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Zoology Ch. 9 Echinoderms

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This group of echinoderms differs from other groups by being attached to a substrate during a substantial part of their lives:

a)

Echinoids

b)

Holothuroids

c)

Crinoids

d)

Ophiuroids

2.

This venomous animal stings using petal like pedicellariae:

a)

Crown-of-thorns sea star

b)

Long-spined sea urchin

c)

Sunflower sea star

d)

Flower urchin

3.

The delicate hollow tubes that project from the coelomic cavity to the exterior, through which gas exchange and waste excretion take place are called:

a)

Papulae

b)

Ampullae

c)

Polian vesicles

d)

Pedicellariae

4.

The side of an echinoderm opposite of the mouth is called the:

a)

oral surface

b)

aboral surface

c)

anterior surface

d)

posterior surface

5.

Echinoderms are considered:

a)

Acoelomate deuterostomes

b)

Acoelomate protostomes

c)

Coelomate deuterostomes

d)

Coelomate protostomes

6.

How many extinct classes of echinoderms are there?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

7.

What is the name of the long digestive glands in each arm of a sea star?

a)

intestines

b)

pyloric caeca

c)

salivary glands

d)

tiedemann’s bodies

8.

When a sea cucumber expels its internal organs to confuse predators it is called:

a)

dessication

b)

dissipation

c)

evisceration

d)

expiation

9.

What is the nickname for areas that have been overgrazed by sea urchins and made devoid of kelp?

a)

kelp forests

b)

kelp deserts

c)

urchin barrens

d)

urchin desserts

10.

The fused, rigid endoskeleton of echinoids is called a(n):

a)

test

b)

quiz

c)

ossicle

d)

lantern

11.

Sea stars reproduce by this method in which the eggs and sperm are released into the water from the male and female at the same time:

a)

regeneration

b)

free spawning

c)

parthenogenesis

d)

open budding

12.

Which echinoderm class name means "snake tail"?

a)

Asteroidea

b)

Crinoidea

c)

Echinoidea

d)

Holothuroidea

e)

Ophiuroidea

13.

Which echinoderm class name means "water polyp"?

a)

Asteroidea

b)

Crinoidea

c)

Echinoidea

d)

Holothuroidea

e)

Ophiuroidea

14.

The water vascular system is best decribed as what kind of system?

a)

skeletal

b)

muscular

c)

hydraulic

d)

nervous

15.

Toxic, sticky, white strands ejected when a sea cucumber is irritated are called:

a)

tracheal tubes

b)

ovarian tubes

c)

cuvierian tubules

d)

malpighian tubules

16.

What type of symmetry is seen in adult echinoderms?

a)

Asymmetry

b)

Bilateral symmetry

c)

Radial symmetry

17.

What type of symmetry is seen in larval echinoderms?

a)

Asymmetry

b)

Bilateral symmetry

c)

Radial symmetry

18.

Echinoderms are bottom-dwelling animals that live on the ocean floor, the term we use

for this is:

a)

Aphotic

b)

Benthic

c)

Pelagic

d)

Sedentary

19.

The small, hard, white pieces inside of a sand dollar are its:

a)

bones

b)

teeth 

c)

offspring

d)

spines

20.

The jaw-like mechanism that echinoids use to grind their food is called:

a)

Watson's alarm

b)

Darwin's beak

c)

Aristotle's lantern

d)

Socrates' torch

21.

What is the nickname for areas that have been overgrazed by sea urchins and made devoid of kelp?

a)

Kelp forest

b)

Urchin barren

c)

Benthic desert

d)

Desolate devoid