151. The skeleton of birds is light due to:
Answer: B. air spaces
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151. The skeleton of birds is light due to:
Answer: B. air spaces
152. The heart of birds is:
Answer: C. four chambered with two atria and two ventricles
153. In birds only the ... aortic arch is present:
Answer: B. right
154. Birds are:
Answer: B. endothermic (warm blooded)
155. The voice box of birds is the:
Answer: B. syrinx
156. The muscular structure used for crushing food in birds is the:
Answer: B. gizzard
157. The main nitrogenous waste of birds is:
Answer: C. uric acid
158. Birds lack:
Answer: B. a urinary bladder
159. Running birds that lost the power of flight include:
Answer: B. Ostrich and kiwi
160. Respiration in birds is by:
Answer: C. lungs only, supplemented by air sacs
161. Reptiles, birds and mammals are collectively called:
Answer: B. amniotes
162. The amnion is:
Answer: B. a sac filled with fluid providing a private pond for the embryo
163. Mammals are characterized by:
Answer: B. mammary glands and hair
164. Mammalian skin is:
Answer: B. glandular with hair
165. The three ear ossicles of mammals are:
Answer: B. malleus, incus and stapes
166. The skull of mammals has:
Answer: B. two occipital condyles
167. The aortic arch in mammals is:
Answer: B. left only
168. Mammalian RBCs are:
Answer: B. non-nucleated
169. The voice apparatus of mammals consists of:
Answer: B. larynx and epiglottis
170. The three subclasses of mammals are:
Answer: B. Prototheria, Metatheria and Eutheria
171. Egg laying mammals belong to subclass:
Answer: C. Prototheria
172. Duckbill platypus and spiny anteater are:
Answer: C. monotremes
173. Monotremes are found in:
Answer: C. Australia
174. Pouched mammals belong to:
Answer: B. Metatheria
175. Kangaroo, koala and opossum are:
Answer: B. marsupials
176. The pouch of marsupials is called the:
Answer: B. marsupium
177. Young of marsupials are born:
Answer: B. immature and develop in the pouch
178. Placental mammals are the subclass:
Answer: C. Eutheria
179. In Eutheria the young develop:
Answer: C. inside the mother's body, depending on placenta
180. Placenta is an organ of exchange between:
Answer: B. maternal blood and fetal blood
181. In pangolin hair is modified into:
Answer: B. scales
182. In porcupine hair is modified into:
Answer: B. spines
183. Bat is:
Answer: C. a flying placental mammal
184. Whale and dolphin are:
Answer: B. placental mammals
185. The reptilian features of monotremes include:
Answer: C. laying of eggs and cloaca
186. The mammalian features of monotremes include:
Answer: C. mammary glands and hair
187. In the animal phylogenetic tree, the earliest branch is:
Answer: B. Porifera
188. Which of these has a gastrovascular cavity?
Answer: D. Hydra and flatworms
189. A landsnail, a clam and an octopus share:
Answer: C. a mantle
190. Which phylum has segmented bodies with a true coelom and closed circulation?
Answer: B. Annelida
191. In arthropods the open circulatory system has:
Answer: B. haemocoel connected with the blood vascular system
192. Insects are successful because of:
Answer: B. flight, chitinous exoskeleton and tracheal system
193. The animal belongs to:
Answer: B. Echinodermata
194. The sieve-like plate is the:
Answer: B. madreporite
195. The adult shows:
Answer: B. radial symmetry
196. It is the closest relative of the phylum:
Answer: B. Chordata
197. The phylum is:
Answer: C. Annelida
198. The segmentation seen is called:
Answer: B. metamerism
199. The cavity separating gut from body wall is a:
Answer: C. true coelom
200. The body cavity acts as a:
Answer: B. hydrostatic skeleton
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