Chapter 11: Quiz 11A - Animal Structure and Function

In an earthworm’s digestive system, mechanical digestion occurs in the _________?

• gizzard

• intestine

• radula

• stomach

Which organism uses its tube feet to pry open the shells of mollusks?

• jellyfish

• sponge

• starfish

• stonefish

An animal that eats both plant and animal matter is a(n) _________

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• insectivore

In vertebrate animals, __________ filter wastes from blood.

• kidneys

• lungs

• liver

• intestines

Endothermic vertebrates regulate body temperature by:

• Changing their skin color

• Moving to warmer or cooler places

• Generating heat internally through metabolic processes

• Absorbing heat from the sun only

Which chambers pump blood out of a vertebrate’s heart?

• arteries

• atria

• veins

• ventricles

What is the maximum number of chambers in any vertebrate heart?

• three

• four

• five

• six

The transporting fluid found in an open circulatory system is circulated by body movements.

• True

• False

Larval insects use gills for respiration.

• True

• False

A grasshopper breathes through:

• lungs

• gills

• spiracles

• skin