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Life History

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This picture is an example of which group of invertebrates?
a)
Segmented worms
b)
Fish
c)
Sponges
d)
Arthropods
2.
The organism in the picture is a(n)
a)
echinoderm
b)
mollusk
c)
arthropod
d)
cnidarian
3.
I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water.  What am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Arthropod
c)
Echinoderm
d)
Cnidarian
4.
Arthropods have an outer covering called a(n)_________
a)
endoskeleton
b)
bones
c)
exoskeleton
d)
armor
5.
In what phylum am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Echinoderm
c)
Cnidarian
d)
Annelid
6.
What type of symmetry do Arthropods have?
a)
Radial
b)
Bilateral
c)
Asymmetrical
7.

Lobster, shrimp, and crabs are examples of what group of Arthropods?

a)

Chilopoda

b)

Diplopoda

c)

Crustaceans

d)

Arachnida

8.
Which three parts of the body has an insect?
a)
Tencacles, head, legs
b)
head, abdomen, legs
c)
Head, thorax, abdomen 
d)
Hair, bones, foot 
9.
These animals have no backbone, segmented bodies, a long tube running through the inner middle part of their body, and get oxygen through their skin.
a)
sponges
b)
arthropods
c)
segmented worms
d)
mammals
10.
Ectothermic means....
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
11.
Endothermic means...
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
12.

Metamorphosis occurs in

a)

fishes and amphibians

b)

amphibians

c)

fishes, amphibians, and reptiles

d)

amphibians and reptiles

13.

Bats, dolphins, horses, humans and dogs are all examples of which group of mammals?

a)

monotremes

b)

marsupials

c)

eutharians

14.

Which group of mammals give birth to immature young that continue to develop in the mother's pouch?

a)

monotremes

b)

marsupials

c)

mammals

d)

none of these

15.

Which fossil shows the transition from life in the water to life on land?

a)

Archaeopteryx

b)

Tiktaalik

c)

Australopithecus

d)

Cooksonia

16.

"Extinct" fossil fish that was found to be still alive.

a)

ammonite

b)

Archaeopteryx

c)

Brachiosaurus

d)

coelacanth

17.

What fossil was discovered in the 1970’s that gave us greater insight into the origin of birds?

a)

Annelid

b)

Tiktaalik

c)

Archaeopteryx

d)

Pterosaur

18.

What am I?

a)

Poriferian

b)

Chordate

c)

Cnidarian

d)

Gastropod

19.

What am I?

a)

Amphibian

b)

Chordate

c)

Mammal

d)

Reptile

20.

What am I?

a)

Arthropod

b)

Crustacean

c)

Insect

d)

Arachnid

21.

What animal has radial symmetry?

a)

Crabs

b)

Monkeys

c)

Sponges

d)

Sea Stars

22.

Which one is NOT an invertebrate chordate?

a)

Tunicate

b)

Hagfish

c)

Lancelet

d)

Lungfish

23.

What am I?

a)

Gastropod

b)

Bivalve

c)

Mollusk

d)

Cephalopod

24.

What am I?

a)

Frog

b)

Turtle

c)

Toad

d)

Amphibian

25.

What are birds?

a)

Endothermic

b)

Ectothermic

c)

Mammals

d)

Nematodes