Final Exam Review (Biology 2 & 2A) - Vertebrates Section

Indicate the vertebrate class that goes with the clues.
(More than one in some cases)

1. ____ Placenta
2. ____ Dry, scaley skin
3. ____ Has hair
4. ____ Has a skeleton made of cartilage
5. ____ Includes fish (any type)
6. ____ Metamorphosis
7. ____ Has gills (at any point in its life)
8. ____ Has an amniote egg
9.____ Endothermic
10. ____ Has gills for one part of its life, lungs for another
11. ____ Pouched
12. ____ Feathers
13. ____ Hollow bones
14. ____ Can breathe through skin
15. ____ Cloaca
16. ____ Jawless
17. ____ Diaphragm
18. ____ Fused collarbone
19. ____ Gestation period
20. ____ Ectothermic
21. ____ External fertilization
22. ____ Mammary glands
23. ____ Bird
24. ____ Duck-billed platypus
25. ____ Human
26. ____ Frog
27. ____ Koala
28. ____ Turtle
29. ____ Manatee
30. ____ Shark
31. ____ Goldfish
32. ____ Snake
33. ____ Eagle

Fill in the blank.

34. Vertebrates belong to the Kingdom _________________
35. The Phylum __________________________
36. All vertebrates have a _____________
37. The theory that species change over time: _____________
38. Amphibians probably evolved from ______________
39. The fused collarbone of birds is the _______________
40. The "watery environment" of an embryo: _________________

 

Many questions are those pesky "which pair is most closely related?" - make sure you have a good understanding of which animals go into which groups.

Vocabulary -- Know what these things are, and what has them.
Amnion | Mesentery | Lateral line system | Swim (gas) bladder | Diaphragm | Evolution | Cloaca | Furculum | Gestation period | Ectothermic | Esophagus | Archaeopteryx | Endothermic | Viviparous | Oviparous | Jacobson's Organ | Tympanic Membrane | Nictitating Membrane |

BIO 2A - You also need to know the orders of all the major mammal groups (matching) - Chiroptera, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, Primate, Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Edentata, Carnivora, Pinnepedia, Proboscidea, Sirenia, Cetacea, Insectivora