Invertebrate / Vertebrate Test Review

This is a mammal?

• Yes
• No

In most fish, the structures that are most important for obtaining oxygen from water are the

• gills
• scales
• lungs
• vertebrae

The echinoderms that look like warty, moving pickles are

• feather stars
• sea stars
•  sea cucumbers
• sea urchins

Heartworms are found in many cats and dogs. What type of worm is a heartworm?

• hookworm
• ascarid worm
• filarial worm
• pinworm

Which are the simplest animals to have body symmetry?

• nematocysts
• algae
• sponges
• cnidarians

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all birds?

• The maintain a constant internal body temperature
• They have an outer covering of feathers
• They can fly.
• They have two legs.

In echinoderms, body parts usually occur in multiples of
 

• five
•  seven
• two
• three

Which feature distinguishes most fish from most amphibians?

• living in water during at least part of the life cycle
• scales
• a vertebral column
• breathing with gills during at least part of the life cycle

The difference between reptilian eggs and amphibian eggs is that reptilian eggs

• do not contain an embryo
• must develop in water
• always hatch inside the mother’s body
• are surrounded by a protective shell and
  membranes

Filter-feeding bivalves can be used to monitor the environmental health of a habitat because

• some bivalves never get cancer
• the bivalves reproduce rapidly in polluted water
• the bivalves live near deep-sea vents
• the bivalves concentrate pollutants and
  microorganisms in their tissues