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Chordate

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1-The nerve cord of chordates develops from a plate of ………..?

a)

ectoderm

b)

Endoderm

c)

Mesoderm

2.

2-the ……………. provides support “it acts like our backbone”and increases swimming efficiency.

a)

Pharyngeal slits

b)

Postanal tail

c)

Nerve cord

d)

notochord

3.

3-Present only in the embryos of vertebrate chordate where a bony structures called ……………….. develop near the notochord and eventually replace it during embryogenesis.

a)

Postanal tail

b)

Notochord

c)

Vertebrae

4.

4-The …………… Pairs of opening through the pharynx.

a)

Notochord

b)

Pharyngeal slits

c)

Postanal tail

d)

Nerve chord

5.

5-In ……………………… notochord is a buccal diverticulum called a …………..………meaning “mouth-cord”

a)

1.Chephalochor 2.stomochord

b)

1.hemichordate 2.stomochord

6.

6-…………………. are marine animals formerly

WAS considered a subphylum of chordates,

based on their possession of gill slits

and a rudimentary notochord

a)

Hemichordata

b)

Cephalochordata

c)

Urochordata

d)

Vertebrata

7.

7-Body of Hemichordata divided into

1-proboscis,

2-……………….

3-and trunk

(a)  

8.

8-In hemichordata buccal diverticulum in the posterior part of ……………...

a)

proboscis

b)

Trunk

c)

Collar

9.

9- In hemichordata class of ……………….. is free-moving and have burrowing habits?

a)

Pterobranchs

b)

Enteropneusta

10.

10- In hemichordata.The digestive system is …………….?

a)

None of them

b)

All the below

c)

incomplete

d)

complete

11.

12-in Hemichordata Colonies form by 1-……………………….. in pterobranchs and 2-………………… in enteropneusts.

a)

1-asexual budding 2-sexual fragmentation

b)

1-asexual budding 2-asexual fragmentation

c)

1-sexual budding 2-asexual fragmentation

d)

1-asexual fragmentation 2-asexual budding

12.

13-In hemichordata A 1-…………….. glomerulus connected to blood vessels may have excretory function and is considered a 2-……………...

a)

1- single 2-metanephridium

b)

1-pairs 2-metanephridium

13.

14- acorn worm is type of class ………….?

a)

Enteropneusta

b)

Pterobranchs

14.

16-Write the two common genera in class Enteropneusta

4 lines
15.

15-Hemichordates are largely ……………… feeders.

a)

human

b)

ciliary-mucus

16.

17-Fertilization is ……………. in Class Enteropneusta

a)

external

b)

Internal

17.

18-Many individuals of ………………… live together in collagenous tubes, which often form an anastomosing system.

a)

Atubaria

b)

Rhabdopleura

c)

Cephalodiscus

18.

19-In Cephalodiscus At the proboscis base are …………………….. of branching arms with tentacles containing an extension of the coelomic compartment of the mesosome, as in a lophophore.

a)

100 to 110 pairs

b)

5 to 9 pairs

c)

1 to 4 pairs

19.

20-In …………………. which is smaller than Cephalodiscus, individuals remain together to form a colony of zooids connected by a stolon and enclosed in secreted tubes.

a)

Rhabdopleura

b)

Atubaria

20.

Write the Only three genera of class Pterobranchs

4 lines
21.

Phylum Chordata is divided into three subphyla writer them down

4 lines
22.

write the four key characters of chordates.

4 lines
23.

“Hint:)” •Is one of the characters of chordata:

………………… projecting beyond the anus at some stage but may or may not persist.

(a)  

24.

notochord is mainly composed of…………?

a)

musculature

b)

fibrous nerves

c)

fibrous connective tissue

d)

subepithelial tissues