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Unit 10.2: Amphibians

Quiz by Andrea Rigdon

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  • Q1
    The name amphibian means
    webbed feet
    cold blooded
    double life
    land and water
    30s
  • Q2
    Which of the following are not amphibians?
    caecilians
    salamanders
    frogs
    lizards
    30s
  • Q3
    Most adult amphibians are this type of feeder:
    carnivores
    herbivores
    filter feeders
    30s
  • Q4
    Amphibians are , meaning they depend on external heat sources to maintain body temperature.
    ectothermic
    endothermic
    30s
  • Q5
    The fused caudal vertebra unique to anurans (frogs) is called the:
    urostyle
    tympanic membrane
    turnstile
    ventricle
    30s
  • Q6
    Amphibians have skins which are richly supplied with capillary beds, allowing for this type of respiration in addition to the use of their lungs:
    buccopharyngeal
    pulmonary
    cutaneous
    30s
  • Q7
    In water, amphibians can excrete their nitrogenous waste by diffusing ammonia directly into the water. On land, ammonia must be converted into and stored in a bladder.
    uric acid
    urea
    ammonia acid
    lymphatic fluid
    30s
  • Q8
    Unlike fishes, amphibians have this many chambers in their heart:
    2
    4
    1
    3
    30s
  • Q9
    The heart of an amphibian has
    1 ventricle and 2 atria.
    2 ventricles and 1 atria.
    1 ventricle and 1 atria.
    2 ventricles and 2 atria.
    30s
  • Q10
    Anurans have well developed ears consisting of an inner ear, middle ear, and this membrane:
    tympanic membrane
    nictitating membrane
    outer sheath
    oscillating membrane
    30s
  • Q11
    The structures labeled (1) on the picture are the:
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    stomachs
    gallbladders
    hearts
    liver lobes
    30s
  • Q12
    The structure labeled (6), which lies mostly underneath (1), is the:
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    heart
    stomach
    kidney
    urinary bladder
    30s
  • Q13
    Most amphibians exist as
    aquatic larvae that breathe using lungs and skin and as terrestrial adults that breathe with gills.
    aquatic larvae that breathe with gills and as terrestrial adults that breathe using lungs and skin.
    terrestrial larvae that breathe with gills and as aquatic adults that breathe using lungs and skin.
    terrestrial larvae that breathe with gills and lungs and as aquatic adults that breathe using skin.
    30s
  • Q14
    In a frog, the common opening through which digestive wastes, urine, and eggs or sperm leave the body is the
    gallbladder
    cloaca
    colon
    anus
    30s
  • Q15
    A frog’s tympanic membranes would be most useful for
    filtering wastes from the frog’s blood.
    listening to the mating calls of other frogs.
    keeping the frog’s eyes from drying out on land.
    enabling the frog to jump long distances.
    30s

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