WorksheetsFlatworms and Roundworms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Flatworms tend to be smooth and dry.
True
False
Roundworms reproduce asexually.
True
False
Some roundworms are used to control pests in a garden.
True
False
Flatworms are ______________, meaning they lack an internal body cavity.
Coelomates
Pseudocoelomates
Acoelomates
Flame cells move water and _________ from the body of the flatworm.
nutrients
waste
food
fire
Free-living flatworms reproduce _________ by regeneration.
sexually
asexually
slowly
at night
Trichinella worms are passed to a host by eating _____________.
nightcrawlers
calamari
contaminated meat
mosquitos
What is true of both flatworms and roundworms?
They are both acoelomates.
They are both pseudocoelomates.
They both have radial symmetry.
They both have bilateral symmetry.
Which structures are only found in parasitic flatworms?
ganglia
pharynx
eyespots
hooks and suckers
Which organ allows flatworms to excrete waste materials from their bodies?
ganglia
pharynx
flame cell
hook and suckers
Schistosomiasis is a disease that humans can contract from exposure to which type of flatworm?
trichinella worms
turbellarian
trematodes
cestodes
When cattle contract a tapeworm, what have they most likely consumed?
water infected by trematodes
grass that contains proglottid sections
soil particles that contain turbellarians
raw or undercookded pork
How do humans usually contract hookworms?
eating undercooked pork
going barefoot in contaminated soil
eating unwashed vegetables
not washing their hands
How is trichinosis transmitted?
eating contaminated meat
swimming in contaminated water
drinking contaminated water
receiving a mosquito bite
Why are certain nematodes useful in controlling animal pests?
They are parasites.
They are predators.
They are symbionts.
They are competitors.
Flatworms are ____________ because they produce both eggs and sperm.
healthy
hairy
horny
hermaphrodites
The Rotifers are named after their _________ because it rotates to circulate food into the mouth.
body
ciliated mouth-parts
tail
how they move
Roundworms have ___________ symmetry.
Radial
Bilateral
no
A roundworm is able to move because the ______________ acts as a hydrostatic skeleton to provide support for the muscles to work against.
coelom
pseudocoelom
true body cavity
Infection by ___________ can be transmitted by scratching the infected area, often around the anus.
Hookworms
Filarial worms
Pinworms
Ascarid worms
