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CHAPTER 28 - WHAT IS AN ANIMAL?

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All animals are ___________________ because they obtain energy and nutrients from other sources.

a)

autotrophic

b)

heterotrophic

c)

omnivores

d)

carnivores

2.

A(n) _______________________________ is an animal without a backbone.

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

c)

fish

d)

mammal

3.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of animals?

a)

cells with cell walls

b)

multicellular organisms

c)

are consumers

d)

break down food

4.

An animal with a backbone is a(n) __________________________.

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

c)

insect

d)

arachnid

5.

Animals that have a body cavity between the endoderm and mesoderm are ____________________ animals.

a)

acoelomate

b)

pseudocoelomate

c)

coelomate

d)

sessile

6.

In a process called _____________________, the unicellular zygote of a sea urchin divides to form two new cells.

a)

gastrulation

b)

hatching

c)

molting

d)

cleavage

7.

What is the earliest developmental stage of an embryo?

a)

gastrula

b)

zygote

c)

blastula

d)

endoderm

8.

Fishes have one fin along their backs. Because fishes are bilaterally symmetrical, this fin is called the ___________________ fin.

a)

radial

b)

posterior

c)

ventral

d)

dorsal

9.

A _____________________________ is an example of an animal with radial symmetry.

a)

grasshopper

b)

flatworm

c)

hydra

d)

muskrat

10.

Organisms that don't move from place to place are ____________________________ animals.

a)

protostome

b)

desterostome

c)

sessile

d)

acoelomate

11.

Of these, which is NOT an example of a vertebrate animal?

a)

nurse shark

b)

black bear

c)

coral snake

d)

garden spider

12.

The _______________________ is a framework of support on the outside of the body of an animal.

a)

endoskeleton

b)

endoderm

c)

ectoderm

d)

exoskeleton