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Mollusks Review

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In what type of environment do MOST mollusks live?
a)
Soil
b)
Freshwater
c)
Marine
d)
Terrestrial
2.

Which part of the Mollusk body is specialized for burrowing, feeding, and movement?

a)

trochophores

b)

visceral mass

c)

mantle

d)

muscular foot

3.

Which class of Mollusks include clams, oysters, and mussels?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

4.

Which part of the Mollusk body is the tissue covering the body?

a)

Mantle

b)

Trochophore

c)

Muscular Foot

d)

Visceral Mass

5.

Which class of Mollusks include organisms that have camera-like eyes similar to humans?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

6.

Which class of Mollusks all have tentacles?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

7.

Which class of Mollusks have the most advanced nervous system?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

8.

What type of mollusk is this?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Cephalopod

c)

Gastropod

d)

Segmented worm

9.

Which class of Mollusks have a closed circulatory system?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

d)

All of the classes

10.

Which group of Mollusks does the picture belong to?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

11.

What Mollusk group does the picture belong to?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

12.

What Mollusk group does the picture belong to?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

13.

What is the meaning of the term Mollusk?

a)

Soft-bodied

b)

Filter feeder

c)

Porus

d)

Stomach foot

14.

Mollusks are vertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What produces the shell of a Mollusk?

a)

Stomach

b)

Radula

c)

Mantle

d)

Muscular foot

16.

What method/structure do bivalves utilize to eat?

a)

Filter feeding

b)

Radula

c)

Tentacles

d)

Baiting

17.

Squids are invertebrates and are part of the phylum _________________?

a)

Mammalia

b)

Annelida

c)

Mollusca

d)

Bivalvia

18.

Squid belong to the Class ________________________, which literally means "head-foot".

a)

Arthropoda

b)

Cephalopoda

c)

Gastropoda

d)

Bivalvia

19.

This is the "toothed tongue" on some mollusks. It is used to scrape food.

a)

Ossicle

b)

Radula

c)

Parapodia

d)

Osculum

20.

Which class of Mollusks include organisms that all have two shells?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

21.
What type of symmetry do Mollusks have?
a)
Asymmetrical
b)
Bilateral
c)
Radial
22.

What method/structure do gastropods utilize in order to eat?

a)

Tentacles

b)

Radula

c)

Mantle

d)

Filter feeding

23.

Which part of the mollusk body plan contains organs?

a)

Muscular Foot

b)

Visceral Mass

c)

Trochophore

d)

Mantle

24.

Which of the following is the organ used by mollusks for excretion?

a)

Gills

b)

Nephridia

c)

Mantle

d)

Visceral mass

25.

Which of the following is the correct description of the body cavity of mollusks?

a)

They are protostome acoelomates

b)

They are protostome coelomates

c)

They are deuterostome coelomates

d)

They are protostome pseudocoelomates

26.

Which class of Mollusks have many species that are sessile?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

d)

Arthropoda

27.

Which part of the mollusk contains the heart, digestive and reproductive organs?

a)

Radula

b)

Head-foot

c)

Visceral mass

d)

Trochopore

28.

Organs that are in contact with blood supply and specialized for gas exchange

a)

Trochopore

b)

Radulas

c)

Bivalves

d)

Gills

29.
Which of the following is the correct description of reproduction in Mollusks?
a)
Mostly asexual
b)
Budding
c)
Regeneration
d)
Mostly sexual
30.

What is #16?

a)

Excurrent siphon

b)

Incurrent siphon

c)

Intestines

d)

Muscular foot

31.

Ciliated free swimming larva found in the most aquatic mollusks and some annelids are called:

a)

Diptera

b)

Pupae

c)

Trochophore

d)

Nymph

32.

Digestive organ which passes through the pericardial cavity and collects feces.

a)

Crop

b)

Esophagus

c)

Stomach

d)

Intestine

33.

The umbo is closest to the ______ end of a clam.

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Deep

34.

The “bump” on the dorsal surface of a clam shell is called the _______.

a)

Palp

b)

Muscular foot

c)

Umbo

d)

Radula

35.

The fleshy opening that pushes water out of the posterior end of a clam is called the __________.

a)

Excretory pore

b)

Excurrent siphon

c)

Anus

d)

Incurrent siphon

36.

The posterior opening of the digestive tract through which digestive waste is released is called the:

a)

Excretory pore

b)

Anus

c)

Excurrent siphon

d)

Incurrent siphon

37.

The mantle of a clam will coat an irritating grain of sand with the same smooth material that coats the inner shell causing a(n) ________ to form.

a)

Pearl

b)

Cyst

c)

Tumor

d)

Abscess

38.

Cephalopods can release a cloud of ____ into the water to distract predators.

a)

Feces

b)

Urine

c)

Milk

d)

Ink

39.

The nervous system of a clam consists of 3 pairs of ___________ and 2 pairs of nerve cords.

a)

Spinal nerves

b)

Hearts

c)

Brains

d)

Ganglia

40.

Gastropods undergo a process called ___________ in which the visceral mass twists 180° bringing the gills, anus, and mantle cavity up to the front of the animal.

a)

Radial development

b)

Torison

c)

Spiral development

d)

Metamorphosis

41.

Products from the digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems all empty into the _______ before leaving through excurrent siphon.

a)

Mantle cavity

b)

Visceral mass

c)

Hemocoel

d)

Liver

42.

The __________ muscle is located towards the rear of a clam and helps to hold the shell closed.

a)

Gluteus maximus

b)

Posterior adductor

c)

Quadriceps

d)

Abdominal

43.

The shell of a clam is also called a(n):

a)

Endoskeleton

b)

Valve

c)

Scale

d)

Keratin covering

44.

Pigment cells called __________located in the outer mantle layer allows cephalopods to change color and blend in with their surroundings.

a)

Melanocytes

b)

Pigmocytes

c)

Chromatophores

d)

Keratinocytes

45.

Fan-like structures that wave to move food up from the gills to the mouth are called:

a)

Muscular feet

b)

Filters fans

c)

Gills

d)

Palps

46.

This pattern can be seen on the outer shell of bivalves and shows the “age” of the animal.

a)

Shell pattern

b)

Chromatophores

c)

Age spots

d)

Growth rings

47.

The ____________ open(s) and close(s) the clam's shell.

a)

Palyps

b)

Visceral mass

c)

Adductor muscles

d)

Muscular foot

48.

Organisms with a “true” body cavity are:

a)

Pseudocoeolmates

b)

Eucoelomates

c)

Acoelomates

49.

One advantage of having a true coelom instead of a pseudocoelom or acoelom is that body wall muscles can contract without interfering with:

a)

Respiration

b)

Digestion

c)

Urination

d)

Circulation

50.

Mollusk “blood” is called:

a)

Hemofluid

b)

Hemolymph

c)

Mollublood

d)

Gastrolymph

51.

How many shells do cephalopods have (excluding the nautilus)?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

Varying amounts

52.

The incurrent and excurrent siphons keep ________ moving over the gills.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Water

c)

Blood

d)

Carbon dioxide

53.

Type of circulatory system found in bivalves and gastropods.

a)

Open

b)

Closed

c)

Semi-closed

d)

Semi-open

54.

This organ pumps hemolymph around in the hemocoel.

a)

Excurrent siphon

b)

Incurrent siphon

c)

Heart

d)

Lungs

55.

This fleshy opening brings water in at the posterior end of a clam.

a)

Excurrent siphon

b)

Incurrent siphon

c)

Mouth

d)

Incoming pore

56.

Mollusks are _________because their embryonic blastopore becomes their mouth.

a)

Protostomes

b)

Deuterostomes

57.

____ is a greenish digestive enzyme made by the digestive gland that helps digest fat in food.

a)

Lipase

b)

Protease

c)

Bile

d)

Synthase