls-          
Cnidaria parts-          
Porifera canals-          

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Arthropoda Questions II


  1. What are the tagmata of Class Malacostraca?
  2. T/F - The uropod is the last abdominal somite and the telson are lateral and used for protection
  3. Krill belong to what order?
  4. What is an animal that belongs to Order Stomatopoda?
  5. Whale lice belong to what order?
  6. What does anecdysis mean?
  7. Why would a crab discontinue molting?
  8. What is copulatory embrace, and who does it?
  9. How can you tell if a crawfish is a male?
  10. The __________ is reduced and only surrounds the heart in crustaceans
  11. Crustaceans have a _______________ circulatory system that has _____________.
  12. What Class and Subclass do Calanus belong to?
  13. T/F - Phytoplankton feed on the zooplankton and fish eat the phytoplankton
  14. What is the phylum for the symbol of medicine?
  15. What Class and Subclass do barnacles belong to?
  16. The carapace of barnacles surrounds the body and secretes a set of _________________
  17. Barnacles lack a(n) ____________________
  18. T/F - Barnacles are monecious
  19. What are the two larval forms of barnacles?

Monday, April 7, 2014

Arthropoda Questions


  1. What controls ecdysis in Arthropods? be specific!
  2. What body part controls the excretion of MIH?
  3. What stage of the molting graph do you see an increase in MH?
  4. When the MH increases what is decreased?
  5. Stage A & B represent the _________ stage.
  6. Stage C represents the ___________ stage.
  7. Stage D represents the ___________ stage.
  8. Stage E represents _____________ .
  9. What is an exuvium? 
  10. What subphylum of Arthropoda has members that are all extinct? 
  11. Spiders belong to what class and subphylum? 
  12. True / False - Spiders, sea spiders, scorpion, and ticks all belong to the same class. 
  13. Members of subphylum Chelicerata have ________ pairs of cephalothoracic apppendages, lack ___________ and ____________. 
  14. What is a common name of a member of Class Merostomata? What is its scientific name?
  15. True / False - the Limulus has both a simple and compound eyes. 
  16. What is a telson?
  17. Where do you find the Chelicera?
  18. True / False - The ancestors of spiders were marine. 
  19. Spiders have a combined head thorax called a _____________. 
  20. ____________ are used for food handling in spiders.
  21. True / False - Spiders are monecious.
  22. What is the function of a malpighian tubule?
  23. What structure makes silk to build webs in spiders?
  24. True / False - Ducks, frogs and humans produce mostly uric acid.
  25. Does the Brown Recluse live in Utah? 
  26. What sexually dimorphic characteristic do hobo spiders have?
  27. What does a brown recluse look like?
  28. What does a hobo spider look like?
  29. What are two diseases that can be spread by a tick? 
  30. True / False - Ticks are the number one carrier of disease.
  31. True / False - Mites are not generally carriers of disease but often cause allergic reactions.
  32. What is the name of the vector for Scabies. 
  33. What is the name of a larval mite?
  34. What class do sea spiders belong to? 
  35. What common animals belong to Subphylum Crustacea?  
  36. What phylum, subpylum, class and order do crabs belong to? 
  37. What order do krill belong to? 
  38. What order do pill bugs belong to? 
  39. What Class and subclass do cyclops belong to?
  40. Zooplankton are mostly genus _________.
  41. Barnacles belong to what subclass?
  42. Class Branchiopoda includes what animals?
  43. Crustaceans have _______ tagmata?
  44. True / False - Crustaceans have specialized numbers of appendages.
  45. What feature is often associated with appendages?
  46. All appendages of crustaceans are branched or forked making them _____________.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Mollusc Questions


Mollusca Practice Questions

 

1.     True / False – The nautilus is the only cephalopod with a shell.

2.    True / False – Some freshwater clams have a special veliger stage called glochidium.

3.    What are the larval stage(s) of Class Gastropoda? CATA

a.    Trocophore

b.    Planula

c.    Veliger

4.    The chambers in a nautilus shell are divided by ________ and connected by a cord of living tissue called _________.

5.    What are the layers of the bivalvia shell from outermost to innermost?

a.    ______________

b.    ______________

c.    ______________

6.    What Gastropod can eat sponges?

a.    Oysters

b.    Snails

c.    Nudibranchs

d.    Octopus

7.    Which of the following belong to Class Polyplacophora

a.    Chiton

b.    Neophilina

c.    Feather duster

d.    Slug

8.    Name the cell type which effects color change in cephalopod bodies. ___________

9.    What part of the body closes off the shell to avoid predation in gastropods?

a.    Whirl

b.    Operculum

c.    Aperature

d.    Umbo

10.  What 2 crystaline structures in the stomach crush food particles allowing for digestion? CATA

a.    Sorting area

b.    Rotating mucous cord

c.    Gastric shield

d.    Rotating crystalline style

11.   True / False – Polyplacophorans use a radula in feeding

12.  What term explains the twisting of the body in the shell?

a.    Twisting

b.    Coiling

c.    Torsion

d.    None of the above

13.  Name two of the three modifications to the foot in cephalopods.

a.    ______________

b.    ______________

c.    ______________

14.  True / False – Some bivalves burrow into stone.

15.  How many plates do members of polyplacophora have?

a.    1-2

b.    10-15

c.    7-8

d.    4-5

16.  True / False – Polyplacophorans have both a trocophore and a veliger’s larval stage?