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Invertebrates

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Invertebrates are animals
a)
with a backbone
b)
without a backbone
2.

I am an arachnid, have four pairs of legs (8 total), and a body with two sections.

a)
Echinoderm
b)
Arthropod
c)
Annelid
d)
Porifera
3.
I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water.  What am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Arthropod
c)
Echinoderm
d)
Cnidarian
4.
I have a digestive cavity with one opening, and have tentacles.  I am a hydra.
a)
Echinoderm
b)
Cnidarian
c)
Arthropod
d)
Mollusk
5.
I have a hard exoskeleton, a segmented body, pairs of jointed appendages, and live on land and water.  I am a crab.  What is my phylum?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Arthropod
c)
Echinoderm
d)
Cnidarian
6.

To what phylum do I belong?

a)

Echinoderm

b)

Cnidarian

c)

Mollusk

d)

Annelid

7.

A(n) ___________________ is an animal that does not have a backbone.

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

8.

_______________ are animals that are usually sessile or move very little and their bodies are full of holes and filter food from the water

a)

exoskeleton

b)

sponges

c)

arthropod

d)

sea urchins

9.

What type of symmetry does the organism have?

a)

Asymmetrical

b)

Radial

c)

Bilateral

10.

What type of symmetry does the organism have?

a)

Asymmetrical

b)

Radial

c)

Bilateral

11.

What type of symmetry does the organism have?

a)

Asymmetrical

b)

Radial

c)

Bilateral

12.

Which includes ONLY members of the phylum Cnidaria?

a)

Hydra, jellies, coral, clams

b)

Sea anemones, jellies, corals, hydra

c)

Jellies, squid, corals, snails

d)

Corals, hydra, jellies, sea slugs

13.

Corals are plants.

a)

True

b)

False

14.
Can sponges and cnidarians reproduce?
a)
yes
b)
no
15.
Sponges feed by ______ particles out of the water column as it passes through their pores. 
a)
filtering
b)
suspending
c)
consuming
d)
eating
16.

Which phylum does the earthworm belong to?

a)

segmented worms

b)

flatworms

c)

round worms

17.

The earthworm is divided into...

a)

segments

b)

3 parts

c)

groups

d)

categories

18.

This term means arthropods lose their exoskeleton to grow larger

a)

molt

b)

melt

c)

break

d)

slide

19.

Arthropods are the largest group of animals

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What is the hard, outer covering called that covers, supports, and protects the internal body?

a)

Endoskeleton

b)

Molting

c)

Exoskeleton

d)

Appendages

21.

How many legs do insects have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

22.

How many legs do arachnids have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

23.

What are the three main parts of an insect's body?

a)

head, thorax, and abdomen

b)

head, legs, and thorax

c)

claws, legs, and head

d)

head, legs, cepthalorax

24.

What kind of animal is this?

It has 3 main body parts, a pair of antennae, has wings, has 6 legs.

a)

Myriapod

b)

Crustacean

c)

Arachnid

d)

Insect

25.

What process is represented in the diagram?

a)

Evolution

b)

Change

c)

Metamorphosis

d)

Growth

26.

Echinodermata means...

a)

stomach foot

b)

spiny skin

c)

segmented body

d)

jointed foot

27.

The spines on an echinoderm are actually...

a)

part of the skin.

b)

made of chitin.

c)

part of the exoskeleton.

d)

part of the water vascular system.

28.

An echinoderm with five arms arranged around a center point.

a)

sea cucumber

b)

sea star

c)

sand dollar

d)

tube feet

29.

What is the process of regeneration?

a)

When an animal sheds its exoskeleton.

b)

When an animal can clean the ocean floor.

c)

When an animal can regrow a body part.

d)

When an animal recycles plastic bottles and cans.

30.

How does an echinoderm use its water vascular system?

a)

To move and capture food

b)

To sense when food is near

c)

To defend itself against predators

31.
Echinoderms have an internal skeleton and a system of fluid-filled tubes called a(n)...
a)
water vascular system
b)
nervous system
c)
notochord
d)
ampulla
32.

Is this animal a vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

vertebrate because it has a backbone

b)

Vertebrete because it has no backbone

c)

Invertebrate because it has a backnone

d)

Invertebraate because it has no backbones

33.

Which image presents only vertebrates?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

Which image represents an arachnid?

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

Choose the right statement

a)

Crabs, lobsters and Shrimps are examples of crustaceans

b)

Crabs, shrimps and spiders are examples of crustaceans

c)

Crabs, shrimps and octopuses are examples of crustaceans

d)

Crabs, shrimps and centipedes are examples of crustaceans

36.
In what phylum am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Echinoderm
c)
Cnidarian
d)
Annelid
37.

What does it mean when an organism is hermaphroditic?

a)

They produce female gametes

b)

They produce both male and female gametes

c)

They produce male gametes

d)

They produce no gametes

38.

Sponges "eat" by moving water through the small pores and out the larger pore at the top while the "food" is transported by collar cells. This is an example of what feeding strategy?

a)

carnivore

b)

suspension feeding

c)

filter-feeding

d)

detritivore

39.

This sunflower seastar feeds by pushing its stomach out and using stomach acids to dissolve the clam. Since it is feeding on another organism, what feeding strategy would this be?

a)

detritivore

b)

carnivore

c)

filter-feeding

d)

suspension feeding

40.

flat body

a)

cnidarian

b)

insect

c)

flatworm

d)

roundworm

41.

An animal that is attached in one spot and does not move is said to be

a)
motile
b)
sessile
c)
symmetrical
d)
radial
42.
What is Regeneration?
a)
animal eating a plant
b)
ability for an animal to grow a new body part
c)
ability of an animal to grow