Articles on Invertebrates

A(n) ___________________ is an animal that does not have a backbone.

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

_______________ are animals that move very little and their bodies are full of holes.

• exoskeleton

• sponges

• arthropod

• sea urchins

Sea stars and _____________ do not have a head, but they have a mouth.

• earthworms

• exoskeleton

• mollusks

• sea urchins

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______________ have soft tube like bodies and live in water, in soil, or even in other animals.

• tentacles

• Octopus

• sponges

• worms

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Corals and jellies have arm-like parts called?

• sponges

• invertebrates

• exoskeleton

• tentacles

Snails, squids, octopuses, clams, oysters and scallops all belong to the same group called?

• vertebrates

• sea urchins

• arthropod

• mollusks

A(n) _____________ is an invertebrate that has jointed legs, a body with two or more sections, and a hard outer covering.

• Exoskeleton

• Vertebrate

• mammal

• arthropod

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The hard outer covering of an arthropod is called a(n)?

• Skeleton

• Exoskeleton

• Skin

• roof

Most of the animals on Earth are?

• invertebrates

• vertebrates

• mammals

• birds

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An invertebrate is an animals that does not have a?

• head

• tongue

• backbone

• blood

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