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Climate Change and Coral Ecosystems Quiz

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What are the two factors that contribute to evolution?

Speciation and genetic recombination

Selection and adaptation

Function and biological role (correct)

Mutation and genetic drift

What is preadaptation?

The process of adapting after a change in the environment

Possessing adaptations for a different purpose than the one they are currently serving (correct)

Adapting solely based on genetic mutations

The inability to adapt to a changing environment

What are three ways to study and categorize organisms using similarity?

Ontogeny, paleontology, genetics

Ecology, behavior, reproduction

Phylogeny, biogeography, taxonomy

Homology, analogy, homoplasy (correct)

What are the Chordate 5 characteristics shared by all chordates at some point in their life cycle?

Notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, post-anal tail, pharyngeal slits, endostyle or thyroid gland Signup and view all the answers

What bones are located in the mandibular symphysis?

Dentary and angular Signup and view all the answers

How do we believe the dermatocranium formed when transitioning from the outer bony armor of the ostracoderms to the endoskeletal dermatocranium?

By transformation of the outer armor into inner skull bones Signup and view all the answers

Where would you expect to find the premaxilla and maxilla bones in the dermatocranium?

Facial series Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the otic capsule in higher modern vertebrates?

Sound transmission and hearing Signup and view all the answers

What new bones/structures arose anteriorly in the actinopterygians, near the nasal cavity?

Premaxilla and nasal bones Signup and view all the answers

What happened to the skull bones between fish and tetrapods that reduced snout mobility?

They fused together Signup and view all the answers