Animal Quiz

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of most members of the phylum Annelida?

  1. hydrostatic skeleton
  2. segmentation
  3. pseudocoelom
  4. closed circulatory system
  5. all of the above are characteristics of Annelida

2. Which phylum is characterized by animals that have a segmented body?

  1. Cnidaria
  2. Platyhelminthes
  3. Porifera
  4. Arthropoda
  5. Mollusca

3. Which of the following characteristics is responsible for the incredible diversification and success of insects on land?

  1. Segmentation
  2. Specialized mouth parts
  3. Metamorphosis
  4. Flight
  5. All of the above

4. Which of the following combinations of phylum and description is incorrect?

  1. Nematoda-roundworms, pseudocoelomate
  2. Cnidaria-radial symmetry, polyp and medusa body forms
  3. Platyhelminthes-flatworms, gastrovascular cavity, acoelomate
  4. Porifera-gastrovascular cavity, coelom present

5. Which of these statements is true of sponges?

  1. They have an open circulatory system.
  2. They are segmented animals.
  3. They have no true tissues.
  4. They are pseudocoelomates.

6. Which of these statements is true of cnidarians?

  1. They have radial symmetry.
  2. They have three tissue layers (they are triploblastic)
  3. They have a complete digestive system.
  4. They are segmented.
  5. They have an exoskeleton composed of chitin.

7. Of the phyla studied in this exercise, the one that has three tissue layers is the phylum _____.

  1. Cnidaria
  2. Porifera
  3. Platyhelminthes
  4. None of the above

8. Which of these statements is true of nematodes?

  1. They lack a skeleton.
  2. They lack a body cavity.
  3. They have a digestive system with two openings.
  4. Their body plan has two main tissue layers.
  5. They are segmented.

9. Earthworms are in the phylum _____.

  1. Nematoda
  2. Annelida
  3. Platyhelminthes
  4. Arthropoda

10. Which of these statements is true of earthworms?

  1. They have a body cavity.
  2. They have a bony skeleton.
  3. Their body plan consists of two tissue layers.

11. Snails are classified in the phylum _____.

  1. Chordata
  2. Mollusca
  3. Cnidaria
  4. Arthropoda

12. Which of these characteristics is common to both Mollusca and Annelida?

  1. an open circulatory system
  2. segmentation
  3. two tissue layers
  4. an exoskeleton
  5. bilateral symmetry

13. Grasshoppers are classified in the phylum _____.

  1. Annelida
  2. Mollusca
  3. Nematoda
  4. Arthropoda

14. Animals in Cnidaria _____.

  1. exhibit bilateral symmetry
  2. exhibit radial symmetry
  3. exhibit no symmetry
  4. lack a digestive system

15. Sponges feed by _____.

  1. filtering small particles from water
  2. scraping bacteria and algae from hard substrates
  3. paralyzing small crustaceans with stinging cells
  4. absorbing nutrients from the guts of their hosts
  5. performing photosynthesis

16. Sponges lack _____.

  1. a complete digestive tract
  2. germ layers
  3. true tissues
  4. all of the above

17. Which characteristic is not true of sponges?

  1. They have collar cells.
  2. They have holes, or pores, in specialized cells, through which water enters.
  3. They generally show no regular symmetrical pattern.
  4. All of the above are characteristics of sponges.

18. Some cnidarians go through both a motile and a sessile (attached) stage during their life cycle. The attached stage is called a(n) _____.

  1. embryo
  2. medusa
  3. larva
  4. polyp

19. The choanocyte of a sponge and the nematocyst (of a cnidocyte) of a cnidarian both function in _____.

  1. reproduction
  2. locomotion
  3. obtaining food
  4. locating mates
  5. sight

20. Which of the following statements does not describe the phylum Cnidaria?

  1. The bodies of its members have a gastrovascular cavity.
  2. This phylum has more species than any other phylum.
  3. The life cycles of many of its members alternate between a feeding polyp and a reproductive medusa.
  4. The bodies of its members are radially symmetrical and show no cephalization.
  5. All of these statements describe the phylum Cnidaria.

21. Tapeworms are highly specialized worms that make their living as endoparasites. To which of the following phyla and classes do the tapeworms belong?

  1. phylum Annelida
  2. phylum Nematoda
  3. phylum Platyhelminthes

22. Which of the following classes is (are) totally parasitic?

  1. Cestoidea
  2. Turbellaria
  3. Trematoda
  4. Cestoidea and Trematoda
  5. all of the above

23. An active marine predator is found possessing these characteristics: a series of tentacles (modified from the foot), a highly developed nervous system, and elaborate eyes. To which of the following animal classes does this organism most likely belong?

  1. Chelicerata
  2. Crustacea
  3. Cephalopoda
  4. Bivalvia

24. Cephalopods are the only molluscs _____.

  1. without a mantle
  2. with a closed circulatory system
  3. with segmented bodies
  4. that are hermaphrodites

25. Annelids _____.

  1. include earthworms
  2. have characteristically long bodies with segmentation
  3. use their coeloms as hydrostatic skeletons
  4. have a mouth that is separate from the anus.
  5. all of the above

26. Which choice includes three different phyla of organisms commonly known as "worms"?

  1. Nematoda, Mollusca, Platyhelminthes
  2. Cnidaria, Arthropoda, Porifera
  3. Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Nematoda
  4. Nematoda, Arthropoda, Platyhelminthes
  5. Mollusca, Porifera, Platyhelminthes

27. Animals such as _____ are the simplest animals to have _____.

  1. sponges ... bilateral symmetry
  2. flatworms ... a body cavity
  3. jellies ... a complete digestive tract

28. An unidentified species of animal displays the following characteristics: bilateral symmetry, determinate embryonic cleavage, a complete digestive system, an open circulatory system, and distinct body segmentation. To which one of the following animal phyla does this species most likely belong?

  1. Cnidaria
  2. Platyhelminthes
  3. Porifera
  4. Annelida
  5. Arthropoda

29. The arthropods superficially resemble earthworms in that both groups _____, yet the two are distinctly different because arthropods, but not earthworms, _____.

  1. have prominently segmented bodies ... have jointed appendages
  2. have closed circulatory systems ... have bristles
  3. are cephalized and bilaterally symmetrical ... create casts in the dirt
  4. have a true coelom ... are protostomes
  5. are acoelomates ... are segmented

30. The majority of animal species are _____.

  1. insects
  2. deuterostomes
  3. marine
  4. acoelomates
  5. vertebrates