Sumich Marine Biology, 8E: Study Quizzes

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Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life, Eighth Edition, James L. Sumich and John F. Morrissey

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: The interrelationships of most groups of invertebrate animals are well known.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

2: All animals possess a coelom (a body cavity filled with organs).
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

3: Phylum Arthropoda contains about one million described species.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

4: Kingdom Protista is actually a grab-bag taxon that inappropriately includes many fundamentally different organisms that clearly lack a common ancestor.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

5: The famous White Cliffs of Dover (on the English side of the English Channel) are made of giant piles of skeletons from dead whales.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

6: The most abundant marine ciliates are the tintinnids.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

7: The tiny, mineralized components of a sponge's skeleton are termed spicules.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

8: Nearly 100,000 species of placozoans are known.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

9: The stinging cells possessed by corals, jellyfishes, and sea anemones are termed nematocysts.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

10: The well-known Portuguese man-of-war is a member of class Scyphozoa (like all other jellyfishes).
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: The eight rows of cilia that wrap around comb jellies are called ctenes.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: Organisms with bilateral symmetry usually undergo cephalization as well.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: A well-developed, fluid-filled body cavity is known as a coelom
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: Protostome and deuterostome animals are distinguished by their anatomy and behavior.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Lingula, a living brachiopod, has existed unchanged for about 500 million years.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

16: Common larval forms of most molluscs are known as trochophores and veligers.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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