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Cnidaria

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cnidarians have...

a)

No symmetry

b)

Radial symmetry

c)

Bilateral symmetry

2.

How many cell layers do cnidarians have?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

3.

What is the "hollow gut" of a cnidarian?

a)

polyp

b)

gastrovascular cavity

c)

mesoglea

d)

cnidocyte

4.

True or False: Cnidarians do not have a central nervous system.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

How are nervous responses in cnidarians controlled?

a)

by their gastrovascular cavity

b)

through the mesoglea

c)

by the nerve net

d)

through the filaments in their nematocysts

6.

True or False: All cnidarians are sessile.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which part of a cnidarian's body is waste dispelled from?

a)

the gastrodermis

b)

the tentacles

c)

the mesoglea

d)

the gastrovascular cavity

8.

What part of a cnidarian's body allows them to capture/kill their prey?

a)

the epidermis

b)

the polyp

c)

the nematocysts

d)

the nerve net

9.

What life stage follows directly after the planula stage?

a)

the zygote stage

b)

the young medusa stage

c)

the bastula stage

d)

the polyp stage

10.

What body type does this cnidarian possess?

a)

Polyp

b)

Medusa

11.

What body type does this cnidarian posses?

a)

Polyp

b)

Medusa

12.

Cnidarians include which of the following?

a)

anemones and coral

b)

jellyfish

c)

hydra

d)

box jellies

13.

The layer that lines the inner surface of the gastrovascular cavity is called the

a)

mesoglea

b)

gastrodermis

c)

epidermis

d)

cnidodermis

14.

This picture shows

a)

muscles of polyp

b)

nematocysts of polyp

c)

nerve net of polyp

d)

brain of a polyp

15.

Cnidarians display which of the following?

a)

cells

b)

tissues

c)

organs

d)

organ systems

16.

The larva of Cnidarians are called

a)

amphiblast

b)

planula

c)

gemmules

d)

polyp

17.

This type of budding results in an 8-armed free moving ephrae.

a)

gemmulation

b)

colonial buds

c)

sexual reproduction

d)

strobiliation

18.

What is the most deadly cnidarian?

a)

Anemone

b)

Box jellyfish

c)

Hydra

d)

Portuguese Man-of-War

19.

Cnidarians are named after __________, the stinging cells found in their tentacles.

a)

cnidocytes

b)

cnidocils

c)

nematocysts

d)

cniliocysts

20.

When the _________ is triggered, the operculum opens on the cnidocyte.

a)

cnidocil

b)

barb

c)

nematocyst

d)

cnidocyte

21.

All jellyfish belong to phylum ____________.

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Hydrozoa

c)

Anthozoa

d)

Scyphozoa

22.

All of the following animals belong to phylum Cnidaria EXCEPT:

a)

jellyfish

b)

anemones

c)

corals

d)

octopuses

23.

The _______________ is where the barb and thread are stored until the cnidocyte is triggered.

a)

nematocyst

b)

cnidocil

c)

operculum

d)

overture

24.

Animals in the phylum Cnidaria do not have brains. Instead, they have ________ _______ that conduct signals throughout their bodies.

a)

nerve nets

b)

nerve maps

c)

nerve pathways

d)

nerve roads

25.

A jellyfish is covered in an outer layer of cells called the epidermis. Within the epidermis is the ____________, which is the jelly-like interior of the animal.

a)

mesoglea

b)

rhopalium

c)

brachial tentacle

d)

manubrium

26.

The epidermis is made of epitheliomuscular cells and interstitial cells. Which one is responsible for movement?

a)

epitheliomuscular

b)

interstitial

c)

both

d)

neither

27.

What is another name for the endoderm in Cnidarians?

a)

epidermis

b)

mesoglea

c)

gastrodermis

d)

cnidocil

28.

Which of the following is a key evolutionary advance from Porifera?

a)

being sessile

b)

having cells

c)

being a carnivore

d)

extracellular digestion

29.

Cnidarians are venomous

a)

true

b)

false

30.

The nerve net can sense

a)

gravity

b)

chemicals

c)

light

d)

touch

31.

H

a)

endoderm

b)

ectoderm

c)

cnidocyte

d)

tentacle

32.

I

a)

endoderm

b)

ectoderm

c)

cnidocyte

d)

tentacle

33.

K

a)

Mouth

b)

Anus

c)

Mouth/anus

d)

pore