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Protists
Plants
Fungi
Animal Diversity
Protostomes & Deuterostomes
100
Protists are prokaryotic organisms. True or False?
What is False
100
Land plants produce gametes differently than animals. How?
What is mitosis
100
Cell walls are made of this in fungi.
What is chitin
100
Of these, which is NOT a common feature of all animals - locomotion, multicelluarity, heterotrophic, lack of a cell wall, specialized tissues.
What is locomotion
100
Select the true comment about Spiralia - none are parasites, lack symmetry, lack tissues, use spiral cleavage as embryos, are all free moving.
What is use of spiral cleavage as embryos
200
Kelp, Dinoflagellates, Nori, Diatoms are all photosynthetic and share this structure.
What are chloroplasts
200
This is the first member of the sporophyte generation.
What is the zygote
200
Name 2 characteristics that distinguish fungi from other eukaryotes.
What are cell walls, reproduction, food acquisition, and mitotic division
200
A(n) _____ is an example of a specialized organ system that assists with distribution of nutrients and removal of wastes.
What is a circulatory system
200
Select the statement that is NOT true with respect to Ecdysozoa - includes molting animals, growth is continuous, includes the fruit fly, includes nematodes, contains model organisms used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
What is growth is continuous.
300
This produces a unique carbohydrate called chrysolaminarin.
What are diatoms
300
These moss structures consist of several cells that absorb water, but not nearly the volume of water that is absorbed by a vascular plant root.
What are rhizoids
300
Fungi use these to regulate the formation of microtubules during mitosis.
What are spindle plaques
300
The innovation of segmentation allowed for redundant systems and what other important improvement?
What is locomotion
300
Select the nearest relative of chordates - fishes, amphibians, reptiles, echinoderms, mammals.
What is echinoderms
400
The poisonous "red tides" result from blooms of
What are dinoflagellates
400
The literal definition of gymnosperm is-
What is "naked seed"
400
In multicellular fungi, mitosis usually involves only the division of this part of the organism.
What is the nuclei of its cells
400
Which of these is NOT a protostome - spiralians, ecdysozoans, lophotrochozoa, echinodermata, platyzoa?
What is spiralians
400
The jaw evolved in this group of animals.
What are fishes
500
The Stramenopila includes the
What is brown algae
500
In a peach tree the embryo is -
Where is the pit of the fruit
500
Most fungi are capable of breaking down the _____ that strengthens the cell walls of their food source.
What is lignin
500
This is thought to have been the key innovation that fostered diversification in animals.
What are specialized tissues
500
True or false: Nonvertebrate chordates have notochords but no vertebrae or bones.
What is true