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Unit 6 Rocky Coasts

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of symmetry do crustaceans have?

a)

Bilateral

b)

Radial

c)

None

2.

All crustaceans:

a)

Have an exoskeleton

b)

Have 10 appendages

c)

Reproduce internally

d)

Have an internal skeleton

3.
What does the term echinoderm mean?
a)
tube feet
b)
star shaped
c)
spiny skin
d)
stomach foot
4.
What type of skeleton do echinoderms have?
a)
Exoskeleton
b)
Hydrostatic skeleton
c)
Endoskeleton
d)
Mesenteric skeleton
5.

A species that plays a critical role in the health, maintenance, growth, or definition of an ecosystem.

a)

keystone

b)

invasive

c)

engineer

d)

predator

6.

Competition for which resource is a dominant factor in the rocky intertidal zone?

a)

food

b)

light

c)

oxygen

d)

space

7.

Which is considered a keystone predator in the middle intertidal zone?

a)

birds

b)

crabs

c)

limpets

d)

sea stars

8.

submerged only at high tide

a)

splash zone

b)

lower shore

c)

upper shore

9.

The Splash Zone can be described as

a)

Lies between medium and low tide

b)

Lies between high and low tide

c)

just above the high tide mark, very salt tolerant

d)

Never receives water

10.

Organisms of the intertidal zone must be able to withstand desiccation.  In other words, these organisms:

a)

Attach themselves to rocks

b)

Experience drastic changes in temperature

c)

Withstand periods without food

d)

Withstand drying out

11.

Identify the independent variable.

a)

Number of push ups

b)

Day of the week

12.

Identify the dependent variable.

a)

Number of students

b)

Month of the year

13.

Ecosystem found on marine shorelines alternating between high and low tide

a)

Abyssal Zone

b)

Coral Reef

c)

Intertidal Zone

d)

Open Ocean

14.

What Phylum do crustaceans belong to?

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Porifera

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Echinodermata

15.

Identify the type of symmetry starfish have.

a)

radial

b)

bilateral

c)

asymmetry

16.

Identify the type of symmetry crustaceans have.

a)

radial

b)

bilateral

c)

asymmetry

17.

Identify a characteristic of Bivalves

a)

one shell

b)

no shell

c)

two shells

18.

What is the ecological importance of mollusks (particularly bivalves)?

a)

They are apex predators

b)

They are detritovores

c)

They are filter feeders

d)

They are not important

19.

Why are coastal areas important?

a)

They provide habitat for many organisms..

b)

They are highly polluted ecosystems

c)

They are facing a barrage of threats

d)

They are not important.

20.

Which statement best describes zonation?

a)

Ecosystems collapse because different zones of habitat have been destroyed for urban development.

b)

species are spaced vertically in order to reduce competition for resources.

c)

Different zones in the ocean have different temperatures.

d)

Organisms are randomly arranged in an ecosystem with no pattern.