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 segments of vertebrate muscles are called myomeres.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

2: Unlike humans, fishes have a heart that contains only two chambers (we have four).
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

3: Four-footed terrestrial vertebrates (some of which have returned to the sea, such as turtles and dolphins) are known collectively as tetrapods.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

4: When water flows over a fish's gills, it move in the same direction as the blood of the fish.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

5: Lampreys produce a great deal of slime as a defensive mechanism and then tie their own bodies into sliding knots to rid themselves of their own slime.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

6: Manta rays are more closely related to sharks than to bony fishes.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

7: All sharks and rays lay eggs when they reproduce.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

8: The bony fishes, or Osteichthyes, are grouped into two classes (ray-fins and lobe-fins) that contain about equal numbers of species.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

9: Most recently, a coelacanth has been collected far from its known range in the western Indian Ocean (it was found in Indonesia).
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

10: The swim bladder of bony fishes is an important osmoregulatory organ.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: The stiffened and deeply forked (or "V"-shaped) caudal fin of tuna and mackerel is termed lunate.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: All flyingfishes use their greatly expanded anal fins as wings while they glide through the air.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: If a fish begins life as one sex and then changes into the opposite sex later in life, this fish is a simultaneous hermaphrodite.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: No amphibian can be considered a "marine" organism, with the possible exception of:
	A: a mangrove salamander from South America
	B: an intertidal frog from Asia
	C: a Californian newt that feeds on kelp
	D: a toad in France that swims the English Channel

15: The only sea turtle that is an herbivore is the:
	A: leatherback
	B: flatback
	C: green
	D: hawksbill

16: The fetal membrane that stores nitrogenous wastes in the eggs of oviparous tetrapods is the:
	A: chorion
	B: amnion
	C: embryon
	D: allantois

17: The feet of marine birds are structures with a huge surface and a tiny volume. Hence, they should lose heat rapidly, but they do not. Why not?
	A: They are packed with blubber
	B: They are feathered in marine birds
	C: Vascular countercurrent heat exchangers are present
	D: Specialized organs generate heat within each foot

18: Which of the following is not a member of order Carnivora?
	A: pinnipeds
	B: walrus
	C: sea otters
	D: manatees

19: Which of the following shore birds does not have a bill that is longer than its head?
	A: godwit
	B: curlew
	C: plover
	D: redshank

20: From the time that they were discovered by Bering and Steller, how many years passed before humans exterminated every living Steller's sea cow?
	A: 5
	B: 27
	C: 85
	D: 235

21: The phenomenon wherein many cetaceans swim onto a beach, get stuck, and often die is termed:
	A: beaching
	B: stranding
	C: suicide
	D: navigational fatality

22: Dolphins and whales possess four limbs prior to birth.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

23: The marine mammal known to dive most deeply is the:
	A: sea otter
	B: manatee
	C: elephant seal
	D: sperm whale

24: Marine mammals avoid the "bends" and nitrogen narcosis while diving because they:
	A: are immune to nitrogen
	B: exhale completely before diving
	C: possess collapsible lungs that force air away from alveoli when under pressure
	D: never remain under water for more than 15 minutes

25: Which of the following is not part of the normal mammalian dive response?
	A: cessation of breathing
	B: bradycardia
	C: an increased heart rate
	D: accumulation of lactate in muscles

26: The unique diving pattern exhibited by northern elephant seals may be a method of:
	A: avoiding predators
	B: finding food quickly
	C: avoiding competitors
	D: finding mates

27: Sharks and rays use their ampullae of Lorenzini to receive which of the following stimuli?
	A: light
	B: sounds
	C: smells
	D: electromagnetic fields

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