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The name Echinodermata literally means


A) spiny skin.
B) soft skin.
C) circulation of water.
D) skinless.
E) ability to store water.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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The exoskeleton of an arthropod is composed largely of the polysaccharide


A) cellulose.
B) starch.
C) chitin.
D) collagen.
E) glycogen.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Which feature is present in cnidarians but lacking in sponges?


A) cellular level of organization
B) filter feeding
C) multicellularity
D) radial symmetry
E) cnidarians are classified as an animal while sponges are not animals

F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

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A leech would not have


A) a notochord.
B) segmentation.
C) a ventral nerve cord.
D) a coelom.
E) mesoderm.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Egg-laying mammals are known as


A) marsupials.
B) ectotherms.
C) placental mammals.
D) monotremes.
E) prosimians.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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In 2004,fossil skeletons of a new Homo species were discovered in Indonesia and named Homo floresiensis.Which factor was the key to classifying this species in the genus Homo?


A) evidence of bipedalism
B) resemblance to other hominins
C) human-like rather than ape-like craniums
D) evidence of being placental mammals
E) evidence of mosaic evolution

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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What feature is used to classify a sponge as a Parazoan?


A) molecular data
B) reproductive abilities
C) environment they live in
D) feeding mechanism
E) number of different species known to science

F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

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Which primate is not on the Anthropoid branch of the evolutionary tree?


A) lemur
B) baboon
C) human
D) gibbon
E) spider monkey

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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Molluscs are


A) deuterostomes.
B) acoelomates.
C) protostomes.
D) pseudocoelomates.
E) segmented.

F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

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Which feature is necessary in order to classify an organism as an ecdysozoan?


A) nonliving exoskeleton
B) endoskeleton made of chitin
C) closed circulatory system
D) open circulatory system
E) gills

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Which two groups of primates share the closest ancestry?


A) prosimians and gibbons
B) New world monkeys and apes
C) hominins and Old world monkeys
D) gibbons and prosimians
E) apes and hominins

F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Which of these would not belong to an echinoderm?


A) water vascular system
B) coelom
C) larval stage
D) skin gills
E) nephridium

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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