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Mollusk Test Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nudibranchs are from what class?

a)

Polyplacophora

b)

Gastropoda

c)

Bivalvia

d)

Cephalopoda

2.

Snails are from what class?

a)

Polyplacophora

b)

Gastropoda

c)

Bivalvia

d)

cephalopoda

3.

Chitons are from what class?

a)

Polyplacophora

b)

Gastropoda

c)

Bivalvia

d)

Cephalopoda

4.

Squid are from what class?

a)

Polyplacophora

b)

Gastropoda

c)

Bivavlia

d)

Cephalopoda

5.

Mussels are from what class?

a)

Polyplacophora

b)

Gastropoda

c)

Bivalvia

d)

Cephalopoda

6.

Another name for the forgut; receives and prepares food for digestion

a)

Buccal cavity

b)

Foot

c)

Cteidia

d)

Mantle

7.

Material which composes the middle layer of the mollusk shell.

a)

Ctenidia

b)

Periostracum

c)

Prismatic

d)

Calcium Carbonate

8.

Modified gills present in many aquatic mollusks; feathery or comb-like structures used for respiration.

a)

Intestine

b)

Radula

c)

Ctenidia

d)

Visceral mass

9.

The large muscular organ used for locomotion and prey capture.

a)

Visceral mass

b)

Buccal cavity

c)

Nacre

d)

Foot

10.

Long, coiled organ used to absorb nutrients from digested food.

a)

Mantle

b)

Intestine

c)

Prismatic

d)

Valve

11.

A membranous sheath of skin extending from the visceral mass that hangs down on each side of the body, protecting the soft parts.

a)

Mantle

b)

Nacre

c)

Nephridia

d)

Foot

12.

Material which composes the inner layer of mollusk shell.

a)

Calcium Carbonate

b)

Ctenidia

c)

Nacre

d)

Nephridia

13.

Organs that remove metabolic wastes from the mollusk's body.

a)

Intestine

b)

Ctenidia

c)

Radula

d)

Nephridia

14.

Name for the outer layer of mollusk shell.

a)

Periostracum

b)

Prismatic

c)

Foot

d)

Valve

15.

Name for the middle layer of mollusk shell.

a)

Prismatic

b)

Perisostracum

c)

Ctenidia

d)

Buccal cavity

16.

Venomous golf-ball sized octopus found in the shallow coral reefs and tide pools of Australia.

a)

Cuttlefish

b)

Mimic octopus

c)

Australian Blue-Ringed Octopus

d)

Nudibranch

17.

Cephalopod known as the "King of Camoflauge" for ability to change color, patterns, or textures.

a)

Australian Blue-Ringed Octopus

b)

Cuttlefish

c)

Nautilus

d)

Scallop

18.

The most threatened group of invertebrates in the U.S..

a)

Oyster

b)

Zebra mussel

c)

Scallop

d)

Freshwater clam

19.

The most venomous species of snail; found in coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific.

a)

Nautilus

b)

Naval Shipworm

c)

Geograhic Cone

d)

Giant Clam

20.

One of the largest mollusks on Earth; these coral reef inhabitants gain most of their nutrition as adults from the symbiotic dinoflagellates living in the mantle tissue.

a)

Giant Clam

b)

Giant Squid

c)

Mimic Octopus

d)

Nudibranch

21.

The world's largest known invertebrate.

a)

Giant Clam

b)

Giant Squid

c)

Zebra mussel

d)

Cuttlefish

22.

Octopus famous for being able to impersonate other sea creatures; found off the coast of Indonesia.

a)

Geographic Cone

b)

Cuttlefish

c)

Nautilus

d)

Mimic Octous

23.

Nocturnal cephalopod with a chambered shell

a)

Naval Shipworm

b)

Nudibrance

c)

Nautilus

d)

Oyster

24.

Bivave that burrows in wood and feeds on particles it excavates, causing great damage to unprotected wooden boats and piers.

a)

Nudibranch

b)

Scallop

c)

Geographic Cone

d)

Naval shipworm

25.

A marine gastropod without a shell; also known as a sea slug.

a)

Nautilus

b)

Nudibranch

c)

Scallop

d)

Zebra mussel

26.

Bivalve which can swim by clapping its valves together to create a sort of jet propulsion to escape predators.

a)

Giant clam

b)

Cuttlefish

c)

Scallop

d)

Zebra mussel

27.

Bivalve which can be cultured to obtain pearls.

a)

Oyster

b)

Zebra Mussel

c)

Giant Clam

d)

Scallop

28.

Invasive species introduced in 1986 via ballast water from a European freighter into Lake Erie but are now dound throughoutthe Great Lakes.

a)

Zebra mussel

b)

Freshwater clam

c)

Naval Shipworm

d)

Giant Squid

29.

A rasping tongue-like organ with backwards facing teeth.

a)

Foot

b)

Radula

c)

Valve

d)

Buccal cavity

30.

Another term for a mollusk shell.

a)

Mantle

b)

Nacre

c)

Valve

d)

Viceral mass

31.

Part of the mollusk body that contains most of the organs.

a)

Visceral mass

b)

Valve

c)

Foot

d)

Ctenidia

32.

Of all invertebrates, cephalopods are the ...

a)

simplest

b)

most intelligent

c)

slowest

d)

fastest

33.

The oldest part of the bivavle shell is the ...

a)

Umbo

b)

Hinge

c)

Apex

d)

Aperature

34.

The term Cephalopod means this ...

a)

Stomach-foot

b)

Head-foot

c)

Tentacle-Foot

d)

Brain-foot