Mollusks Test 2026

Match the following.

• mollusks

• Bivalvia

• squid, octopuses, cuttlefish, nautillus

• Gastropoda

• clams, oysters, muscles, scallops

• Cephalopoda

• snails and nudibranchs

• Mollusca

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Bivalves have a laterally compressed body with a hinged, two-piece shell and large gills.

• False

• True

Gastropods have a coiled up group of organs surrounded by a shell and a crawling foot located on it's ventral side.

• True

• False

Which class of mollusks is made-up of carnivorous predators with sucker-like tentacles, well-developed sense organs, and relatively large brains?

• Gastropoda

• Bivalvia

• Cephalopoda

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water.  What am I?

• Mollusk
• Arthropod
• Echinoderm
• Cnidarian

What is the radula used for?

• Locomotion
• Feeding
• Swimming
• Digging

What TYPE of mollusk is this?

• Bivalve

• Gastropod

• Cephalopod

What does Cephalopod mean?

• means "2-shells"
• means "head-foot"
• means "stomach-foot"

Which part of the Mollusk body is specialized for burrowing, feeding, and movement?

• trochophores
• visceral mass
• mantle
• foot

The pearl oyster is a

• bivalve

• gastropod

• cephalopod

• planarian