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Molluscs and Arthropods

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This file-like ribbon of "teeth" is used by molluscs to scrape algae and other food off of rocks and can even drill through the shells of prey.

a)

Calcium Carbonate

b)

Radula

c)

Foot

d)

Mantle

e)

Ctenidia

2.

This is the outer layer of skin on molluscs, and is responsible for excreting the substance that forms the mollusc's shell (if present).

a)

Radula

b)

Mantle

c)

Foot

d)

Ctenidia

e)

Cockle

3.

The shell of a mollusc is made out of what compound?

a)

Calcium Carbonate

b)

Calcium Phosphate

c)

Calcium

d)

Iron Phosphate

e)

Strontium Chloride

4.

The Latin term for stomach-foot is ____.

a)

Mollusca

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

d)

Gustoflagella

e)

Limpepodia

5.

Molluscs that have 2 shells are members of the class

a)

gastropods

b)

bivalves

c)

cephalopods

6.

How do bivalves eat?

a)

Filter feeders

b)

Radula

c)

Tentacles

7.

These molluscs have a head and a modified foot that are now arms or tentacles.

a)

Cephalopods

b)

Nudibranches

c)

Gastropods

d)

Bivalves

e)

Ctenidia

8.

What class of molluscs does the nautilus belong to?

a)

Bivalvia

b)

Gastropoda

c)

Cephalopoda

d)

Cnidaria

9.

What does the term mollusca mean in Latin?

a)

Soft-bodied

b)

Hard-bodied

c)

Foot

d)

Slimy

e)

Seafloor

10.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of arthropods?

a)

Exoskeleton

b)

Jointed appendages

c)

Segmented body

d)

Endoskeleton

11.

Since the exoskeleton limits the growth of arthropods, they have to shed their exoskeletons and form a new one. This is called ____.

a)

defecating

b)

molting

c)

morphing

d)

excreting

12.

Male crabs have a ____ -shaped abdomen while a female crabs abdomen is ____ -shaped

a)

U;V

b)

W;C

c)

V;U

d)

T;U

13.

Decapods have ______ legs.

a)

8

b)

10

c)

12

d)

20

14.

The term 'arthropod' literally means

a)

bent leg

b)

jointed foot

c)

bent foot

d)

jointed skeleton

15.

Which of the following is not a decapod?

a)

Crab

b)

Lobster

c)

Shrimp

d)

Barnacle