WorksheetsAnimal Reproduction, Structure , and reproductin
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
Match each type of asexual reproduction to the correct description: Internal buds that help sponges survive harsh conditions.
Budding
Gemmules
Fragmentation
Fission and regeneration
Parthenogenesis
Match each type of asexual reproduction to the correct description: The process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a complete individual.
Budding
Gemmules
Fragmentation
Fission and regeneration
Parthenogenesis
Match each type of asexual reproduction to the correct description: The unequal division of an organism causing an outgrowth which may eventually fall off and form into a new organism.
Budding
Gemmules
Fragmentation
Fission and regeneration
Parthenogenesis
Match each type of asexual reproduction to the correct description: When the body of the organism breaks into two or more parts, each of which will form a new organism.
Budding
Gemmules
Fragmentation
Fission and regeneration
Parthenogenesis
Match each type of asexual reproduction to the correct description: Wound healing mechanism and type of asexual reproduction; when a piece of the organism is detached, it can grow and sometimes develop into a completely new individual.
Budding
Gemmules
Fragmentation
Fission and regeneration
Parthenogenesis
Match each word to the correct description: Animals with three germ layers.
Triploblast
Dioecious
Diploblast
External fertilization
Internal fertilization
Match each word to the correct description: Animals with two germ layers.
Meiosis
External fertilization
Internal fertilization
Dioecious
Diploblast
Match each word to the correct description: Describes animal species having separate sexes.
Dioecious
Meiosis
Internal fertilization
Diploblast
External fertilization
Match each word to the correct description: Describes animal species that have both male and female reproductive organs in same organism.
External fertilization
Diploblast
Internal fertilization
Monoecious
Dioecious
Match each word to the correct description: Release of gametes into surrounding water.
External fertilization
Dioecious
Diploblast
Meiosis
Internal fertilization
Match each word to the correct description: Type of cell division used after fertilization to form new organism.
Mitosis
Dioecious
Diploblast
External fertilization
Internal fertilization
Match each word to the correct description: Type of cell division used to form gametes.
External fertilization
Meiosis
Diploblast
Dioecious
Internal fertilization
Match each word to the correct description: Union of sperm and egg that takes place inside the female’s body.
Diploblast
Internal fertilization
Meiosis
External fertilization
Dioecious
Requires only one parent.
asexual
sexual
Best suited for animals that living in an unstable, changing environment.
asexual
sexual
Involves the union of gametes.
asexual
sexual
Produces offspring that are genetically identical.
asexual
sexual
Occurs in bacteria, unicellular eukaryotes, and in many invertebrate phyla.
asexual
sexual
May cause animals to have to change their usual pattern of activity.
asexual
sexual
Used by many sessile organisms.
asexual
sexual
Soon after fertilization, the zygote undergoes a series of rapid cell divisions. This is called ________.
Meiosis
Gastrulation
Organogenesis
Cleavage
The solid ball of cells that results from the dividing zygote is called ________.
Blastula
Morula
Gastrula
Blastomere
During cleavage, each cell in the embryo is called a ________.
Blastula
Blastopore
Blastomere
Morula
The stage that results in three germ layers and a primitive gut is the ________.
Blastula
Morula
Gastrula
Blastomere
Radial cleavage is found primarily in which group?
Protostomes
Deuterostomes
Both groups
Neither group
Early in cleavage, a cell breaks off and becomes isolated. It grows into an entire separate individual. This is an example of ________.
Mosaic development found in Protostomes
Mosaic development found in Deuterostomes
Regulative development found in Protostomes
Regulative development found in Deuterostomes
The blastopore will become the mouth in ________.
Protostomes
Deuterostomes
Both groups
Neither group
Most protostomes show this type of coelom formation where a band of mesoderm splits to form the:
Enterocoelous
Schizocoelous
Pseudocoelom
Acoelom
Different kinds of symmetry make it possible for animals to:
Grow very large
Move and find food in different ways
Survive when cut into pieces
Live a long time
If you divided a radially symmetrical animal along any plane through its central axis, you would end up with:
Roughly equal halves
Top and bottom halves
Front and back halves
Three pieces
Which of the following animals is NOT radially symmetrical?
hydra
spider
sea urchin
sea star
The embryonic layer that forms the excretory and reproductive systems is the:
Endoderm
Mesoderm
Exoderm
Ectoderm
The embryonic layer that forms the skin and nervous tissue is the:
Endoderm
Mesoderm
Exoderm
Ectoderm
The animal’s digestive tract forms from the:
Endoderm
Mesoderm
Exoderm
Ectoderm
The embryonic layer that forms the circulatory and musculoskeletal systems is the:
Endoderm
Mesoderm
Exoderm
Ectoderm
Animals with bilateral symmetry find food and mates and avoid predators more efficiently because they have:
Body cavities
Arms, Legs, and Tails
More muscular control
The ability to see in all directions
Social insects, such as wasps, bees, and ants, often use this type of reproduction:
Sexual
Budding
Gemmules
Parthenogenesis
Hermaphroditism is commonly found among animals that are:
Sessile
Burrowing
Endoparasitic
All of the above
Simultaneous hermaphrodites are animals that:
Begin life as a female, but then become male
Begin life as a male, but then become female
Both donate and receive sperm during mating
Both donate and receive eggs during mating
The male gonad which produces sperm is the:
Penis
Testes
Prostate gland
Cowper's gland
The female gonad which produces eggs is the:
Uterus
Cervix
Placenta
Ovaries
The union of male and female gametes to form a zygote is called:
Fertilization
Neurulation
Pollination
Morphogenesis
A sexual union to facilitate the reception of sperm by a female is:
Fertilization
Differentiation
Copulation
Cephalization
Once the egg is fertilized, activation of the egg occurs and rapid changes result. All of the following changes occur EXCEPT:
Hardening of the egg lining
Swelling of the sperm nucleus
Decreased rate of protein synthesis
Increased rate of cellular respiration
The hollow, fluid-filled ball of cells that forms during embryological development is:
Blastula
Morula
Gastrula
Neurula
The fluid-filled cavity inside the hollow ball of cells is called the:
Archenteron
Blastocoel
Enterocoelous
Schizocoelous
This type of cell cleavage has the potential to result in twins:
regulative development
mosaic development
cystic development
A sea anemone’s gastrovascular cavity is an example of a _________. Blind gut because it has only one opening
regulative development
Digestive tract because it has two openings
True stomach because it is an advanced digestive organ
Complete gut because it includes both a mouth and anus
All of the following are considered protostomes EXCEPT:
Annelids
Arthropods
Echinoderms
Mollusks
A true body cavity completely surrounded by mesoderm is
Acoelom
Coelom
Pseudocoelom
Tricoelom
Which group of animals lacks a body cavity and are considered acoelomates:
Flatworms
Roundworms
Segmented worms
Humans
The majority of animals on the planet
Have a backbone and are vertebrates
Lack a backbone and are invertebrates
Have a backbone and are chordates
Lack a backbone and are invertebrate chordates
Having sensory organs concentrated at the anterior end of the body is referred to as
Neuralation
Justification
Specialization
Cephalization
Clownfish start out their lives as males, and then change into females later in their development. This is called
Simultaneous hermaphroditism
Bipolar hermaphroditism
Sequential hermaphroditism
Reverse hermaphroditism
When coral or fish give off sperm and eggs for sexual reproduction, it is called
Spawning
Basking
Copulation
Amplexus
Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Circle whether each type of animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate. Amphibian
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Circle whether each type of animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate. Annelid
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Circle whether each type of animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate. Bird
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Circle whether each type of animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate. Crustacean
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Circle whether each type of animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate. Echinoderm
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Circle whether each type of animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate. Fish
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Circle whether each type of animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate. Mollusk
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Circle whether each type of animal is a vertebrate or invertebrate. Reptile
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
