The derived characteristic of protostome development is found in which of the following phyla?

a. sponges
b. echinoderms
c. cnidarians
d. roundworms

List two modern organisms that have pentameral symmetry

Plants consume most of their carbon from a. the soil b. the water c. the roots d. the air

Which statement is not an accurate description of meiosis? a) meiosis produces offspring that are genetically diverse. b) meiosis produces offspring that are identical to the parent. c) in sexual reproduction half of the genetic material comes from the father (sperm) and half of the genetic material comes from the mother (egg). d) meiosis decreases the number of chromosomes by half so that when a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting zygote has the correct number of chromosomes.