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Echinoderms

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A network of water filled canals with thousands of tubes connected to it.

a)

tube feet

b)

sea star

c)

water vascular system

d)

endoskeleton

2.

An echinoderm with soft body and a leathery covering.

a)

sea star

b)

sand dollar

c)

sea urchin

d)

sea cucumber

3.

Hollow thin walled tubes that each end in a suction cup

a)

tube feet

b)

tentacles

c)

sand dollar

d)

sea star

4.

An echinoderm with fragile branched arms.

a)

sea star

b)

brittle star

c)

sea urchin

d)

sand dollar

5.

Echinoderms have no head or brain.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Most echinoderms have an open circulatory system.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Sand dollars have radial symmetry.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

A brittle star uses its flexible arms for movement.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

How many species of echinoderms are living today?

a)

3,000

b)

4,000

c)

6,000

d)

5,000

10.

What two echinoderms are able to regenerate?

a)

Sand dollar and sea urchin

b)

brittle star and sea star

11.

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.

12.

Echinodermata means...

a)

stomach foot

b)

spiny skin

c)

segmented body

d)

jointed foot

13.

This structure is responsible for moving water in and out of the water vascular system.

a)

ampullae

b)

madreporite

c)

ring canal

d)

radial canals

14.

This water vascular system structure is centrally located, and acts like the "Grand Central Station" for water being distributed to the arms of an echinoderm.

a)

radial canals

b)

ring canal

c)

madreporite

d)

stone canal

15.

A sea star can eat a bivalve by...

a)

prying open the shell and pulling it out using its tube feet.

b)

swallowing the entire shell with the bivalve inside.

c)

digesting the bivalve by pushing its stomach into its shell.

d)

using its arms to smash the shell on a rock before eating the bivalve inside.

16.

Some sea urchins...

a)

are large enough to eat cruise ships.

b)

can't move.

c)

are flat.

d)

have venomous spines.

17.

Sea urchins use their mouth structure to feed on...

a)

whales.

b)

algae.

c)

the kraken.

d)

sand dollars.

18.

Sand dollars use their mouth structure to feed on...

a)

algae.

b)

bivalves.

c)

detritus.

d)

air pods.

19.

Which of the following lists the correct order in which water travels through the water vascular system?

a)

tube feet, stone canal, madreporite, radial canal, ring canal, ampullae

b)

stone canal, radial canal, ring canal, ampullae, tube feet, madreporite

c)

ring canal, radial canal, ampullae, tube feet, stone canal madreporite

d)

madreporite, stone canal, ring canal, radial canal, ampullae, tube feet

20.

One of the numerous external, fluid-filled muscular tubes of an echinoderm, such as a starfish or sea urchin, serving as organs of locomotion, food handling, and respiration.

a)

TUBE FEET

b)

REGENERATION

c)

FISSION

d)

ECHINOIDEA

21.

Sea stars belong to what Phylum?

a)

Invertebrata

b)

Arthropoda

c)

Nematoda

d)

Echinodermata

22.

Besides sea stars, what are two other members of the echinoderm phylum.

a)

sea cucumbers and sand pennies

b)

sand dollars and sea urchins

c)

sea urchins and sea pickles

23.

Sea stars move by using:

a)

Arms

b)

Tube feet

c)

Ocean currents

24.

Which members of the echinoderm phylum look like pin cushions?

a)

Sea lily

b)

Sea urchin

c)

Sea star

25.

What special ability do sea cucumbers have?

a)

They can re-grow internal organs.

b)

They can use camouflage to hide from predators.

c)

They can out-swim predators.

26.

Echinoderms use their water vascular systems to... (select all that apply)

a)

breathe, transport oxygen

b)

eat, transport nutrients

c)

move using hydraulic tube feet

d)

as a nervous system, to sense the environment

27.

Echinoderms are exclusively _____ animals.

a)

marine

b)

terrestrial

c)

freshwater

d)

all of the above

28.
a)

tube feet

b)

stone canal

c)

digestive glands/pyloric caecum

d)

madreporite

29.

Located at the end of rays, these are used for sensing light variants (shadows)

a)

Spinnacles

b)

Eyespots

c)

Podia

d)

Ampulla

30.

Another name for the arms of a starfish

a)

Rays

b)

Spinicles

c)

Limbs

d)

Extensions

31.

Digestive glands (pyloric caeca) used for absorbing nutrients are located

a)

In the stomach

b)

In the ampulla

c)

In the arms

d)

In the stone canal