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Phylum Mollusca

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What TYPE of mollusk is this?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

2.

What TYPE of mollusk is this?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

3.

What TYPE of mollusk is this?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

4.

What TYPE of mollusk is this?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

5.

What TYPE of mollusk is this?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

6.

Which TYPE of mollusk is most intelligent?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

7.

Which TYPE of mollusk has two shells?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

8.

Which TYPE of mollusk has ONE or NO shell?

a)

Bivalve

b)

Gastropod

c)

Cephalopod

9.
Which part of the Mollusk body is specialized for burrowing, feeding, and movement?
a)
trochophores
b)
visceral mass
c)
mantle
d)
foot
10.

TRUE or FALSE

Cilia are tiny, hairlike structures found on the gills.

The back and forth movement causes flow of water over the blood vessel rich gills.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

An open circulatory system means that blood is ​ (a)   in a blood vessel. The heart pumps blood into vessels that open into body spaces. First, the blood ​ (b)   before returning to other blood vessels and eventually to the heart.

Choose from the below words
not always
always
flows into the vessels
washes over organs
12.

What are some key characteristics of mollusks?

a)

radial symmetry

b)

soft, unsegmented bodies that may/may not have a shell

c)

bilateral symmetry

d)

two-way digestive system

e)

one-way digestive system

13.

Match the body structure to its function

foot

thin layer of tissue covers organs

gills

protective structure

shell

for crawling, digging, capturing prey

mantle

removes oxygen from water

14.

What is the meaning of Gastropod?

a)

Soft-bodied

b)

Stomach-footed

c)

Head-footed

d)

Two-shelled

15.
All gastropods have shells
a)
true
b)
false
16.
Radula is used to _________. 
a)
scrape food from surfaces
b)
regulate water flow
c)
digest food
d)
gas exchange
17.
Mollusk's tongue-like strip covered with teeth that point backward is called the ____
a)
trochopore
b)
radula
c)
gills
d)
visceral mass
18.
How do Bivalves eat?
a)
Filter feeders
b)
Radula
c)
Tentacles
19.
What type of circulatory system do most Molluscs have?
a)
Open
b)
Closed
20.
Octopus cannot...
a)
hear
b)
taste
c)
touch
d)
smell
21.
Why do you think octopuses have the name octopus? 
a)
because they have 8 eyes
b)
because they have 3 hearts 
c)
because they have suckers
d)
Because they have 8 tentackles