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-An animal ample with supplies of water but with a shelled egg would be expected

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Question

-An animal ample with supplies of water but with a shelled egg would be expected to excrete nitrogenous wastes in the form of?
a.)urea
b.)uric acid
c.)ammonia


-The functional unit of a kidney is the?
a.)glomerulus
b.)Bowman's capsule
c.)nephron
d.)collecting duct.
e.)ureter

-Which of the following occurs first in the vertebrate kidney?
a.)Reabsorption
b.)Excretion
c.)secretion
d.)filtration
e.)concentration of urine.

-Which is the correct order of the path from the formation of the egg through birth of a baby?
a.)a.)ovary-oviduct-uterus-cervix-vagina
b.)uterus-overy-oviduct-cervix-vagina
c.)oviduct-uterus-ovary-cervix-vagina
d.)ovary-oviduct-uterus-vagina-cervix
e.)ovary-fallopian tube-urethra-uterus

-Which is the correct order from the formation of the sperm through ejaculation?
a.)testis-vas deferens-epididymis-urethra
b.)testis-vas deferens-urethra-epdidymis
c.)testis-epididymis-vas deferens-ureter
d.)testis-epdidymis-vas deferens-urethra
e.)epdidymis-testis-vas deferens-urethra

-An animal that has both male and female reproductive organs is?
a.)haploid
b.)parthenogenetic
c.)a hermaphrodite
d.)only capable of asexual reproduction

Explanation / Answer

1. (b) uric acid Bony fish excrete ammonia; mammals, sharks, and amphibians, urea; reptiles and birds, uric acid. 2. (c) nephron All other answers include only the components of the nephron. 3. (d) filtration. The blood enters Bowman's capsule where the corpuscles are separated from the plasma, which becomes the filtrate. 4. (a) ovary-oviduct-uterus-cervix-vagina 5. (d) testis-epididymis-vas deferens-urethra The ureter in (c) is part of the nephron 6. (c) a hermaphrodite literally, "having the parts ofHermes and Aphrodite" (a Greek god and a goddess) Hope this helps.