Which of the following invertebrates DOES NOT possess antennae?

Here are the answers to the questions: 1. The mouth parts of the housefly are adapted for... Houseflies have sponging-sucking mouthparts. A. lapping and sponging 2. The male toad differs from the female by having... Male toads possess vocal sacs for croaking, which are absent in females. A. vocal sacs 3. Mosses, liverworts and ferns can be grouped together because they... Mosses (Bryophytes) and ferns (Pteridophytes) are both groups of plants that do not produce seeds. C. are seedless plants 4. Spirogyra and Mucor can be grouped together as Thallophyta because they... Thallophytes are characterized by a simple, undifferentiated plant body called a thallus. Both Spirogyra (alga) and Mucor (fungus) exhibit this characteristic, often with filamentous structures. E. their bodies are made up of thallus and filaments alternatively. 5. Which of the following invertebrates DOES NOT possess antennae? Centipedes, crustaceans, millipedes, and insects are arthropods that possess antennae. Spiders (arachnids) do not have antennae; they have pedipalps and chelicerae. E. Spider 6. Which of the following is INCORRECT? The prothallus of a fern is a flattened heart-shaped structure. It is green because its cells contain chloroplasts. It is the dominant plant. It bears numerous rhizoids. The sexual organs are attached to the ground by numerous rhizoids. The prothallus (gametophyte) of a fern is not the dominant plant; the sporophyte (the leafy fern plant) is the dominant generation. C. It is the dominant plant. 7. Which of the following cell constituents is NOT common in both plants and animals? Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells (and some protists) for photosynthesis, but not in animal cells. Mitochondria, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus, and vacuoles are found in both. B. Chloroplasts 8. The character-producing factors in living organisms are... Genes are the fundamental units of heredity that determine specific traits or characters in living organisms. E. genes 9. A mixture of mercurous and mercuric nitrates is added to a food substance. A white precipitate is formed which on gentle heating turns red. The food substance is... This describes the Millon's test, which is used to detect the presence of proteins. A. protein 10. The mammalian organ through which nourishment and oxygen diffuse into a developing embryo is called... The placenta is the organ responsible for the exchange of nutrients, oxygen, and waste products between the mother and the developing embryo/fetus. *