Diversity of Animal Kingdom: Chordata, Amphibia, and Reptilia
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Which class of vertebrates has reproduction tied to water and undergo metamorphosis to adult?

  • Class: Amphibia (correct)
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Class: Reptilia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Which class of vertebrates has skin covered with epidermal scales and lays amniote eggs?

  • Class: Reptilia (correct)
  • Class: Aves
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class: Amphibia
  • Which animal has two pairs of appendages: pectoral and pelvic, and some respiration through lungs?

  • Snake
  • Frog (correct)
  • Fish
  • Salamander
  • Which vertebrate class has heart usually three but sometimes four chambered and all respiration through lungs?

    <p>Class: Reptilia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main difference between the skin of amphibians and reptiles?

    <p>Reptile skin is covered with epidermal scales; amphibian skin is moist without scales</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following animals undergoes metamorphosis from immatures to adults?

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

    What is the main respiratory organ of Necturus?

    <p>External gills</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which vertebrate has a protective armor consisting of large scales and hard bony plates derived from the ribs?

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

    What type of scales do reptiles have?

    <p>Epidermal scales</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which reptile species has the presence of limbs?

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

    What makes the teeth of alligators and crocodiles different from most reptiles?

    <p>They are all conical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the number of chambers in the heart of alligators, as compared to most reptiles and amphibians?

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

    Which structure in turtles completely encloses the turtle's head?

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

    What is the main difference between the internal anatomy of lizards and snakes?

    <p>'Presence of limbs'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a representative of lower chordates?

    <p>Green sea turtle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic structure of lower chordates?

    <p>Dorsal tubular nerve cord at some stage of development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following vertebrates is known for its protective armor consisting of large scales and hard bony plates derived from the ribs?

    <p>Arabian leopard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which animal has two pairs of appendages: pectoral and pelvic, and some respiration through lungs?

    <p>Green sea turtle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which invertebrate is known as the Omani abalone, locally called As’sufailah?

    <p>Dubas bug</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characteristic structure is used for filter feeding and/or respiration in lower chordates?

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

    Which subphylum consists of solitary or colonial tunicates, with adults being sessile and lacking a cranium or braincase?

    <p>Urochordata (Tunicates)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which subphylum includes burrowing lancelets that are elongated, streamlined, fishlike animals with all chordate characteristics in the adult stage?

    <p>Cephalochordata (Lancelets)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of tunicates are characterized by features like tunic, incurrent and excurrent siphons, gill slits, and a digestive tract?

    <p>Planktonic tunicates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which creature features a rostrum, oral cirri, notochord, fin rays, myomeres, dorsal nerve cord, pharynx, gill slits, hepatic caecum, intestine, and anus?

    <p>Amphioxus cs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What class of vertebrates does the adult lamprey belong to?

    <p>Agnatha (Jawless Fish)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What external structure does the dogfish shark NOT possess?

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

    Which internal structure is NOT found in the dogfish shark?

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

    What is a characteristic feature of the shark skeleton?

    <p>Appendicular skeleton</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which subphylum lacks a cranium or braincase?

    <p>Urochordata (Tunicates)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the features of planktonic tunicates?

    <p>incurrent &amp; excurrent siphons</p> Signup and view all the answers

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