Offer a description of an adult tunicate that would identify it as a chordate, yet distinguish it from any other chordate group.

Q: What class of Chordates is considered as the most advanced and highly specialized?

A: Phylum Chordata belongs to the Kingdom Animalia and includes all the vertebrates, i.e., animals with…

Q: What is the relationship among tunicates, lancelets, and the vertebrate chordates?

A: Chordates are animals that contain backbone or notochord. Animals that lack the notochord or…

Q: Identify the morphological differences between a tunicate and a lancelet.

A: The Chordates are known to be a large phylum. They include the animals, which possess notochord in…

Q: Describe two features of each of the two groups ofnonvertebrate chordates.

A: Chordates are the phylum of the animal kingdom in which notochord is found. They have two groups one…

Q: Contrast the characteristics of crocodilians with those ofsnakes.

A: Snakes and crocodilians are reptiles having keratinized scales on the skin. They have well-developed…

Q: How do  invertebrate chordates differ from vertebrate  chordates? Elaborate.

A: Introduction A Chordate Is A Member Of The Chordata Phylum. At Some Point During Their Larval Or…

Q: You are a chordate, yet you lack most of the mainderived characters of chordates. Explain.

A: A chordate is an animal of the phylum Chordata. During some period of their life cycle, chordates…

Q: Discuss the adaptations of lower chordate in terms of circulation

A: The lower chordates gave the following features: dorsal notochord dorsal hollow nerve chord…

Q: Define the Chordate characteristics ?

A: The chordates belong to the Chordata phylum of the animal kingdom. The name Chordata comes from…

Q: Summarize the innovations of each class of chordates.

A: Chordata contains five classes of animals and all of them possess dorsal hollow nerve cord,…

Q: f filter-feeding lifestyle on early chordates?

A: Chordate can be understood as the group of animals that are placed in the phylum Chordata. During…

Q: Define the characteristic of a chordate ?

A: Kingdom Animalia contains all animals. It is the largest kingdom of Animalia as compared to other…

Q: Describe three adaptations that have allowed amniotes to become completely terrestrial.

A: Amniotes are basically the organisms that have amnion in their egg. They belong to a clade of…

Q: What are four shared derived characters of chordates?

A: Chordates are the animals with a vertebral column called ‘back bone’. The chordate animals are free…

Q: What characteristics make a pig a chordate?

A: Chordate Chordates belong to the phylum Chordata. During some period of the life cycle of chordates,…

Q: What are four key defining characteristics of chordates?

A: Phylum Chordata is the third largest phylum. The animals belonging to this phylum are called…

Q: Do all chordates have backbones?

A: Chordates having following characters: Presence of dorsal hollow nerve cord. Presence of notochord.…

Q: Name the two groups of nonvertebrate chordates.

A: Non- vertebrate consist of the following two groups:-

Q: How can brachiopods be distinguished from bivalves?

A: Invertebrates are organisms in which backbone is absent . It includes :-  A ) Arthropods  B )…

Q: What phyla of animals are most closely related to the chordates?

A: Chordates belong to the phylum Chordata. The Chordates in their full life cycle have one of the…

Q: How do chordates reproduce?

A: Chordates are the animals that have a notochord, a nerve cord, pharyngeal gill slits and post anal…

Q: If snakes are limbless, how can they be consideredtetrapods?

A: The organisms of the ecosystem have significant properties. Depending upon the different features of…

Q: Discuss the adaptations of lower chordates to survival in terms of Nutrition and Respiration

A: Lower chordates belong to the Phylum Chordata , where the first 3 sub-phyla are usually called the…

Q: Explain the Evolutionary Trends Among the Chordates ?

A: Chordates are the organism that belongs to the phylum Chordata. These possess notochord during some…

Q: Discuss the adaptations of lower chordate to survival in terms of feeding

A: A chordate must have a Notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal gill slits, and a muscular…

Q: What are the 4 embryonic characteristics of chordates? Define each characteristic.

A: Chordates belong to the phylum Chordata. Their body is bilaterally symmetrical and metamerically…

Q: Which chordates are craniates, and which of those are alsovertebrates?

A: Craniates are a group of chordates that possess a craniate skull made up of hard bone. All craniates…

Q: Discuss similarities and differences between chordates and higher chordates in detail

A: Lower chordates includes-hemichordates, urochordates, and cephalochordates, and higher chordates are…

Q: Describe the characteristics of the chordates

A: Chordate is a phylum in animal kingdom which includes Urochordata, Cephalochordata and Vertebrata.

Q: Describe lower chordates

A: The first three sub-phylum present in the Phylum Chordata are considered as the Lower Chordates.…

Q: Explain why it is necessary to know the life history of a tunicate to understand why tunicates are…

A: Tunicates are members of the subphylum Urochordata and phylum Chordata. They are small marine…

Q: Concerning the occurrence of separated sexes how are the beings of the phylum Annelida classified?

A: All the animal species on Earth are classified into different phyla or groups. The phylum Annelida…

Q: Describe the two groups of invertebrate chordates, and draw atree showing how they relate to one…

A: Chordates contains two classes of invertebrates and one class of vertebrate. Invertebrates include…

Q: Give one example of each of the four Vertebrate Classes, which are grouped under the Amniotes.

A: Sauropsids and synapsids are members of the amniote group of tetrapod animals. They are…

Q: Name five characteristics shared by all chordates, and briefly explain the primary function of each.

A: All animals in the phylum Chordata share five main features ; Notochord Dorsal hollow nerve cord…

Q: is the presence of notochord considered as plesiomorphic character chordates? yes or no?

A: no,the presence of notochord are not considered as plesiomorphic character chordates. It is…

Q: Discuss the adaptations of lower chordates to survival

A: All three organisms are lower chordates, meaning they possess a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve…

Q: Explain why are hemichordates classified "not true Chordates

A: The phylum Hemichordata includes worm-like marine organisms with a proboscis that grows out of the…

Q: Name a chordate having colourless blood without corpuscles?

A: The chordates are the vertebrates that belong to the kingdom Animalia and phylum Chordata. The…

Q: Describe the phases of embryonic development in a  chordate. Recognize the difference between a…

A: Gastrulation is the process during which three cell layers develop in the embryo: these three germ…

Q: Describe ways in which amniotes are more functionally or structur-ally suited for terrestriality…

A: Amniotes can be defined as the clade of tetrapod vertebrates which comprise the reptile, birds, and…

Q: Compare and contrast the symmetry and body shape of the different classes of echinoderms.

A: Phylum Echinodermata has five classes 1. Asteroidea (sea stars) 2. Ophiuroidea (brittle stars) 3.…

Q: List the four distinguishing chordate traits.

A: Chordate contains two classes of invertebrates and one class of vertebrate. Invertebrates include…

Q: What are the characteristic features of the chordates?

A: A phylum is a taxonomic classification that comes after domain and kingdom in the classification…

Q: Identify four derived characters that all chordates haveat some point during their life

A: A  chordate is an animal of the phylum Chordata. Chordates are divided into three subphyla:…

Q: (a). Describe the adaptations on the body of amniotes to fully live on land. S

A: According to our guidelines, only 1st question can be answered and rest of the questions can be…

Q: What is Chordate body plan?

A: The vertebrates are the largest group of chordates, with over 62,000 species living. The vertebrates…

Human Evolution

Human evolution is the process of evolution of humans from early man to anatomically modern humans. The process of evolution in humans leads to the gradual development of traits like bipedalism. Humans are the highly social animals that make them the most advanced animal on Earth.  Human evolution is an outcome of interaction among the following processes: