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Chapter 17: Invertebrate Animals

Invertebrate Animals

1
Which animal attaches itself to another animal and removes blood?
A)scorpion
B)leech
C)sea anemone
D)coral
2
Which of these is true of animals?
A)Most animals are capable of digesting their food in large chunks.
B)Most animal cells do not have a nucleus.
C)Animals are many-celled organisms.
D)A few animals can make their own food.
3
Young insects' bodies change to adult bodies after they go through __________.
A)regeneration
B)metamorphosis
C)meiosis
D)chemosynthesis
4
Which of these is true of echinoderms?
A)They have heads.
B)They have radial symmetry.
C)They have shells.
D)They have smooth skin.
5
The body shape of a jellyfish is called __________.
A)a hermaphrodite
B)an exoskeleton
C)asymmetrical
D)a medusa
6
Which of these is a cnidarian?
A)conch
B)lobster
C)hydra
D)slug
7
Bivalves are water animals and __________.
A)predators
B)vertebrates
C)echinoderms
D)filter feeders
8
About 97 percent of all animals are __________.
A)crustaceans
B)carnivores
C)asymmetrical
D)invertebrates
9
What does a mollusk use its radula for?
A)to sleep
B)to reproduce
C)to eat
D)to swim
10
Which of these is true?
A)Cephalopods have closed circulatory systems.
B)Cephalopods are sessile.
C)A slug is a cephalopod.
D)All cephalopods have shells.
11
Which of these describes how a sponge eats?
A)They are perennial.
B)They are scavengers.
C)They are filter feeders.
D)They are prokaryotic.
12
Which of these animals has radial symmetry?
A)a jellyfish
B)a sponge
C)a leopard
D)a beetle
13
Segmented worms are __________.
A)arthropods
B)annelids
C)vertebrates
D)echinoderms
14
How is a spider different from a fly?
A)A spider has three pairs of legs, and a fly has four pairs of legs.
B)A spider has two body regions, and a fly has three body regions.
C)A spider is an invertebrate, and a fly is a vertebrate.
D)A spider is a filter feeder, and a fly is a parasite.
15
How does a tapeworm grow?
A)by adding sections behind its head
B)by converting energy from the Sun into food
C)by budding
D)by asexual reproduction
16
Arthropods have __________.
A)jointed appendages
B)sucking disks
C)segmented bodies
D)eight body regions
17
What type of symmetry does a lobster have?
A)trisymmetry
B)asymmetry
C)bilateral symmetry
D)radial symmetry
18
Which of these protects a sponge's body?
A)cartilage
B)skin
C)spicules
D)appendages
19
A mussel is a __________.
A)millipede
B)sponge
C)cnidarian
D)mollusk
20
Flatworms that live in or on their hosts are called __________.
A)echinoderms
B)parasites
C)cephalopods
D)polyps
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