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Szl 102:Verterbrate Zoology Question Paper

Szl 102:Verterbrate Zoology

Course:Vertebrate Zoology

Institution: University Of Nairobi question papers

Exam Year:2013

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION -2013

FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY,
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MICROBIOLOGY, AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION (SCIENCE)
SLZ 102: VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

DATE: MAY 13 2013 TIME:9.00AM -12.00 NOON

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer any TEN questions. Illustrate your answers where appropriate. Each questions carries seven (7marks)
1) Describe the functions cells and territorial songs in birds.

2)Explain the functions of all the components of a cleidoic egg.

3) Outline the phylogeny of the main groups of living and fossil jawed vertebrates.

4)Explain how knowledge of feeding behavior of birds can help us keep the out of airports, fish farms and
domestic waste dump sites.

5) Illustrate the divergence of the chordates from other animal group based on early embryology.

6)Describe the structure of the mammalian skull.

7) Giving examples explain how carnivorous reptiles use the following for feeding.
a) Flexible jaws b) Venom c) Constriction.

8) Briefly highlight the key milestone in amphibian transition to semi-terrestrial life.

9) State the three species of the sea turtles found in the Western Indian Ocean and describe their major threats.

10) Broadly classify the reptiles based on skull temporal opening.

11) Outline the main distinguishing features of the mammalian subclasses.

12) Briefly explain the adaptive advancement of skin in fish.

13) Discuss the adaptive radiation of marsupials.

14)Describe the taxonomic diversity of Agnathan orders.

15)Explain the origin of tetrapods among amphibians based on fossils and contemporary taxa.

Szl 102:Verterbrate Zoology Question Paper

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