Glencoe Biology

Chapter 28: Fishes and Amphibians

Chapter Test Practice-English

1
____ are jawless fishes that lack paired fins or a bony skeleton.
A)Lampreys
B)Sharks
C)Skates
D)Coelacanths
2
A (an) ____ is a limbless, gilled larva of a frog.
A)coelacanth
B)lamprey
C)tadpole
D)ectotherm
3
A (an) ____ is an animal that obtains body heat from the external environment.
A)endotherm
B)homeostat
C)ectotherm
D)mammal
4
What tough, flexible material is found in the skeletons of some fishes?
A)neural crest
B)notochord
C)vertebrae
D)cartilage
5
A ____ is a moveable flap that covers gills and protects them.
A)ventricle
B)cycloid
C)operculum
D)lamellae
6
External ferilization in fishes is called ____.
A)hatching
B)copulation
C)spawning
D)osmosis
7
Fish population can be affected by changes in water quality caused by ____.
A)adaptation
B)evolution
C)migration
D)pollution
8
The ____ is a transparent eyelid used for protection and moisture.
A)nicitating membrane
B)tympanic membrane
C)ectotherm
D)ventricle
9
The fins of ____ fishes have muscular lobes and joints similar to land vertebrates.
A)coelacanth
B)ray-finned
C)tetrapod
D)lobe-finned
10
This depicts what kind of circulatory system?

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A)single-looped
B)double-looped
C)deoxygenated
D)larval
11
What does this cladogram represent?

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A)possible phylogeny of tetrapods
B)possible phylogeny of fishes
C)evolution of invertebrates
D)genetic links between fishes
12
What feature allows fishes to maneuver in water?

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A)paired fins
B)scales
C)dorsal fins only
D)gills only
13
What was a significant evolutionary adaptation leading to modern amphibians?
A)gills
B)limbs
C)notochords
D)postanal tails
14
Which statement best describes this evolutionary tree?

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A)Fishes do not have jaw structures.
B)Lungs are a more recent adaptation than jaws.
C)Cartilaginous and bony fish are unrelated.
D)Fish are not chordates.
15
Why is the Devonian Period referred to as the Age of Fishes?
A)Evolutionary adaptations occurred in fishes.
B)Fishes became extinct.
C)Evolutionary adaptations stopped in fishes.
D)No other lifeforms existed besides fishes.
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