Origin of Chordates: Overview
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Which phylum has the largest number of species?

  • Nematodes (correct)
  • Arthropods
  • Molluscs
  • Chordates

What is the largest group within the chordates?

  • Urochordates
  • Cephalochordates
  • Vertebrates (correct)
  • Hominids

Which family includes humans?

  • Cephalochordates
  • Arthropods
  • Urochordates
  • Hominids (correct)

What makes chordates especially useful in defining ideas about evolutionary processes?

<p>Their hard parts that survive in the fossil record (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What kind of internal body cavity do chordates have?

<p>Fluid-filled (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is studying chordates of interest to humans?

<p>Because humans belong to this phylum (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes protostomes from deuterostomes?

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

Which lineage includes molluscs, annelids, and arthropods?

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

What term is used for the pattern where dividing cells are aligned during cleavage?

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

What forms the layer between the ectoderm and endoderm in an embryo?

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

What is the term for a solid mass of mesodermal cells splitting to form the body cavity within them?

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

Which group includes echinoderms and hemichordates?

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

What is the name for the fluid-filled cavity within the round, hollow ball of cells in an embryo?

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

What process involves one wall of the ball of cells indenting and growing inward?

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

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