Mollusk Quiz

A Mollusks basic body plan has a ____________________.

• epidermis, tusk and tail.

• head, muscular foot, and visceral mass of internal organs.

• beak, wing and web foot.

• head, muscular wing, and a mass of waste material.

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Mollusks have a _________________.

• a body covered by skin that covers the bones.

• a body covered by fur that often keeps them warm.

• body covered by a cell that often secretes a cell of Silica.

• body covered by mantle that often secretes shell of calcium carbonate

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Mollusks have a _________________________.

• a radula for grazing and other types of feeding.

• tooth for eating and other types of feeding.

Mollusks have a ______________________.

• well-developed nervous system with brain.

• well-developed nervous system without a brain.

• well-developed solar system without brain.

• well-developed nervous system with blood vessels.

Mollusks have ____________________.

• an open circulatory system, complete digestive system.

• a closed circulatory system, complete digestive system.

• a closed circulatory system with an incomplete digestive system.

• a closed circulatory system, and a complete solar system.

Mollusks are a ____________________________.

• small , successful group with nearly 10 known species.

• small , unsuccessful group with nearly 10 known species.

• Large, successful group with nearly 100,000 known species.

• small , unsuccessful group with nearly 100 known species.

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Mollusks are the _________________________

• smallest group of fungi.

• largest group of arthropods.

• largest group of molluscs (snails, limpets, abalones, sea slugs).

• smallest group of molluscs (snails, limpets, abalones, sea slugs)

Gastropods have ___________________________.

• teeth for grazing on seaweeds; some are deposit feeders or even suspension feeders.

• radula for grazing on seaweeds; some are deposit feeders or even suspension feeders.

• nematocysts for grazing on seaweeds; some are deposit feeders or even suspension feeders.

• fangs for grazing on seaweeds; some are deposit feeders or even suspension feeders.

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________________ are specialized filter feeders: clams, oysters, scallops, mussels, shipworms

• bivalves

• gastropods

• cephalopods

• cuttlefishes

________________have a compressed body in mantle cavity between two shells or valves.

• bivalves

• gastropods

• cephalopods

• cuttlefish

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