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Marine Invertebrates

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This animal exhibits...

a)

Bilateral Symmetry

b)

Radial Symmetry

c)

No Symmetry

2.

This organism exhibits...

a)

No symmetry

b)

Bilateral symmetry

c)

Radial symmetry

3.

What does it mean when an organism is hermaphroditic?

a)

They produce female gametes

b)

They produce both male and female gametes

c)

They produce male gametes

d)

They produce no gametes

4.

Which phylum does an octopus belong in?

a)

Porifer

b)

Cnidaria

c)

Mollusca

d)

Arthropoda

5.

Which phylum does this anemone belong in?

a)

Porifer

b)

Cnidaria

c)

Mollusca

d)

Arthropoda

6.

Which phylum does this crab belong to?

a)

Porifera

b)

Cnidaria

c)

Platyhelminthes

d)

Arthropoda

7.

Sponges "eat" by moving water through the small pores and out the larger pore at the top while the "food" is transported by collar cells. This is an example of what feeding strategy?

a)

carnivore

b)

suspension feeding

c)

filter-feeding

d)

detritivore

8.

This sandcastle worm uses its feeding tentacles to catch food particles suspended in the water. What is the name of this feeding strategy?

a)

detritivore

b)

carnivore

c)

filter-feeding

d)

suspension feeding

9.

This sunflower seastar feeds by pushing its stomach out and using stomach acids to dissolve the clam. Since it is feeding on another organism, what feeding strategy would this be?

a)

detritivore

b)

carnivore

c)

filter-feeding

d)

suspension feeding

10.

This person is holding a very small worm on their finger. This worms body is very flat. What phylum does it belong to?

a)

Porifera

b)

Cnidaria

c)

Mollusca

d)

Platyhelminthes

11.

Which phylum does this sea star belong to?

a)

Echinoderm

b)

Arthropoda

c)

Nematoda

d)

Platyhelminthes

12.

Which of these animal phyla have complete digestive systems? (you can choose more than one)

a)

Porifera

b)

Annelida

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Mollusca

13.

In which phylum did organs and organ systems first appear?

a)

Annelida

b)

Nematoda

c)

Porifera

d)

Platyhelminthes

14.

An organism that lives attached to a surface or the bottom of the ocean is __________.

a)

sessile

b)

motile

c)

planktonic

d)

hydrophilic

15.

Which terms below describe the two body forms of cnidarians?

a)

polyp

b)

benthic

c)

medusa

d)

neritic