Back to quiz

6. when did the trilobites first make an appearance in the fossil record

  • 495 mya
  • 521 - 250 mya
  • 200 mya
  • 250 - 525 mya

7. Only a small amount of animals that's been tested has homeobox sequences in its DNA

  • False
  • True

8. What is the class for nautilus

  • Animalia
  • Athropoda
  • Cephalopoda
  • Mollusca

9. What is the class for trilobites

  • Cephalopoda
  • Trilobita
  • Arthropoda
  • Mollusca

10. what is the kingdom for trilobites

  • Animalia
  • Mollusca
  • Arthropoda

11. How long could orthoceras grow to

  • over 14 feet
  • 10 feet
  • over 15 feet
  • 12 feet

12. What time period have nautilus been around from

  • Ordovician period
  • Lower devonian period
  • Cambrian period

13. What time periods did orthoceras live from

  • Early ordovician - Triassic period
  • Cambrian - Lower devonian period

14. are hox genes evolutionary conserved

  • Yes
  • No

15. how many body plans survived to become modern animals

  • 35
  • 37
  • 42
  • 47

16. Nautilus are highly diverse

  • True
  • False

17. what are hox genes (homeobox)

  • group of related genes that control the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail axis. They are the blueprint for the animal body plan of an embryo.
  • group of related genes that control the body plan of an embryo along the dorsal - ventral axis. They are the blueprint for the animal body plan of an embryo.

18. what is the phylum for trilobite

  • Mollusca
  • Cephalopoda
  • Arthropoda
  • Trilobita

19. how many different trilobites are there

  • 20,000
  • 10,000
  • 30,000
  • 250,000

20. Phylum for orthoceras

  • cephalopoda
  • Animalia
  • mollusca
  • arthropoda