BI 173 - Second Exam - 2005
MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Place the letter of the choice that
best answers the question on the line to the left. Two Points Each.
NOTE: "e" answers are never the correct answer.
_______ 1. Which system works better for relatively small animals?
a. Insulated neurons
b. Non-insulated neurons
c. Compound eyes
d. Single-lens eyes
e. Buying in the children’s section
_______ 2. Animals that produce uric acid likely have what other feature in common?
a. Endothermy
b. Sealed eggs
c. Open circulation systems
d. Bright colors
e. Ummmm...they’re, uh, like, animals-?
_______ 3. Which term is particularly based upon human physiology?
a. Epidermis
b. Spinal cord
c. Vitamins
d. Peristalsis
e. Smarmy
_______ 4. The initial stages of inflammation involve
a. Capillaries
b. Red blood cells
c. Lymph
d. Hypothalamus
e. A match
_______5. Terrestrial animals that move into aquatic niches still breathe air because of their
a. Temperature regulation
b. Circulation systems
c. Excretory processes
d. Metabolic rates
e. Inability to cancel the contract
_______6. A notochord is a critical feature in
a. Protonephridia
b. Tracheal systems
c. Open circulation systems
d. Vertebrate embryos
e. Musical criticism
_______7. An animal with a brain in its head should also have
a. Bilateral symmetry
b. Lungs
c. A spinal cord
d. A dermis
e. More sense than to take exams
_______8. Oxygen debt is something that builds up in
a. Central nervous systems
b. Cardiac muscles
c. Gills
d. Skeletal muscles
e. Highly-polluted cities
_______9. What is an advantage of a tube digestive system?
a. Only it can utilize enzymes
b. Better distribution of nutrients
c. More continuous intake
d. Better excretion
e. Less yicky
_______10. A glomerulus functions in
a. Sensory processing
b. Memory processing
c. Pumping blood
d. Excretion
e. Making your merulus visible in the dark
_______11. Serial homology often is obvious in
a. Gills
b. Kidneys
c. Lungs
d. Legs
e. Cardboard boxes with cartoon characters on them
_______12. In autoimmune diseases, body tissue molecules are
a. Treated as antibodies
b. Treated as antigens
c. Altered by clotting enzymes
d. Broken down with digestive enzymes
e. Driven everywhere by chauffeurs
_______13. Which would have the same function as contractile vacuoles?
a. Kidney b. Heart c. Lung d. Stomach e. Vacuolar contractilators
_______14. A typical invertebrate nerve cord would be
a. Ventral, hollow, single
b. Ventral, solid, double
c. Dorsal, hollow, double
d. Dorsal, hollow, single
e. How many possible combinations are there-?
_______15. Calcification occurs when
a. Motor neurons contact muscle fibers
b. Exoskeletons are prepared for a molt
c. Large invasive organisms are isolated
d. Synapses are activated
e. You let a glass of milk sit out overnight
_______16. Which typically have valves?
a. Veins
b. Arteries
c. Capillaries
d. Lymph vessels
e. Musical instruments
_______17. Static equilibrium is a sense attuned to
a. Lateral movement
b. Forward movement
c. Homeostasis
d. Gravity
e. Getting your radio station right
_______18. The terminal ends of a tracheal system performs a function that in other animals is done by
a. Lungs
b. Gills
c. Capillaries
d. Metanephridia
e. Some sort of structure
SHORT ANSWER.
Pick TEN Questions to answer in the spaces provided.
NOTE: if you answer MORE than ten, only the first ten will be corrected.
Four Points each. Partial credit is possible.
| 1. What are two different methods used by ectotherms to regulate their temperature? | |||
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| 2. What are two different methods used by endotherms to regulate their temperature? | |||
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| 3. What are two broad classifications of materials typically dissolved in plasma? | |||
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| 4. What are two features that are used to increase digestive surface area? | |||
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| 5. Put four of the architectural organization levels within an individual, keeping the order from small to large. | |||
| 6. Small, aquatic animals excrete - | |||
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| 7. Why is being an
osmotic conformer a particular advantage?
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| 8. The two functional ends of an antibody molecule do... | |||
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| 9. Briefly but accurately
describe the function of digestive emulsifiers.
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| 10. Show, with a labeled
diagram, the countercurrent oxygen exchange system of a typical
gill.
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| 11. Show, in order, the neuronal pathway that environment information takes through a nervous system, up to the actual response. | |||
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| 12. Supplementary air sacs can serve two very different purposes. What are they? | |||
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| 13. The two senses that rely exclusively on chemoreceptors: | |||
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| 14. What are two functions that can be done by integument, but are more commonly done by deeper systems? | |||
| 15. What are two different types of movement that is used to drive individual cells? | |||
| 16. For endothermy, compared to ectothermy, give endothermy’s | |||
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LONG ANSWER.
Select and answer completely any four of the
following questions.
NOTE: if you answer more than four, only the first four will be
corrected.
Six Points Each. Partial credit is possible.
| 1. For three regions of the typical digestive canal, name the region and give one process that is often done there that does not involve using part of the region’s name. | ||||
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| 2. Name and briefly describe what happens during the three stages of a nerve impulse. | ||||
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| 3. For either of the types of rigid skeletal systems - | ||||
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| 4. For three basic types of animal tissues, name the tissue type and give one feature that makes it clearly distinct from the other types. | ||||
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| 5. For each of three parts of the vertebrate forebrain, name the part and give one function of that part. | ||||
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| 6. Advanced excretory systems all go through the same three steps - | ||||
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| 7. For three basic types of feeding (not the subtypes of one of the basic types!), give the type and an example of an animal that feeds that way. | ||||
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| 8. For the three cellular elements of vertebrate blood, name the cell type and give a basic function associated with that type. | ||||
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BONUS QUESTIONS.
Answer as many or as few as you wish. You can't lose points on the rest of the exam by getting these wrong. Partial credit is possible.Human skin coloration has evolved as a balance between what two internal processes? Three Points each.
What human structure uses a sort of hydrostatic skeleton? Three Points.
In many decent-sized animals, locomotion energy comes from a combination of muscles and what other source? Three Points.
Why are flame cells called that, exactly? Three Points.
Why, exactly, do vertebrates require dedicated blood cells for oxygen transport? Three Points.
Digestion of which material almost always requires symbiotic organisms? Three Points
The flatworms in the training experiment showed an awareness of something that they aren’t supposed to have. What was that awareness? Three Points.
Why don’t most aquatic organisms require a dedicated set of processors for hearing? Three Points.
Give an example of a sense that is classified as having a particular type of receptor, and briefly explain how it could be classified under a different receptor type. Four Points.