Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Author: Hoefnagels
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Chapter 21, Problem 19WIO
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Whether the fossil is of a mammal or a reptile by contrasting their characteristic features.
Concept Introduction:
Mammals and reptiles both belong from the class chordates. The fossils of mammal and reptile are identified by bone shells, exoskeleton, stone imprints and DNA residue. A fossil represents the traces and remains of an animal or plants that have been preserved in rock for longer time. Mammals and reptiles have different body structure and arrangement of the bones and skeleton which helps in determining the fossils.
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Chapter 21 Solutions
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Ch. 21.2 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21.6 - What defining feature arose in the annelid lineage...Ch. 21.6 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.6 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.6 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.6 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.8 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of an...Ch. 21.8 - Prob. 6MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 7MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 8MCCh. 21.9 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.9 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.9 - What are some examples of echinoderms?Ch. 21.9 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.10 - What are four key defining characteristics of...Ch. 21.10 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.10 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.10 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.10 - Differentiate between an ectotherm and an...Ch. 21.10 - How does the number of heart chambers affect the...Ch. 21.11 - Compare and contrast the features of tunicates and...Ch. 21.11 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.11 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.12 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.12 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.13 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.13 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.13 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.14 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.14 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.14 - What features distinguish the three orders of...Ch. 21.15 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 6MCCh. 21.16 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.16 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.16 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.17 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.17 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21 - Following gastrulation, the cells that have folded...Ch. 21 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 21 - How is the body structure of an annelid different...Ch. 21 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 21 - Since a tunicate is considered to be a chordate,...Ch. 21 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 12MCQCh. 21 - How do reptiles and mammals differ from...Ch. 21 - Prob. 14MCQCh. 21 - Since a whale is a mammal, it must a. have scales....Ch. 21 - Compare the nine major animal phyla in the order...Ch. 21 - Prob. 2WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 3WIOCh. 21 - Distinguish between (a) radial and bilateral...Ch. 21 - Prob. 5WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 6WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 7WIOCh. 21 - Compare and contrast the roundworm body structure...Ch. 21 - Make a chart showing the characteristics of each...Ch. 21 - List the features that determine the echinoderms...Ch. 21 - Prob. 11WIOCh. 21 - How do tunicates and lancelets differ from fishes...Ch. 21 - Draw from memory a phylogenetic tree that traces...Ch. 21 - Prob. 14WIOCh. 21 - List five adaptations that enable (a) fishes to...Ch. 21 - Prob. 16WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 17WIOCh. 21 - Summarize the evidence for the idea that birds are...Ch. 21 - Prob. 19WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 20WIOCh. 21 - How are fishes, amphibians, nonavian reptiles,...Ch. 21 - Give three examples of interactions between...Ch. 21 - Prob. 23WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 24WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 1PITCh. 21 - Prob. 2PITCh. 21 - 3. Draw a concept map that summarizes the...
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