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Set 32 An Overview Of Animal Diversity

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Question 1

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What is the correct sequence (from most ancient to most recent)of milestones in the evolution of animals?

A)choanoflagellates, Ediacaran biota, Cambrian explosion, successful invasion of land, origin of flight
B)choanoflagellates, Cambrian explosion, Ediacaran biota, successful invasion of land, origin of flight
C)Ediacaran biota, choanoflagellates, Cambrian explosion, successful invasion of land, origin of flight
D)Cambrian explosion, choanoflagellates, Ediacaran biota, successful invasion of land, origin of flight
E)choanoflagellates, Cambrian explosion, successful invasion of land, Ediacaran biota, origin of flight

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Question 2

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What do animals as diverse as corals and monkeys have in common?

A)body cavity between body wall and digestive system
B)number of embryonic tissue layers
C)type of body symmetry
D)presence of Hox genes
E)degree of cephalization

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Question 3

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In individual insects of some species,whole chromosomes that carry larval genes are eliminated from the genomes of somatic cells at the time of metamorphosis.A consequence of this occurrence is that

A)we could not clone a larva from the somatic cells of such an adult insect.
B)such species must reproduce only asexually.
C)the descendants of these adults do not include a larval stage.
D)metamorphosis can no longer occur among the descendants of such adults.
E)Two of these responses are correct.

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