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Complex Animals: Annelids and Arthropods

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earthworms and leeches are annelids.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Which percentage of all known animal species are arthropods?

a)

60%

b)

70%

c)

80%

d)

90%

3.

One of the most important adaptations that contributes to animal complexity is...

a)

segmentation

b)

metamorphosis

c)

molting

d)

photosynthesis

4.

When did the earliest ancestor of all segmented animals (including us) live?

a)

10 thousand years ago

b)

3 billon years ago

c)

600 million years ago

d)

100 years ago

5.

How are earthworms useful to the environment and us?

a)

They fertilize soil.

b)

They allow water and air to enter soil.

c)

They decompose.

d)

They produce oxygen.

e)

They destroy harmful insects.

6.

This animal is a parasite.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

How is the middle segment of an insect called?

a)

head

b)

thorax

c)

abdomen

d)

appendage

8.

How is hard outer coating of arthropods, made of chitin, called?

a)

exoskeleton

b)

endoskeleton

c)

cephalothorax

d)

plesiomorphy

9.

What is the meaning behind the name of phylum Arthropoda?

a)

Jointed feet

b)

Many feet

c)

Thin feet

d)

Segmented feet

10.

Arachnids have a cephalothorax, which means they have...

a)

combined head and thorax

b)

combined thorax and abdomen

c)

no wings attached to thorax

d)

abdomen before thorax

11.

Subgroup of Arthropoda called Myriapoda includes...

a)

Centipedes

b)

Millipedes

c)

Insects

d)

Arachnids

e)

Crustaceans

12.

There is more species of insects than all other animals combined.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Scientists believe that insects have split from their __________________ relatives 410 million years ago.

a)

arachnid

b)

crustacean

c)

myriapod

d)

annelid

14.

How were certain insects that lived 320 million years ago able to grow to extreme sizes?

a)

More oxygen in atmosphere

b)

Fewer predators on land

c)

Better climate than now

d)

Less heat and radiation

15.

Many insect species have coevolved (evolved together) with...

a)

flowering plants

b)

mosses and lichens

c)

mushrooms

d)

birds and mammals

16.

Just like bats and birds, insects develop their wings from front walking legs.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Partial metamorphosis involves multiple stages of young that are quite similar to adults. They are called...

a)

nymphs

b)

larvae

c)

hexapods

d)

worms

18.

What is the name of a stage of complete metamorphosis in which an insect is closed in a protective case where it changes completely?

a)

Pupa

b)

Larva

c)

Nymph

d)

Thorax

19.

Select all examples of crustaceans.

a)

Scorpion

b)

Lobster

c)

Barnacle

d)

Crab

e)

Shrimp

20.

Lobsters and crayfish have _____ pairs of appendages that serve many different purposes.

a)

14

b)

19

c)

24

d)

29