Animal Phyla Quiz

Match the following

• back

• blastula

• embryo with ecto, endo, and mesoderm

• posterior

• body cavity

• gastrula

• embryo as a hollow ball of cells

• anterior

• front

• coelom

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Birds, Reptiles, Mammals, Amphibians and Fish all belong to which phylum?

• Annelida

• Chordata

• Nematoda

• Arthropoda

Which is the oldest animal phylum?

• Porifera

• Cnidaria

• Platyhelminthes

• Nematoda

• Annelida

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True or False. Platyhelminthes (flat worms) are hermaphrodites.

• True

• False

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Which phylum includes hookworms, pinworms, and heart worms? They are also known as roundworms, and many are parasites.

• Platyhelminthes

• Nematoda

• Annelida

Identify this animal.

• sponge
• cnidarian
• roundworm
• flatworm

The 8 levels of classification, broadest to most specific.

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

What phylum is able to regenerate from one limb, and includes starfish?

• Echinoderms

• Chordates

• Cnidarians

• Arthropods

What is the special structure of an arthropod that provides structure and protection from the outside?

• An endoskeleton
• Spicules
• An exoskeleton
• A shell

Flatworms (Platyhelminthes)

• have a coelom

• have a pseudocoelom

• do not have a coelom