BIO211
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Question: The formation of a gut ____ the blastocoel,
Answer: Reduces
Question: An important structural adaptation in coelomates is _____.
Answer: Metamerism
Question: The body cavity in annelids is surrounded by epithelial cells of _____ origin.
Answer: Mesodermal
Question: The word Oligochaeta means ____.
Answer: few bristles
Question: In Lumbricus terrestris, protractor and retractor muscles associated with the chaetae enable them to be ____.
Answer: Protracted
Answer: Withdrawn
Question: In Lumbricus terrestris, the thin walled crop is used as a _____ organ.
Answer: Storage
Question: In Lumbricus terrestris, the chaetae point in the ____ direction.
Answer: Posterior
Question: _____ is the chief nitrogen-containing end product of protein metabolism in aquatic annelids.
Answer: Ammonia
Question: The ability to detect vibrations transmitted through solid objects is very important for an animals that live _____.
Answer: Underground
Question: In earthworms, the sperm receptacles, in segments open through pores to the ____ surface.
Answer: Ventral
Question: Thoroughly ground soil and secretions from the gizzard of annelids act as _____.
Answer: Cement
Question: Annelids have well-developed excretory, nervous and _____ systems.
Answer: Reproductive
Question: Class Chaetodermomorpha consists of ____ known species.
Answer: Seventy
Answer: 70
Question: The feeding organ of molluscs is called the ____.
Answer: Radula
Question: There are about 20,000 species of bivalves.
Answer: 20,000
Answer: Twenty thousand
Question: The largest of the mollusc classes is the class _____.
Answer: Gastropoda
Question: The feeding habit of Helix is _____.
Answer: Herbivorous
Question: In pulmonates, the mantle cavity is modified to form a _____.
Answer: Lung
Question: The shell of molluscs has ____ layers.
Answer: Three
Answer: 3
Question: Lime is manufactured from _____of cuttlefish.
Answer: Cuttlebone
Question: There are about ____ described species of Chelicerata.
Answer: 63,000
Answer: Sixty three thousand
Answer: 63000
Question: Members of the class Pycnogonida are commonly called ____.
Answer: sea spiders
Question: The second pair of appendages of chelicerates are called _____.
Answer: Pedipalps
Question: In Astacus, food is moved entirely by _____.
Answer: Peristalsis
Question: About ____ crustacean species are known.
Answer: 40,000
Answer: Forty thousand
Question: The balancing organs in Astacus are the _____.
Answer: Statocysts
Question: The Onychophora are otherwise known as _____.
Answer: Velvet worms
Question: Members of the class Diplopoda are commonly known as _____.
Answer: Millipedes
Question: The common name for the order Collembola is _____.
Answer: Reciprocal
Question: The myriapods and insects are together known as _____.
Answer: Uniramians
Question: _____ is an example of touch receptor in grasshoppers.
Answer: campaniform sensillum
Answer: tactile hair
Question: The study of insects is known as ____.
Answer: Entomology
Question: The phylum _____ is a link between the invertebrates and the chordates.
Answer: Echinodermata
Question: Asterias was tudied as a representative echinoderm because it is _____.
Answer: Cosmopolitan
Question: Echinoderms are ______ symmetrical in adult form.
Answer: Radially
Question: The pseudocoel is a derivative of the ______.
Answer: blastocoel
Question: The following are significance of the coelom except _____.
Answer: Organs that are embedded in semi-solid tissue as in the acoelomates
Question: The under listed are the Diagnostic and special features of the Annelida except ______.
Answer: Body two cell layers thick, with tissues and organs.
Question: Leeches are mainly known for their ____ blood sucking habits
Answer: ectoparasitic
Question: The body wall is completed by a well-developed layer of circular muscleand a layer of longitudinal muscle, which is arranged thus
Answer: six ventro-lateral, two dorso-lateral and one ventral
Question: In Lumbricus terrestris, glands that secrete digestive enzymes are present in the under listed except _____;
Answer: gizzard
Question: In the intestinal region of Lumbricus, the peritoneum gives rise to a dense layer of ____ cells,
Answer: chloragogenous
Question: In Lumbricus, one pair of nephridia that closely resemble those of Nereis, are present in every segment except the:
Answer: first three and the last
Question: The following are sense organs of Oligochaetes except ____.
Answer: Physioreceptors
Question: The following are forms of asexual reproduction in the annelids except ______.
Answer: copulation
Question: Earthworms are important prey for ____. I. birds II. mammals III. fishes.
Answer: I and II
Question: The nervous system is made up of ____. I. bi-lobed ‘brain II. nerves III. sensory cells
Answer: I and II
Question: The following are associated with the phylum mollusca except ____.
Answer: readily available
Question: The following are classes of molluscs except _____.
Answer: Oligoplacophora
Question: The following features of the Class Cephalopoda except ____.
Answer: Both marine and freshwater animals
Question: The digestive gland of Helix is composed of three kinds of cells except _____.
Answer: Ciliated
Question: In Gastropods, tactile cells are concentrated in the following body regions except the_____.
Answer: None of the options
Question: Arthropods are found at all depths of the following environments except ______.
Answer: Permanent Ponds
Question: The following are the classes of the subphylum Chelicerata except _______.
Answer: Branchiopoda
Question: The following classes of the subphylum Crustacea except _______.
Answer: Cephaloida
Question: Members of the class ____ are the periodic ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish.
Answer: Branchiura
Question: Astacus is divided into ____ regions.
Answer: 3
Question: Crayfish can be taken up roughly _____% of the oxygen available in solution in the water current.
Answer: 60 to 70
Question: In Astacus blood is supplied to capillaries within the inner sac by the _____ artery,
Answer: antennary
Question: ______ is a parasite of crabs.
Answer: Sacculina
Question: The following are special features of Myriapodous arthropods except ______.
Answer: Has a waxy epicuticle
Question: The common name for the order Odonata is _____.
Answer: Dragonflies
Question: The two pairs of of a grasshopper’s wings are located on the ____ segments of the thorax.
Answer: second and third
Question: Grasshoppers/locusts exhibit the under listed methods of locomotion except _____.
Answer: Glidding
Question: The deuterostomes comprises: I. echinoderms II. chordates III. invertebrates
Answer: I and II
Question: The following are the characteristics of the echinoderms except ______.
Answer: three types of body form among adults
Question: The following are the characteristics of the subphylum Crinozoa except ______.
Answer: mouth directed downwards
Question: The following enzymes are involved in Asterias’ digestion except ____.
Answer: protase
Question: A female Asterias may release up to ____ million eggs in two hours.
Answer: 2.5
Question: Unique attributes if the echinoderms include: I. pentaradial symmetry II. circulatory system III. water vascular system
Answer: I and III