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Sea Urchin Anatomy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Echinodermata means...

a)

stomach foot

b)

spiny skin

c)

segmented body

d)

jointed foot

2.

The spines on an echinoderm are actually...

a)

part of the skin.

b)

made of chitin.

c)

part of the endoskeleton.

d)

part of the water vascular system.

3.

These structures resemble long suction cups, and are part of the water vascular system.

a)

madreporite

b)

radial canals

c)

tube feet

d)

ampullae

4.

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

5.

Before entering the ring canal, water must pass through the...

a)

stone canal

b)

radial canals

c)

ampullae

d)

tube feet

6.

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

7.

The radial canals are lined with little structures that resemble bulb syringes called...

a)

stone canals

b)

ring canals

c)

madreporites

d)

ampullae

8.

When water pressure is increased in the ampullae, it causes...

a)

death.

b)

an adhesive chemical to be released onto the tube feet.

c)

the arm of the echinoderm to move.

d)

the starfish to get up and walk upright.

9.

Sea urchins are in the same clade as...

a)

sand dollars

b)

sea cucumbers

c)

sea stars

d)

brittle stars

10.

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.

11.

Brittle stars don't have...

a)

arms

b)

a water vascular system

c)

radial canals

d)

tube feet

12.

Brittle stars ALSO don't have...

a)

a complete digestive system.

b)

longer arms than a sea star.

c)

a mouth.

d)

radial canals.

13.

Some sea urchins...

a)

are large enough to eat cruise ships.

b)

can't move.

c)

are flat.

d)

have venomous spines.

14.

Sand dollars and sea urchins both have mouth structures called...

a)

Plato's Closet.

b)

Aristotle's Lantern.

c)

Socrates' Dentures.

d)

Democritus' Facepalm

15.

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

a)

whales.

b)

algae.

c)

the kraken.

d)

sand dollars.

16.

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

a)

algae.

b)

bivalves.

c)

detritus.

d)

air pods.

17.

Sea cucumbers have an endoskeleton made of microscopic bony plates called...

a)

ossicles.

b)

honeycomb.

c)

tube feet.

d)

guard cells.

18.

As a defense mechanism, a sea cucumber will...

a)

throw itself in vinegar to become a sea pickle.

b)

shoot its intestines out of its mouth.

c)

breathe fire.

d)

turn its tube feet into spikes.

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.

Mr. Acree doesn't like it when...

a)

you complete assignments on time.

b)

you show up to class on time.

c)

you're constantly on your phone.

d)

All of the above