Bio Exam #1

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Intelligent Design

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Irreducible complexity, theory that suggests that proof of God's existence is inherent in the composition of the Universe

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Coelom

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A hollow and often fluid-filled space within a triploblastic animal body

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Colloblasts

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Ctenophorans secure prey by using sticky tendrils forcefully expelled from these unique cells

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Ocelli

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Light sensitive organs found in Platyhelminthes, among other groups, but do not form images

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Ostia

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Where the water enters the spongocoel, formed by porocytes which extend across the body wall of the sponge

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All life forms are created de novo by supernatural agency. No late orders of creation are dependent on earlier kinds of being. The age of the Earth is not more than 10,000 years.

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Recent Creation

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Theory that posits that the acquisition of mitochondria (and chloroplasts) in eukaryotes was the result of a mutualistic "merger" of a eukaryotic cell and a bacterial cell

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Endosymbiosis

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Propelled entirely by cilia, includes Paramecium, Stentor, and Vorticella

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Ciliophora

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Consisting of a single large mitochondrion, Kinetoplastids include Trypanosoma, which can cause

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African Sleeping Sickness

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Benthic sediments (ocean floor) consisting of heavy silica deposits are likely the remains of which of the following planktonic forrms

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Diatoms and Radiolarians

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The merozoite stage of the Plasmodium parasite infects

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Mosquito salivary gland cells

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The trophozoite stage which causes amoebic dysentery

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Entamoeba Histolytica

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The feeding and current generating cells of the sponge are termed

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Choanocytes

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Some sponges reproduce asexually by generating a dormant body called a

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Gemmule

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Sponges are classified as either Calcarea or Silicarea based on the composition of their spicules. The distinguishing element(s) is/are

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Calcium and Silica

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The defining character of the Cnidaria

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The presence of cnidocytes

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Which of the following are not members of the Cnidaria

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Ribbon worms

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"Filter-feeders" best describes which of the following groups

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Sponges, clams, lophophorates, some polychaetes.

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Excretory organs include which of the following

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Flame cells and Renette cells

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Self-fertilizing hermaphrodites describe which group

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Tapeworms

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A body cavity formed entirely within the mesoderm is called

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Eucoelomate

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Which of the following do not represent one of the four advances seen in the general body plan of an animal

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An endoskeleton

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This animal possesses a circumpharyngeal ganglion, ventral nerve cords, a hemocoel, a muscular foot, a visceral mass, and often a shell. This is a(n)

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Mollusk

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This anatomical piece is used for scraping or harpooning prey

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Radula

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A complete digestive system is found in which of the following groups

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Nematoda

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Respiratory systems are not found in the Playthelminthes due to

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Their large surface-to-volume ratio

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Some species of Rotifer do not include any males. This is due to _____ which is the development of an unfertilized egg

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Parthenogenesis

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Marine ribbon worms may or may not be coelomates. The controversy lies in the embryonic orgin of the

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Rhynchocoel

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One may contract a liver fluke from eating undercooked or raw fish. The form of the fluke that resides in the fish and makes its home the human gall bladder is

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Metacercariae

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This organ facilitates the regulation of salt, water, and NH3 in a bivalve Mollusk

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Nephridium

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A closed circulatory system is a characteristic of the Annelida. In earthworms blood is pumped by

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Pulsatile blood vessels

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Which of the following functions are attributed to parapodia

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Swimming, burrowing, walking, and breathing

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This segment of the tapeworm is entirely devoted to asexual reproduction

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Proglottid

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The life cycle of this parasitic nematode requires the female to deposit fertilized eggs in the perianal region of its host

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Enterobius vermicularis

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Capable of regulating its buoyancy through by varying the amount of gas within a series of hollow chambers in the shell

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Nautalis

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Open Circulatory System

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A CS which the blood is not always in the vessels but bathes the organs

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Hazardous Algal Bloom

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Is caused by dinoflagellate which are toxic. When conditions are right they will bloom out of control, sometimes called a red tide, and will kill fish and can be dangerous to humans

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Diploblastic

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An organism only has 2 germ layers. During embryonic development, the ectoderm and endoderm still has tissues

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Dioecious

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Organisms that reproduce sexually and which have separate male and female organisms.