QUESTION 55
Most mollusks have an open circulatory system, but some mollusks have a closed circulatory system, which is more efficient in delivering blood (oxygen) to body tissues.
Which of the following does NOT have a closed circulatory system, but has an open circulatory system?
A.
squid
B.
octopus
C.
cuttlefish
D.
snail
QUESTION 56
An example of an animal of the class Oligochaeta (Phylum Annelida) is the
A.
leech
B.
polychaete, which is very abundant in the ocean
C.
garden slug
D.
earthworm
QUESTION 57
What is the excretory organ that is found in earthworms?
A.
flame cells
B.
nephridia
C.
Malpighian tubules
D.
tiny kidneys
QUESTION 58
Snails have a "rasp-like" mouth that scrapes food into the digestive tract. This structure is called the
A.
radula
B.
planula
C.
gastrula
D.
lophophore
QUESTION 59
A recognizable "clump" of nervous tissue that can be referred to as a brain first appears in which group of animals?
A.
clams
B.
snails
C.
sea cucumbers
D.
earthworms
QUESTION 60
Arthropods have an exoskeleton made of this substance...
A.
silica
B.
collagen
C.
chitin
D.
cellulose
QUESTION 61
Latrodectus hesperus is the scientific name for
A.
medical leech
B.
black widow spider
C.
termite
D.
common housefly
QUESTION 62
This arthropod can produce cyanide gas as a defense mechanism.
A.
trap-door spider
B.
water flea
C.
aphid
D.
millipede
QUESTION 63
What is the muscle that "curls" the abdomen of a crustacean, enabling it to swim, or rapidly flip itself backward out of reach of predators? (This is the big muscle that you eat when you eat lobster, or shrimp, or crayfish "tails")
A.
flexor muscle
B.
extensor muscle
C.
adductor muscle
D.
longitudinal muscle
QUESTION 64
All of the following arthropods (insects) have wings except
A.
"true bugs"
B.
ants
C.
fleas
D.
praying mantis
QUESTION 65
The three phyla (Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Phoronida) have which of the following features in common?
A.
lophophore
B.
nephridia
C.
radula
D.
setae
QUESTION 66
Trochophores, the free-swimming larvae of many mollusks, are propelled through the water by
A.
flagella
B.
cilia
C.
flame cells
D.
nephridia
QUESTION 67
Radula modification allowed all of the following functions in gastropods except
A.
scraping algae off rocks (and aquarium sides)
B.
eating vegetation (especially cutting off soft stems of plants at ground level)
C.
boring holes in other mollusk shells
D.
protecting themselves with stinging nematocysts
QUESTION 68
Which of the following organs found in cephalopods (octopus) resemble those of the vertebrates?
A.
arms, tentacles
B.
functioning kidneys
C.
eyes
D.
digestive tissues, glands, and intestines
QUESTION 69
Annelids possess all of the following except
A.
longitudinal and circular muscles for movement
B.
ganglia to respond to light, and to respond to other environmental cues
C.
setae in each body segment
D.
adductor muscles
QUESTION 70
Which of the following Molluscan classes and their examples is mis-matched?
A.
Class Polyplacophora--example: chitons
B.
Class Gastropoda--example: garden slugs and snails
C.
Class Bivalvia--example: octopus and squid
D.
Class Cephalopoda--example: nautilus
QUESTION 71
Suppose a marine biologist is conducting research on animals that have a lophophore and two calcified shells. Based on this information, this animal must belong to the phylum
A.
Brachiopoda
B.
Phoronida
C.
Ectoprocta
D.
Bryopoda
QUESTION 72
Which class of arthropods contains members with two pairs of antennae, and legs on the thorax, and modified biramous "soft" legs on the ventral surface of the abdomen?
A.
Insecta
B.
Arachnida
C.
Chilopoda
D.
Crustacea
QUESTION 73
The most successful class of Arthropods (being most numerous and occupying many different niches in nature) is the
A.
Arachnida
B.
Insecta
C.
Chilopoda
D.
Diplopoda
QUESTION 74
Spiders lack jaws or mandibles, and are described as
A.
Agnatha
B.
Amandibulata
C.
blood suckers
D.
chelicerates