1. All of the following adaptations have contributed to the success of the insects EXCEPT
a. specialized sensory organs
b. wings
c. small body size
d. aquatic habitat
2. A water-vascular system is characteristic of the
a. arthropods
b. annelids
c. chordates
d. echinoderms
3. Which of the following is not a member of the phylum Platyhelminthes?
a. a fluke
b. an annelid
c. a planarian
d. a tapeworm
4. The ______ are bilateral, coelomate, segmented worms that have complex organ systems.
a. ribbon worms
b. annelids
c. roundworms
d. tapeworms
5. Spiders, ticks, and mites are
a. arthropods
b. arachnids
c. coelomate
d. all of the above
6. Insects get rid of waste by means of
a. collar cells
b. contractile vacuoles
c. Malpighian tubules
d. nephridia
7. Which of the following stages does not occur in insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis?
a. egg
b. nymph
c. pupa
d. adult
8. Roundworms belong to the ______ Nematoda.
a. kingdom
b. order
c. family
d. phylum
9. The only arthropods to have calcified shells are the
a. bivalves
b. gastropods
c. barnacles
d. arachnids
10. Tube feet are
a. fluid-filled muscular structures
b. part of the water-vascular system
c. unique to echinoderms
d. all of the above
11. In annelids, a system of ______ regulates the volume and composition of body fluids.
a. flame cells
b. nephridia
c. Malpighian tubules
d. gills
12. A hardened exoskeleton and jointed appendages are two of the adaptations that have made the ______ so successful.
a. mollusks
b. echinoderms
c. arthropods
d. annelids
13. Which of the following shows no body symmetry?
a. an arthropod
b. a sponge
c. a cnidarian
d. an echinoderm
14. In ______, a gelatinous mesoglea imparts buoyancy and acts as a deformable skeleton against which contractile cells act.
a. sponges
b. insects
c. cnidarians
d. echinoderms
15. The phylum ______ includes only one living species.
a. Arthropoda
b. Porifera
c. Placozoa
d. Platyhelminthes
16. Most flatworms are
a. coelomate
b. hermaphroditic
c. parasitic
d. radially symmetrical
17. Two cnidarian body types are the __________ and the __________.
A. pupa,larva
B. starfish,brittlestar
C. round, oval
D. Medusa,polyp
18. Southeast Asian blood flukes, tapeworms, and pinworms are examples of __________ parasites
A. cattle
B. human
C. fish
D. ecto-
19. The Hydra shows ____________ Symmetry.
a. bilateral
b. radial
c. spherical
d. longitudinal
20. How do most sponges acquire the organic compounds they need?
a. filter feeding
b. photosynthesis
c. agression
d. carnivorous feeding