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WorksheetsComplex Invertebrates
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which class of Mollusks have many species that are sessile or sedentary?
Gastropods
Bivalves
Cephalopods
arthropods
Which phylum of worms has a bilateral symmetry, a one-way digestive system with a separate mouth and anus, respiration through the skin, a hydrostatic skeleton, and a segmented body?
Which of the following is a larger segment of the earthworm’s body is used to create a coocoon for eggs?
Which type of skeleton is found in worms?
Endoskeleton
Which of the following is a structure related to excretion in worms?
Ganglia
Gizzard
Nephridia
Crop
Which phylum has pseudocoelomate?
Mullusca
Which phylum mostly parasitic and includes hookworms, pinworms, and heart worms?
Tardigrada
Which of the following is the evolutionary advancement found is found annelids and arthropods (and chordates) but not mollusks and roundworms?
Three germ layers
Need to molt
Cephalization
Coelomates
segmentation
Which is NOT a member of the clade, Edysozoa?
Arthropods
Tardigrades
Spiders, ticks, and scorpions are in the class, Arachnida, which is part of the subphylum ___, which is named after the mouthparts that resemble fangs or jaws.
tracheal tubes
seastars
Everting (turn inside-out) their stomach to digest prey
Using a radula to their prey with jaws and teeth
Squeezing their prey with their tube feet until it dies
A(n) _______________is a flexible, rod-shaped structure that supports the body of a developing chordate.
notochord
vertebrate
spinal cord
brain
Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of all chordates?
notochord
pharyngeal pouches
bones
post-anal tail
In chordates, the __________ is a dorsal rod, with a sheath of connective tissue, functioning in support.
Nerve cord
Notacord
vertebrate
backbone
Unlike all other animal phyla, the nerve cord in chordates is
found on the dorsal side of the animal
found on the ventral side of the animal
paired
controlled by ganglia instead of a brain
Echinoderms and Chordates are closely related. Which is NOT a character of both phyla?
Deuterostomes
Cephalization
Bilateral symmetry (at some point of their lives)
Endoskeletons
Triploblastic
Which is correctly paired for quadrupeds, bipeds, arthropods and worms?
Ventral = belly side
Dorsal = up
Caudal = head side
Lateral = towards the middle
Which is FALSE?
Exoskeletons aid in protection.
Exoskeletons aid in reducing water loss on land.
Exoskeletons aid movement (for muscle attachment.)
Exoskeletons aid in energy production.
Which is TRUE of segmentation?
Increased mobility
Decreases specialization
Limits regeneration
Aids in cephalization and brain development
Allows for sexual reproduction
Which is correctly paired with its support structure?
Mollusk - exoskelleton
Echinoderm - Endoskeleton
Chordate - Exoskeleton
Annelid - water vascular system
Nematode - hydrostatic skeleton
What function do fame cells, nephridia, green glands, malpigian tubes have in common?
Excretion (removing metabolic waste and maintaining salt and water balance.)
Nervous system (sensing the environment and controlling response
Respiration (obtaining and delivering oxygen)
Digestion (eating, digesting and absorbing nutrients)
Tube feet aid in all of the following EXCEPT ____.
movement
reproduction
feeding/hunting
excretion and respiration
sensing the environment
Radula, pharynx, mandibles, maxillipeds, and chelicerae, all function in ___.
respiration
reproduction
excretion
movement
feeding
Which group of structures do NOT belong together?
joint, cheliped, appendage
madreporite, stone canal, ring canal, ampule, tube foot
tube foot, notochord, pharynx
compound eye, antenna, tympanum
intestine, cardiac stomach, pyloric stomach, mandible
How do tardigrades reproduce?
Parthenogenesis - females only
Sexually - Give live birth (viviparous)
Sexually - lay eggs (oviparous)
Asexually - budding
Tardigrades can survive in
extreme hot and cold temperatures
hydrothermal vents
high levels of radiation
vacuum of space
all of the above!
Tardigrades are most closely related to roundworms. Considering this, their derived characters include all of the following EXCEPT ____.
triploblasty
cuticle
pseudocoeloms
Deuterostome development
