Animals JeopardyAnimal

Characteristics Mollusks

and Echinoderm

Insects and Arthropods

Sponges and Jellyfish

Worms Fish And Frog

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Animals that have no backbone, or vertebral column, are called

a. Invertebrates b. Vertebrates c. Ectoderms

A blastula is a stage in the development of an embryo that consists of a

a. Solid ball of cellsb. Hollow ball of cellsc. Flat sheet of cells

Which of the following animals has an asymmetrical body plan?

a. Jellyfish b. Coral c. Sponge

When an animal zygote undergoes a series of divisions to form a hollow ball

of cells, it is called a(an)

a. Blastula b. Spicule c. Ectoderm

An animal that has distinct left and right sides shows

a. Bilateral symmetry b. Several planes of symmetry c. Radial symmetry

Animals that have a backbone, or vertebral column, are called

a. Vertebrates b. Invertebrates

The opening through which wastes leave a digestive tract is the

a. Mouth b. Coelom c. Anus

Animals that do not have backbones are called

a. Vertebrates b. Invertebrates

Hollow Ball Of Cells

Blastula

Concentration of sense organs and verve cells at the front end of the body

Cephalization

The most active mollusks are the

a. Gastropods b. Cephalopods c. Bivalves

The thin layer of tissue that covers a mollusk’s body is called the

a. Mantle b. Foot c. Visceral mass

A pond snail is an example of a(an)

a. Gastropod b. Flatworm c. Roundworm

The skeleton of an echinoderm is an

a. Exoskeleton made of calcium carbonate b. Exoskeleton made of chitin c. Endoskeleton made of calcium

carbonate

In an echinoderm, the structure that operates like a living suction cup is the

a. Madreporite

b. Tube foot

c. Stomach

The echinoderms that look like warty, moving pickles are

a. Sea urchins

b. Sea cucumbers

c. Sea stars

The foot of most cephalopods is divided into eight or more arms called

a. Chelipeds

b. Mandibles

c. Tentacles

The function of mandibles is to

a. Bite and grind food

b. Sense the environment

c. Propel an arthropod when it swims

An example of a chelicerate is a

a. Spider

b. Lobster

c. Crayfish

Spiders feed by

a. Swallowing their prey whole

b. Biting off and swallowing pieces of their prey

c. Sucking up prey tissues that have been liquefied by enzymes.

An insect can detect minute movements in its environment by using its compound

eyes and its

a. Tracheal tubes

b. Malpighian Tubules

c. Sensory hairs

Which of the following explains why flying has been beneficial to insects?

a. Nymphs can escape most predators.

b. Insects can disperse long distances and colonize a variety of habitats.

c. Insect societies can communicate without using pheromones.

What does molting enable arthropods to do?

a. To breathe

b. To reproduce

c. To grow

Insects are classified as

a. Crustaceans

b. Arachnids

c. Uniramians

How many pairs of legs are there on most body segments of a centipede?

a. One

b. Two

c. Five

The compound eyes of insects

a. Are made of many lenses

b. Are located on the thorax

c. Produce an image that is more detailed than what humans see.

The body of an insect is divided into a

a. Head and a thorax

b. Head and a cephalothorax

c. Head, a thorax, and an abdomen

Unlike plants, sponges are

a. Heterotrophic

b. Autotrophic

c. Unicellular

Sponges reproduce sexually through a process called

a. Cephalization

b. Internal fertilization

c. Radial symmetry

Cnidarians have two basic body types, a medusa and a (an)

a. Larva

b. Tentacle

c. Polyp

The nerve cells of cnidarians make up a (an)

a. Nerve net

b. Hydrostatic skeleton

c. brain

What is a digestive chamber with one opening called?

a. Gastrovascular cavity

b. Central cavity

c. Blastula

The class of Scyphozoa contains

a. Jellyfishes

b. Hydras

c. Corals

The stinging cells of cnidarians are called

a. Thigmotropism

b. Cephalization

c. Cnidocytes

What are specialized cells hat remove excess water from the body?

Flame Cells

In free-living flatworms, what organ pumps food into the digestive cavity?

a. Coelom

b. Ganglia

c. Pharynx

Many flatworms can detect changes in the amount of light in their environment

using groups of cells called

a. Nerve cords

b. Eyespots

c. Flame cells

In the tapeworm, both male and female reproductive organs are contained in each

mature

a. Scolex

b. Proglottid

c. Cyst

In a pseudocoelom, mesoderm partially lines the

a. Germ layer

b. Body cavity

c. Blood vessels

In annelids, nitrogen-containing wastes are eliminated by

a. Clitella

b. Parapodia

c. Nephridia

The tube like structure which water enters and leaves a mollusk’s body is the

a. Sinus

b. Siphon

c. Coelom

Some flatworms have clusters of nerve cells that control the nervous system.

Each cluster is called a (an)

a. Ganglion

b. Brain

c. Eyespot

Which of the following is a parasitic roundworms?

a. Trichinella

b. Schistosoma

c. A tapeworm

Roundworms have a digestive system

a. With two openings

b. With one opening

c. Within a true coelom

The body of an annelid has

a. A backbone

b. An external shell

c. Segments

In most fishes, the structures that are most important for obtaining oxygen

from water are the

a. Scales

b. Gills

c. Lungs

After passing through the gills of a fish, blood circulates through the rest of the

body and then collects in the

a. Sinus venosus

b. Atrium

c. Bulbus arteriosus

A frog’s tympanic membranes would be most useful for

a. Enabling the frog to jump long distances

b. Filtering wastes from the frog’s blood

c. Listening to the mating calls of other frogs

A vertebrate is any chordate that has a

a. Backbone

b. Notochord

c. Hollow nerve cell

The two groups of non-vertebrate chordates are

a. Tunicate and lancelets

b. Skates and rays

c. Frogs and toads

The first vertebrates to evolve were

a. Amphibians

b. Fishes

c. Tunicates

Blood flows through the body of a fish in a

a. Single-loop, open circulatory system

b. Single-loop, closed circulatory system

c. Double-loop, open circulatory system

The organ that adjusts the buoyancy of many bony fishes is the

a. Swim bladder

b. Cerebellum

c. Ventricle

Modern jawless fishes include

a. Skates

b. Sharks

c. Lampreys

In the digestive system of a frog, where does food go after it leaves the mouth?

a. To the gallbladder

b. To the esophagus

c. To the cloaca