Animal Characteristics Invertebrates Chordates

Animals are many-celled.

• True

• False

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All animals digest their food.

• True

• False

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Humans are chordates and have notochords instead of a backbone

• True

• False

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a member of the animal kingdom?

• Multicellular

• get energy from other organisms (heterotrophs)

• contain collagen

• all of the above

Symmetry can be used to classify animals. Which of the following describes radial symmetry?

• It can be divided into two parts that are nearly mirror images of each other - one line of symmetry

• It cannot be divided into any two parts that are nearly mirror images of each other.

• It can be divided into

  two parts that are nearly mirror images of each other anywhere through its

  central axis. More than one line of symmetry

• none of the above

About 97 percent of all animal species are _____.

• invertebrates

• vertebrates

Of the following, which does NOT have bilateral symmetry?

• humans

• fish

• jellyfish

• frogs

A vertebrate is defined as having a(n) _____.

• brain

• beard

• anterior end

• backbone

The simplest invertebrates are asymmetrical and have no tissues or organs. Which of the following is a simple invertebrate?

• Mr. Roberts

• Mr. Howlett

• sponge

• flatworms

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Both flatworms and roundworms have _____.

• radial symmetry

• bilateral symmetry

• asymmetry