
Prentice Hall Biology (California)
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780132013529
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Page 795: Standards Practice
Exercise 1
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Fishes that lay eggs, wherein the embryos inside the egg grow and hatch outside the mother’s body are called oviparous.
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D. The embryos receive nourishment directly from the mother’s body.
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During the early stages of an amphibian’s life cycle, the tadpoles are either filter feeders or herbivores.
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D. I and III only
Exercise 3
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The two nonvertebrate chordates include tunicates and lancelets.
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B. I and II only
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Fishes have a single circuit circulatory system. It only has one atrium and one ventricle. On the other hand, an amphibian has three chambers that include two atria (left and right) and a single ventricle. The blood goes into two circuits.
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B. has a heart with one atrium
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Caecilians are members of the order Apoda. They are legless amphibians that live in water or in moist soil or sediments.
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D. caecilian
Exercise 6
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The legless amphibians that live in water or soil are called caecilians. They are members of the order Apoda.
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E. Caecilians
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Lancelets, which are from the subphylum Cephalochordata, are fishlike creatures that lack a true heart and a jaw. They are also known for their thin body surface.
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B. Lancelets
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Lancelets are members of the subphylum Cephalochordata.
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B. Lancelets
Exercise 9
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Fishes have acquired a pair of fins, scales, gills, and jaws as they evolved over time.
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C. Fishes
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According to the table, the most number of frogs that was seen has occurred in the year 1999. There were a total of 63 frogs that inhabited the pond.
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E. 1999
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According to the results of the investigation, the number of frogs that inhabited the pond increased when the amount of rainfall went up.
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D. The number of frogs in the pond increased as the amount of rainfall increased.
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