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WorksheetsMolluscs and Arthropods
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
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.
Calcium Carbonate
Radula
Foot
Mantle
Ctenidia
This is the outer layer of skin on molluscs, and is responsible for excreting the substance that forms the mollusc's shell (if present).
Radula
Mantle
Foot
Ctenidia
Cockle
The shell of a mollusc is made out of what compound?
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium Phosphate
Calcium
Iron Phosphate
Strontium Chloride
The Latin term for stomach-foot is ____.
Mollusca
Gastropod
Cephalopod
Gustoflagella
Limpepodia
Molluscs that have 2 shells are members of the class
gastropods
bivalves
cephalopods
How do bivalves eat?
Filter feeders
Radula
Tentacles
These molluscs have a head and a modified foot that are now arms or tentacles.
Cephalopods
Nudibranches
Gastropods
Bivalves
Ctenidia
What class of molluscs does the nautilus belong to?
Bivalvia
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
Cnidaria
What does the term mollusca mean in Latin?
Soft-bodied
Hard-bodied
Foot
Slimy
Seafloor
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of arthropods?
Exoskeleton
Jointed appendages
Segmented body
Endoskeleton
Since the exoskeleton limits the growth of arthropods, they have to shed their exoskeletons and form a new one. This is called ____.
defecating
molting
morphing
excreting
Male crabs have a ____ -shaped abdomen while a female crabs abdomen is ____ -shaped
U;V
W;C
V;U
T;U
Decapods have ______ legs.
8
10
12
20
The term 'arthropod' literally means
bent leg
jointed foot
bent foot
jointed skeleton
Which of the following is not a decapod?
Crab
Lobster
Shrimp
Barnacle
