Biology: Characteristics of Animals
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What is the term for a grouping of animals that share a common ancestor?

  • Clade (correct)
  • Order
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • What type of symmetry do starfish exhibit?

  • Spherical
  • Tri-lateral
  • Radial (correct)
  • Bilateral
  • What is the domain of the taxonomy of an elephant?

  • Chordata
  • Mammalia
  • Eukarya (correct)
  • Animalia
  • What is the name of the period in which complex, multicellular organisms first appeared on Earth?

    <p>Ediacaran Period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process by which animals actively hunt and capture their prey?

    <p>Active predation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the fossil discovered by Tina Negus?

    <p>Charnia masoni</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the pattern of body organization in which there is a head end and a tail end?

    <p>Bilateral symmetry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the phylum that includes sponges?

    <p>Porifera</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the event that released nutrients into the water, paving the way for the evolution of multicellular life?

    <p>Snowball Earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the diagram that represents the evolutionary relationships between animal groups?

    <p>Phylogenetic tree</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of epithelial cells in bilaterians?

    <p>They can be developed into other tissues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of adhesion junctions in animals?

    <p>To join tissues together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary advantage of radial symmetry in marine animals?

    <p>It enables feeding from multiple angles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the line that runs straight down the middle of an animal with bilateral symmetry?

    <p>Sagital plane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of sponges in terms of body symmetry?

    <p>They have no symmetry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary way that animals are grouped?

    <p>By their body symmetry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process by which animals take in food from outside their bodies?

    <p>Heterotrophic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of molecule is collagen?

    <p>Protein</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the study of the physical features of an organism?

    <p>Morphology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the plane that runs down the middle of an animal with bilateral symmetry, perpendicular to the sagital plane?

    <p>Transverse plane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic that distinguishes Bilateral animals from Radial animals?

    <p>Presence of a head</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the grouping of animals that share a common ancestor?

    <p>Clade</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the period in which complex, multicellular organisms first appeared on Earth?

    <p>Ediacaran period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the event that released nutrients into the water, paving the way for the evolution of multicellular life?

    <p>Snowball Earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the symmetry exhibited by starfish?

    <p>Radial</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the diagram that represents the evolutionary relationships between animal groups?

    <p>Phylogenetic tree</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the phylum that includes sponges?

    <p>Porifera</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of epithelial cells in bilaterians?

    <p>Layers of skin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the fossil discovered by Tina Negus?

    <p>Charnia masoni</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the domain of the taxonomy of an elephant?

    <p>Eukarya</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic that defines animals?

    <p>Being composed of multiple cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is unique about collagen in animals?

    <p>It is only found in animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the way that cells are joined together in animals?

    <p>Adhesion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the type of symmetry exhibited by animals that have multiple lines of symmetry?

    <p>Radial</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the plane that runs from head to tail in an animal with bilateral symmetry?

    <p>Sagital plane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is radial symmetry beneficial for marine animals?

    <p>It allows them to float in the water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of epithelial cells in bilaterians?

    <p>They can develop into other tissues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary way that animals are grouped?

    <p>By their molecular relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the line that runs straight down the middle of an animal with bilateral symmetry?

    <p>Midline</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of animals that do not have any symmetry?

    <p>They have no symmetry</p> Signup and view all the answers

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