Characteristics of Animals Part 2

What is an animal that does not have a vertebral column?

• vertebrate

• endoskeleton

• invertebrate

• exoskeleton

Which phylum of animals has segmented bodies, jointed legs, and exoskeletons?

• Mollusks

• Arthropods

• Cnidarians

• Echinoderms

What is the scientific term for the hard, outer body covering of an arthropod?

• exoskeleton

• shell

• endoskeleton

• skin

What term means to shed and grow a new exoskeleton?

• pupa

• nymph

• metamorphosis

• molt

Which class of arthropods has 3 body segments, 3 pairs of legs, and 1 pair of antennae?

• lobsters

• insects

• arachnids

• ticks

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Which class of arthropods has 2 body segments, 4 pairs of legs, fangs, and no antennae?

• spiders

• arachnids

• malacostracans

• carnivores

Which animals consume only plants?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• detrivores

Which animals consume only other animals?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• detrivores

Which animals consume both plants and animals?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• detrivores

Which animals consume dead things that were once living?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• detrivores