Bio 1005 Ch 14 17

Front 1

Unique features of vertebrates include the presence of a(n) _____

Back 1

skull and backbone

Front 2

Under the biological species concept, what criterion is used to assign populations of organisms to the same biological species?

Back 2

being able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Front 3

Analogous structures are evidence of ____

Back 3

convergent evolution

Front 4

A period of mass extinction is often followed by _____

Back 4

explosive diversification

Front 5

What distinguishes animals from other eukaryotes?

Back 5

They ingest food

Front 6

Which of these human characteristics evolved first?

Back 6

erect posture

Front 7

Where did humans first appear?

Back 7

Africa

Front 8

The current geological era is the ___

Back 8

Cenozoic

Front 9

The wing of a bald eagle is ______ the wing of a pengui

Back 9

homologous to

Front 10

The common ancestor of all animals is likely to have been a(n) ___

Back 10

colonial, flagellated protist

Front 11

Of the following taxonomic levels, species found within the same ______ are the most closely related.

Back 11

family

Front 12

Which one of the following is the only domain that contains eukaryotes?

Back 12

Eukarya

Front 13

How do New World monkeys differ from Old World monkeys?

Back 13

New World monkeys have a prehensile tail

Front 14

Which of the following taxonomic levels is most inclusive?

Back 14

class

Front 15

When two frog species, Rana pipiens and Rana sylvatica, mate, the offspring die early in embryonic development. This is an example of ______.

Back 15

reduced hybrid viability

Front 16

The science of naming, identifying, and classifying organisms is called ______.

Back 16

taxonomy

Front 17

The wing of a penguin is ______ the wing of a butterfly.

Back 17

analogous to

Front 18

What type of reproductive isolating mechanism is described by a situation in which female fireflies only mate with males who emit light in a particular pattern?

Back 18

behavioral isolation

Front 19

Which anthropoids are most closely related to humans?

Back 19

chimpanzees

Front 20

Features unique to mammals include _____

Back 20

the presence of hair

Front 21

A reproductive barrier that prevents species from mating is an example of ______.

Back 21

a prezygotic barrier

Front 22

Which of the following is a binomial?

Back 22

Nitzschia jouseae