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Flatworms and Roundworms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Flatworms tend to be smooth and dry.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Roundworms reproduce asexually.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Some roundworms are used to control pests in a garden.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Flatworms are ______________, meaning they lack an internal body cavity.

a)

Coelomates

b)

Pseudocoelomates

c)

Acoelomates

5.

Flame cells move water and _________ from the body of the flatworm.

a)

nutrients

b)

waste

c)

food

d)

fire

6.

Free-living flatworms reproduce _________ by regeneration.

a)

sexually

b)

asexually

c)

slowly

d)

at night

7.

Trichinella worms are passed to a host by eating _____________.

a)

nightcrawlers

b)

calamari

c)

contaminated meat

d)

mosquitos

8.

What is true of both flatworms and roundworms?

a)

They are both acoelomates.

b)

They are both pseudocoelomates.

c)

They both have radial symmetry.

d)

They both have bilateral symmetry.

9.

Which structures are only found in parasitic flatworms?

a)

ganglia

b)

pharynx

c)

eyespots

d)

hooks and suckers

10.

Which organ allows flatworms to excrete waste materials from their bodies?

a)

ganglia

b)

pharynx

c)

flame cell

d)

hook and suckers

11.

Schistosomiasis is a disease that humans can contract from exposure to which type of flatworm?

a)

trichinella worms

b)

turbellarian

c)

trematodes

d)

cestodes

12.

When cattle contract a tapeworm, what have they most likely consumed?

a)

water infected by trematodes

b)

grass that contains proglottid sections

c)

soil particles that contain turbellarians

d)

raw or undercookded pork

13.

How do humans usually contract hookworms?

a)

eating undercooked pork

b)

going barefoot in contaminated soil

c)

eating unwashed vegetables

d)

not washing their hands

14.

How is trichinosis transmitted?

a)

eating contaminated meat

b)

swimming in contaminated water

c)

drinking contaminated water

d)

receiving a mosquito bite

15.

Why are certain nematodes useful in controlling animal pests?

a)

They are parasites.

b)

They are predators.

c)

They are symbionts.

d)

They are competitors.

16.

Flatworms are ____________ because they produce both eggs and sperm.

a)

healthy

b)

hairy

c)

horny

d)

hermaphrodites

17.

The Rotifers are named after their _________ because it rotates to circulate food into the mouth.

a)

body

b)

ciliated mouth-parts

c)

tail

d)

how they move

18.

Roundworms have ___________ symmetry.

a)

Radial

b)

Bilateral

c)

no

19.

A roundworm is able to move because the ______________ acts as a hydrostatic skeleton to provide support for the muscles to work against.

a)

coelom

b)

pseudocoelom

c)

true body cavity

20.

Infection by ___________ can be transmitted by scratching the infected area, often around the anus.

a)

Hookworms

b)

Filarial worms

c)

Pinworms

d)

Ascarid worms