BSC 2011 Sample test questions: Test 5

These questions will be similar to the ones on lecture test 5 ( Ch 29 : Molluscs to Arthropods)
1).  Crustaceans have a characteristic larva, called the _______________
     larva, that has _________ pairs of appendages.


2).  Crabs and shrimp are in the class :
     a) copepoda    b) cirripedia     c) malacostraca     d) diptera


3).  Marine annelids and molluscs have a  ____________________  larva.


4).  Rhinocrisis is a genus in the class:
     a) Hexapoda     b) Coleoptera     c) Diplopoda     d) Chilopoda


5).  Mosquitoes are in the order __1__ ; this order has __2__ species.
     a) diptera ; 500,000        b) hymenoptera ; 100,000
     c) diptera ; 100,000        d) hymenoptera ; 500,000


6).  What type of insect is a "drone"? ____________________________________


7).  Malpighian tubules are used for __1__ and are found in __2__
     a) breathing ; insects       b) excretion ; crustaceans
     c) excretion ; insects       d) breathing ; crustaceans


8).  The radula is used for ____________________ and is characteristic of
     the phylum  ___________________________



9).  What do the following gastropods use darts for?
     Helix : _________________________________________________________

     Conus : _________________________________________________________


10). How does Nautilus control its buoyancy? _________________________
     __________________________________________________________________



11). How many years ago did trilobites become extinct?
     a) 600 million   b) 350 million    c) 250 million    d) 50 million



12). Explain the difference between open and closed circulatory systems:
     Open : ___________________________________________________________

     Closed : _________________________________________________________


13). Roughly how many different species of gastropoda exist ?
     a) 10,000      b) 20,000      c) 50,000     d) 100,000     e) 5,000


14). How do spiders in the genus Portia catch their prey?

     _____________________________________________________________


15). What is unusual about reproduction in Uroctonus ? _________________

     ___________________________________________________________________


16). Setae are used in __1__ and are characteristic of __2__.
     a) reproduction ; annelida      b) reproduction ; mollusca
     c) locomotion ; annelida        d) locomotion ; mollusca


17). Which genus of arachnid transmits ehrlichiosis ? 
     a) Latrodectus     b) Portia     c) Amblyomma     d) Uroctonus


18). What are three functions of the exoskeleton? : _________________

     _________________________________________________________________


19). Many bivalves attach themselves to rocks using __________ threads, 

     which researchers are hoping to use in ___________________________.


20). The subphylum chelicerata have __1__ legs and a body in __2__ parts.
     a) 8 ; 2       b) 6 ; 2       c) 8 ; 3       d) 6 ; 3


21). A typical crustacean has __1__ pairs of walking legs, called __2__
     a) 5 ; pereopods          b) 4 ; pleopods
     c) 5 ; pleopods           d) 4 ; pereopods


22). The order Coleoptera have their __1__ wings modified into __2__
     a) front ; elytra	       b) hind ; elytra
     c) front ; halteres       d) hind ; halteres 


23). Molluscs have a body divided into three parts: foot,

     __________________________   and   ________________________


24). What blue colored protein carries oxygen in the blood of a mollusk?

     _________________________


25). What is the function of the clitellum ? _______________________________