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Mollusc Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term mollusca mean in Latin?

a)

Soft-bodied

b)

Hard-bodied

c)

Foot

d)

Slimy

e)

Seafloor

2.

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.

a)

Calcium Carbonate

b)

Radula

c)

Foot

d)

Mantle

e)

Ctenidia

3.

The shell of a mollusc is made out of what compound?

a)

Calcium Carbonate

b)

Calcium Phosphate

c)

Calcium

d)

Iron Phosphate

e)

Strontium Chloride

4.

This is the outer fold of skin on molluscs, and is responsible for excreting the substance that forms the mollusc's shell.

a)

Radula

b)

Mantle

c)

Foot

d)

Ctenidia

e)

Cockle

5.

This appendage of the mollusc is used for movement and grasping.

a)

Foot

b)

Mantle

c)

Radula

d)

Ctenidia

e)

Limpet

6.

These molluscs are laterally compressed, have a hinged shell, and live on the ocean floor.

a)

Bivalves

b)

Gastropods

c)

Cephalopods

d)

Mollusca

e)

Limpets

7.

These molluscs have a head and a modified foot that are now arms or tentacles.

a)

Cephalopods

b)

Nudibranches

c)

Gastropods

d)

Bivalves

e)

Ctenidia

8.

Squids and other cephalopods can reach up to 20 mph due to what feature?

a)

Jet Propulsion

b)

Quick Buoyancy

c)

Chromatophores

d)

Ctenidia

e)

Olfaction

9.

Cephalopods use these colored pigment cells that can contract and expand in order to produce colors, textures and patterns.

a)

Chromatophores

b)

Ctenidia

c)

Olfactory Receptors

d)

Radulations

e)

Mantle Pores

10.

The Latin term for stomach-foot is ____.

a)

Mollusca

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

d)

Gustoflagella

e)

Limpepodia

11.
The inner layer of a mollusc shell is called the ______ layer.
a)
prismatic
b)
nacreous
c)
periostracum
d)
mantle
12.

What type of symmetry do molluscs have?

a)

Asymmetrical

b)

Bilateral

c)

Radial

13.

What class of molluscs does the snail belong to?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

14.

What class of molluscs does the nautilus belong to?

a)

Bivalvia

b)

Gastropoda

c)

Cephalopoda

d)

Cnidaria

15.

How do bivalves eat?

a)

Filter feeders

b)

Radula

c)

Tentacles

16.

Which part of the mollusc body contains the group of organs?

a)

Foot

b)

Visceral Mass

c)

Trochophore

d)

Mantle

17.

Which class of molluscs include clams, scallops, and mussels?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

18.

Which class of molluscs include squid, cuttlefish and octopus?

a)

Gastropoda

b)

Bivalvia

c)

Cephalopoda

19.

The oldest and thickest part of the bivalve shell is called the _____.

a)

periostracum

b)

operculum

c)

umbo

d)

valve

20.

The larval form of most molluscs.

a)

Trochophore

b)

Chromatophore

c)

Nacreous

d)

Periostracum

21.

The outermost layer of a shell.

a)

Periostracum

b)

Nacreous layer

c)

Prismatic layer

22.

The older larval form of molluscs, before they reach their adult form.

a)

Veliger

b)

Trochophore

c)

Chromatophore

d)

Periostracum