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  1. Bryophyte
  2. Vascular Seedless Plant
  3. Gymnosperm
  4. Angiosperm
  1. A vascular non-flowering plant in which seeds are not protected by an ovary.
  2. A vascular flowering plant in which seeds are enclosed inside of a protective ovary. (Ex: fruit or bean pod)
  3. A plant that lacks a vascular system and is dependent on moisture in the environment for reproduction and nutrition.
  4. A vascular plant that reproduces by means of spores.
  1. All plants are ____
  2. unicellular
  3. heterotrophs
  4. prokaryotes
  5. autotrophs
  1. Photosynthesis in plants produce
  2. oxygen and carbon dioxide
  3. carbon dioxide and water
  4. sugar and oxygen
  5. oxygen and water
  1. It is easy for algae to absorb water because algae ______
  2. live in water
  3. can absorb water from the soil
  4. only live in rainy areas
  5. contain a lot of minerals
  1. Nonvascular plants differ from vascular plants in ______
  2. how they make food.
  3. where they obtain water and nutrients.
  4. how they transport water and nutrients.
  5. how they reproduce.
  1. What is the most diverse of the gymnosperms?
  2. dicots
  3. ginkgo
  4. conifers
  5. monocots
  1. Which type of gymnosperm are you least likely to see?
  2. cycad
  3. ginkgo
  4. conifer
  5. The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm is called _____
  6. pollen
  7. ovaries
  8. cones
  9. sperm cells
  1. All angiosperms ____
  2. produce cones
  3. have flowers
  4. are seedless
  5. are tropical
  1. Flowers are _____
  2. structures for photosynthesis
  3. vascular tissue structures
  4. structures for seed dispersal
  5. reproductive structures of angiosperms
  1. Monocots and dicots are both types of ______
  2. bryophytes
  3. seedless vascular plants
  4. gymnosperms
  5. angiosperms
  1. What characteristic do fungi share?
  2. They are prokaryotes
  3. They are spores to reproduce
  4. They are autotrophs
  5. They are multicellular
  1. What do fungi have in common with plants?
  2. they are both autotrophs
  3. they are both prokaryotes
  4. they have cell walls
  5. they are unicellular organisms
  1. Where would fungi NOT thrive?
  2. forest floor
  3. wet bathroom tiles
  4. damp tree bark
  5. polar ice caps
  1. You would find a parasitic fungus on
  2. a person’s skin
  3. a dead tree
  4. wet bathroom tiles

19. Unlike plant cells, animal cells do not have

A. nuclei

B. organelles

C. cell walls

D. cell membranes

20. If a cell contains a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, it is

A. multicellular

B. heterotrophic

C. an animal cell

D. eukaryotic

21. Aquatic animals that strain floating plants and animals from the water they take in are

a. / parasites.
b. / herbivores.
c. / detritus feeders.
d. / filter feeders.

22. An animal that has distinct left and right sides shows

a. / radial symmetry.
b. / segmentation.
c. / several planes of symmetry.
d. / bilateral symmetry.

23. Which term is NOT associated with sponges?

a. / Osculua
b. / Medusa
c. / Flagella
d. / Sessile

24. Sponges reproduce sexually by a process called

a. / cephalization.
b. / internal fertilization.
c. / radial symmetry.
d. / budding.

25. Which of the following best describes the feeding habits of sponges?

a. / Predators
b. / filter feeders
c. / Parasites
d. / Detritivores

26. Flagella are important to the essential functions within a sponge because flagella

a. / protect the organism from predators.
b. / digest food particles trapped within the organism.
c. / help move water through the organism’s body.
d. / produce toxins that make them poisonous to predators.

27. Cnidocytes help a cnidarian survive by

a. / storing food.
b. / forming colonies.
c. / paralyzing prey.
d. / providing movement.

28. A characteristic of cnidarians is that they are

a. / found only in warm waters.
b. / carnivorous animals.
c. / named for their stinging cells
d. / all of the above

29. Cnidarians have two basic body types, a medusa and a(an)

a. / larva.
b. / tentacle.
c. / polyp.
d. / Osculum.

30. Free-living flatworms, most of which live in marine environments or fresh water, are

a. / flukes.
b. / turbellarians.
c. / tapeworms.
d. / roundworms.

31.An adult tapeworm uses its scolex to

a. / attach itself to the intestinal wall of its host.
b. / digest food.
c. / store sperm.
d. / store fertilized eggs.

32. Roundworms are

a. / parasitic
b. / freeliving

33. A person who has trichinosis likely contracted it from

a. / walking barefoot on soil infested with Trichinella worms.
b. / eating undercooked meat containing Trichinella cysts.
c. / mosquitoes.
d. / coming in contact with Trichinella-infested snails.

34.In earthworms, food is ground into small pieces in the

a. / crop.
b. / gizzard.
c. / pharynx.
d. / esophagus.

35. In an earthworm, the dorsal blood vessel functions like a heart because it

a. / connects to sinuses.
b. / receives blood from gills.
c. / contracts and helps pump blood.
d. / connects to ring vessels.

36.Earthworms benefit gardeners because their tunnels provide passageways for

a. / leeches.
b. / polychaetes.
c. / plant roots and water.
d. / planarians.

37. Which of the following is evidence that mollusks and annelids may have a common ancestor?

a. / Both groups have setae.
b. / Both groups have a similar larva stage.
c. / Neither group has lungs.
d. / Both groups include both marine and terrestrial animals.

38. The thin layer of tissue that covers a mollusk’s body is called the

a. / mantle.
b. / foot.
c. / visceral mass.
d. / shell.

39.A pond snail is an example of a(an)

a. / gastropod.
b. / flatworm.
c. / roundworm.
d. / annelid.

40.Which characteristic would allow you to differentiate a nautilus from another type of mollusk?

a. / It has a shell.
b. / It has up to 90 tentacles.
c. / It has a single foot.
d. / all of the above

41. The feeding types that occur within the phylum Mollusca include

a. / herbivores.
b. / carnivores.
c. / detritivores.
d. / all of the above

42.The appendages of arthropods are

a. / found only on the head.
b. / hard and immovable.
c. / jointed and extend from the body wall.
d. / divided into six branches.

43. Which of the following habitats do arthropods occupy?

a. / the sea
b. / the land
c. / the air
d. / all of the above

44.What does molting enable arthropods to do?

a. / to breathe
b. / to reproduce
c. / to grow
d. / to eat

45.Arthropods are classified based on the number and structure of their

a. / eyes and wings.
b. / body segments and appendages.
c. / muscles and bones.
d. / gills and hearts.

46. Insects are classified as

a. / crustaceans.
b. / arachnids.
c. / uniramians.
d. / chelicerates.

47.The easiest way to tell whether an arthropod is an insect or a spider is to

a. / observe its color.
b. / count its legs.
c. / count its swimmerets.
d. / measure the length of its body.

48.Spiders feed by

a. / swallowing their prey whole.
b. / biting off and swallowing pieces of their prey.
c. / sucking up prey tissues that have been liquefied by enzymes.
d. / sipping nectar through a tubelike mouthpart.

49.How many pairs of legs are there on most body segments of a centipede?

a. / One
b. / Two
c. / Five
d. / Six

50.If a butterfly touches sugar water with one of its legs, it usually will begin to feed. If it touches salt water, it usually will not feed. The most likely explanation for this difference in response is that butterflies

a. / cannot tell the difference between sugar water and salt water.
b. / can distinguish sugar water from salt water by sight.
c. / use the ears behind their legs to distinguish sugar water from salt water.
d. / have chemical receptors for taste on their legs.

51.Which of the following is NOT a reason for the evolutionary success of insects?

a. / The ability to fly has allowed insects to colonize new habitats.
b. / Insects as a group are not very diverse because there are relatively few species.
c. / Insects use many sense organs to respond to stimuli.
d. / Many insects have a life cycle in which the young are very different from adults.

52. An example of an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis is the

a. / moth.
b. / bee.
c. / ladybug.
d. / chinch bug.

53. To determine whether an animal is a cnidarian or an echinoderm, you should

a. / determine its habitat.
b. / find out if it has a backbone.
c. / study its embryonic development.
d. / discover whether it is aquatic or terrestrial.

54.In echinoderms, body parts usually occur in multiples of

a. / two.
b. / seven.
c. / three.
d. / five.

55.In an echinoderm, the structure that operates like a living suction cup is the

a. / madreporite.
b. / tube foot.
c. / stomach.
d. / nerve ring.

56.The water vascular system of echinoderms is involved with each of the following body functions EXCEPT

a. / respiration.
b. / circulation.
c. / movement.
d. / reproduction.

57.Which structure is part of an echinoderm’s water vascular system?

a. / skin gill
b. / Anus
c. / Madreporite
d. / Stomach

58.The echinoderms that look like warty, moving pickles are

a. / sea urchins.
b. / sea cucumbers.
c. / sea stars.
d. / feather stars.