NEW
Font size
WorksheetsMollusc Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
What does the term mollusca mean in Latin?
Soft-bodied
Hard-bodied
Foot
Slimy
Seafloor
This file-like ribbon of "teeth" is used by molluscs to scrape algae and other food off of rocks and can even drill through the shells of prey.
Calcium Carbonate
Radula
Foot
Mantle
Ctenidia
The shell of a mollusc is made out of what compound?
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium Phosphate
Calcium
Iron Phosphate
Strontium Chloride
This is the outer fold of skin on molluscs, and is responsible for excreting the substance that forms the mollusc's shell.
Radula
Mantle
Foot
Ctenidia
Cockle
This appendage of the mollusc is used for movement and grasping.
Foot
Mantle
Radula
Ctenidia
Limpet
These molluscs are laterally compressed, have a hinged shell, and live on the ocean floor.
Bivalves
Gastropods
Cephalopods
Mollusca
Limpets
These molluscs have a head and a modified foot that are now arms or tentacles.
Cephalopods
Nudibranches
Gastropods
Bivalves
Ctenidia
Squids and other cephalopods can reach up to 20 mph due to what feature?
Jet Propulsion
Quick Buoyancy
Chromatophores
Ctenidia
Olfaction
Cephalopods use these colored pigment cells that can contract and expand in order to produce colors, textures and patterns.
Chromatophores
Ctenidia
Olfactory Receptors
Radulations
Mantle Pores
The Latin term for stomach-foot is ____.
Mollusca
Gastropod
Cephalopod
Gustoflagella
Limpepodia
What type of symmetry do molluscs have?
Asymmetrical
Bilateral
Radial
What class of molluscs does the snail belong to?
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
What class of molluscs does the nautilus belong to?
Bivalvia
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
Cnidaria
How do bivalves eat?
Filter feeders
Radula
Tentacles
Which part of the mollusc body contains the group of organs?
Foot
Visceral Mass
Trochophore
Mantle
Which class of molluscs include clams, scallops, and mussels?
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
Which class of molluscs include squid, cuttlefish and octopus?
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
The oldest and thickest part of the bivalve shell is called the _____.
periostracum
operculum
umbo
valve
The larval form of most molluscs.
Trochophore
Chromatophore
Nacreous
Periostracum
The outermost layer of a shell.
Periostracum
Nacreous layer
Prismatic layer
The older larval form of molluscs, before they reach their adult form.
Veliger
Trochophore
Chromatophore
Periostracum
