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

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

<p>Frog (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main respiratory organ of Necturus?

<p>External gills (C)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of scales do reptiles have?

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

Which reptile species has the presence of limbs?

<p>Lizards (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

<p>Plastron (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Which of the following is a representative of lower chordates?

<p>Green sea turtle (B)</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 (C)</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 (D)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

<p>Pharynx (A)</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) (A)</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) (D)</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 (A)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What class of vertebrates does the adult lamprey belong to?

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

What external structure does the dogfish shark NOT possess?

<p>Spiracle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which internal structure is NOT found in the dogfish shark?

<p>Spleen (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic feature of the shark skeleton?

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

Which subphylum lacks a cranium or braincase?

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

What is one of the features of planktonic tunicates?

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

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