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Invertebrates Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

type of digestion in which food is broken down outside the cells in a digestive system and then absorbed

(a)  

2.

lack of symmetry

(a)  

3.

fertilization of an egg by sperm that occurs inside the body of a female

(a)  

4.

Body plan in which only a single, imaginary line can divide the body into two equal halves.

(a)  

5.

exoskeleton

a)

A body covering, typically made of chitin, that provides support and protection, to which muscles attach

b)

concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of an animal's body (having something resembling a "head")

c)

An animal that possesses a true coelom (a body cavity lined by tissue completely derived from mesoderm).

d)

internal skeleton that supports the organisms and to which muscles attach

6.

Coelomate

a)

A body covering, typically made of chitin, that provides support and protection, to which muscles attach

b)

concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of an animal's body (having something resembling a "head")

c)

An animal that possesses a true coelom (a body cavity lined by tissue completely derived from mesoderm).

d)

internal skeleton that supports the organisms and to which muscles attach

7.

Cephalization

a)

A body covering, typically made of chitin, that provides support and protection, to which muscles attach

b)

concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of an animal's body (having something resembling a "head")

c)

An animal that possesses a true coelom (a body cavity lined by tissue completely derived from mesoderm).

d)

internal skeleton that supports the organisms and to which muscles attach

8.

Endoskeleton

a)

A body covering, typically made of chitin, that provides support and protection, to which muscles attach

b)

concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of an animal's body (having something resembling a "head")

c)

An animal that possesses a true coelom (a body cavity lined by tissue completely derived from mesoderm).

d)

internal skeleton that supports the organisms and to which muscles attach

9.

blood is circulated through vessels to different organs in the body - cells never come into direct contact with blood

a)

Cephalization

b)

Closed circulation

c)

Extracellular digestion

d)

Open circulation

10.

An animal whose body cavity is not completely lined by mesoderm

a)

Radial symmetry

b)

Pseudocoelomate

c)

Bilateral symmetry

d)

Coelomate

11.

Blood does not circulate through vessels but washes through the system

a)

Cephalization

b)

Closed circulation

c)

Open circulation

d)

Endoskeleton

12.

A fluid-filled internal cavity that provides structure and support surrounded by muscle tissue

a)

hydrostatic skeleton

b)

intracellular digestion

c)

acoelomate

d)

internal fertilization

13.

The process by which the female lays eggs and the male fertilizes them once they are outside the female is internal fertilization.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

The process in which food is digested inside individual cells is extracellular digestion.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

A solid bodied animal lacking a cavity between the gut and outer body wall is an acoelomate.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

A body plan in which body parts repeat around the center of the body is radial symmetry.

a)

true

b)

false