Zoology Study Guide
Semester 2 Final
1. What class contains the lampreys?
2. How old are the vertebrates?
3. What do Lampreys feed on?
4. Hagfishes belong to what class?
5. What structure was a major appearance in the evolution of vertabrates?
6. How old are sharks?
7. The largest sharks are what type of feeder?
8. What are Ratfish? Why are they classified with sharks?
9. What class do lungfish belong to?
10. Lobed-finned fishes are in what class?
11. What class are sharks?
12. What extinct group is believed to be the ancestors of amphibians?
13. What class do ray-finned fishes belong to?
14. Vascular folds in the gill filaments are called?
15. In lungfish pneumatic sac function as _________?
16. Fish regulate buoyancy by ______ ___________?
17. Nitrogenous wastes such as urea, creatine, and creatinine are produced in the
__________ of fishes.
18. The semicircular canals of the inner ear of bony fish maintain ?
19. A __________ removes excess sodium chloride from the blood of elasmobranch
fish and excretes it into the cloaca.
20. A common opening for excretory, digestive, and reproductive products is the?
21. The major nitrogenous waste of bony fishes is?
22. What are the infraphylums we looked at in this unit?
23. Which group of fishes does not have a cartilaginous skeleton?
24. What does oviparous mean?
25. What is tagmatization?
26. What is Metamerisms?
27. What classes are crustaceans in?
28. What is the exoskeleton, be specific.
29. What is the exoskeleton made of?
30. What is the process of the exoskeleton hardening called?
31. Describe metamorphosis.
32. What is the subphylum trilobitomorpha named for? Use book.
33. Horseshoe crabs belong to what subphylum?
34. Chillicerates have a cephalathorax, or head, this is called the______?
35. What does the opthisoma contain?
36. Gas exchange happens in _______ lungs/gills.
37. How many tagmata does Aranea have?
38. What arthropods were the first to invade land? Use book.
39. What genus of scorpions have caused the most human deaths? Laptop.
40. Many spiders produce________ to catch prey.
41. A chigger is in what order?
42. What arthropod transmits Lyme Disease?
43. The majority of crustaceans live where?
44. Brine shrimp and fairy shrimp are in what class? See PPT
45. Know the anatomy of the crayfish by sketching a small drawing.
46. Know the anatomy of the grasshopper by sketching a small drawing.
47. What class does a black widow belong to?
48. What class and order does the daddy long-legs belong in?
49. What order are the mites in?
50. What are the two arachnids that are poisonous to humans?
51. Describe from an evolutionary perspective why the arthropods are so
successful. Why do they need and exoskeleton?
52. What type of feeders are polychaetes?
53. What is the specialization of segemented animals called?
54. What are the distinctive features of Hirudina? Polychaeta? Oligochaeta?
55. What are the functions of the following structures:
56. Anus
57. Crop
58. Gizzard
59. Hearts
60. Nerve cord
61. Arteries (dorsal and ventral)
62. Clitellum
63. Esophagus
64. Pharynx
65. Nephridia
66. Metanephridium
67. Mouth
68. Parapodia
69. What does the word echinoderm mean?
70. What type of symmetry do the echinoderms have?
71. What is the function of the madroporite?
72. What is the function of the ampullae?
73. What is unique about the sea stars genders?
74. What do sea stars eat?
75. What do brittle stars eat?
76. Describe the side of the sea star that has the mouth.
77. What type of waste do sea stars expel?
78. What is the Hemal system dor?
79. What is the function of pedicellariae?
80. What class do basket stars belong to?
81. What structure do sea stars use for locomotion?
82. What class do sea cucumbers belong to?
83. What creatures belong in the echinodea class?
84. Which echinoderm contains venom that may be deadly to humans?
85. What fluid is located in the vascular system of echinoderms?
86. What class has toxins that discourage predators?
87. What structure do sea cucumbers use to breathe?
88. What class do sea lilies belong to?
89. What are the most primitive class of echinoderms?
90. Attached crinoids are called?
91. Be able to label the previous structures on a diagram. Practice by drawing
and labeling a worm here
91. Be able to identify birds.