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Animal Phyla! (Specific to Cape Cod Marine Waters)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of symmetry do sponges (Porifera) have?

a)

asymmetrical

b)

radial

c)

bilateral

d)

medial

2.

What phyla contains the clamworms?

a)

Chordata

b)

Mollusca

c)

Anthropoda

d)

Annelida

3.

Which phyla contains clams and oysters. They have a true coelom and shells that grow with them (thus never requiring molting).

a)

Mollusca

b)

Echinodermata

c)

Chordata

d)

Porifera

4.

What phyla to all vertebrates belong in?

a)

Chordata

b)

Porifera

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Ctenophora

5.
Which of the following is/are true of animals?
a)
They are multicellular.
b)
They are eukaryotic.
c)
They are heterotrophs.
d)
All choices are correct.
6.
What type of symmetry is displayed in the picture?
a)
asymmetry
b)
bilateral symmetry
c)
radial symmetry
d)
photosynthesis
7.
What type of symmetry is pictured?
a)
bilateral symmetry
b)
radial symmetry
c)
asymmetry
d)
cellular respiration
8.

Sponges belong to which phyla? Common characteristics include pores for filter feeding and assymmetrical body structure.

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Mollusca

c)

Annelida

d)

Porifera

9.

Mollusks include which of the following?

a)

Octopus, Squid, Slugs, Snails

b)

Comb jellies, tunicates

c)

Sea stars, Sea cucumbers, sea urchins

d)

Fish, Whales, Turtles

10.

The animal phyla containing animals with jointed appendages and an exoskeleton that is molted as they grow....

a)

Porifera

b)

Arthropoda

c)

Annelida

d)

Ctenophora

11.

What phylum do crustaceans belong to?

a)

Mollusca

b)

Echinodermata

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Cnidarian

12.

Invertebrates that have stinging cells and take food into a central body cavity.

a)

Annelida

b)

Mollusk

c)

Platyhelminthes

d)

Cnidarian

13.

Which phyla contains jellyfish?

a)

Porifera

b)

nematoda

c)

SquishyFish

d)

Cnidaria

14.

Which of the following is NOT true about ALL animals?

a)

They are all made up of eukaryotic cells

b)

They all have digestive systems

c)

They all have backbones

d)

They are all multicellular

15.

Because sponges cannot move around they are considered ______.

a)

sessile

b)

senile

c)

coelem

d)

mammarian

16.

Sponges use pores to

a)

move from place to place.

b)

filter food from the water.

c)

defend themselves.

d)

sleep

17.

This is the type of symmetry shared by the vast majority of the members of the phyla Porifera.

a)

asymmetry

b)

bilateral symmetry

c)

trilateral symmetry

d)

radial symmetry

18.

What type of symmetry do echinoderms share?

a)

asymmetry

b)

bilateral symmetry

c)

radial symmetry

d)

trilateral symmetry

19.

I have tentacles with stinging cells and a radial symmetry. I am a sea anemone. Which Phylum do I belong to?

a)

Arthropoda

b)

Cnidaria

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Mollusca

20.

I have a hard exoskeleton, a segmented body, pairs of jointed appendages, and live on land and water. I am a crab. What is my phylum?

a)

Mollusca

b)

Arthropoda

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Cnidaria

21.

I am spiny, have a water vascular system with tube feet, radial symmetry, and am called a brittle star.

a)

Mollusca

b)

Arthropoda

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Cnidaria

22.
Taxonomy uses the ancient language of ___________
a)
Latin
b)
Spanish
c)
French
d)
Russian
23.

The 7 levels of classification, broadest to most specific.

a)

Kingdom, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Species

b)

Kingdom, Species, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order

c)

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

d)

Kingdom, Order, Species, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

24.

These radially symmetric animals are gelatinous, and do not possess stinging cells. They feed by using 8 internal lines of bristles or "combs," giving them the common name of the Comb Jellies.

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Mollusca

c)

Ctenophora

d)

Echinodermata

25.

What type of symmetry do the Comb Jellies (Ctenophora) have?

a)

asymmetrical

b)

radial

c)

bilateral

d)

medial