Exam 32: Animals Part II

Which of the following features is NOT a characteristic used to distinguish birds?

The organ of nutrition used in fetal development in the most successful mammals is the

When researchers videotaped the body of a dead whale on the bottom of the ocean,it was rippling with the activity of many scavengers inside the carcass.These scavengers would have been

Which type of mammal lays eggs?

Which of these characteristics first developed in reptiles?

The cartilaginous fishes include all EXCEPT

Because most birds travel through the air at high speeds,they must have

The ability to throw spears and kill animals from a distance gave Cro-Magnons an advantage in their environment.

The first member of genus Homo to use fire is

Which of the following is NOT a unique characteristic of chordates at some time in their life history?

Endothermic animals with four-chambered hearts include the

Which of these is NOT a true statement?

Of the following fossils,which is arranged in the correct order from oldest to the most recent?

The duckbill platypus is an exception to many mammals because it

The jawless fish that is parasitic,attaching itself to and sucking fluids from the tissues of a living fish,is the

Both echinoderms and chordates are deuterostomes.This means that

The out-of-Africa hypothesis (replacement model)of human evolution proposes that Homo sapiens evolved from

Amphibians most likely evolved from ancestors most similar to the

Although adult tunicates are stuck to the ocean bottom,they are considered early relatives of vertebrates because

The ray-finned fishes are believed to have evolved into the amphibians.