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Examples of mollusks that live on land are the


A) earthworms.
B) land crabs.
C) mussels.
D) scorpions.
E) snails and slugs.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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In mollusks,the folds of tissue that arise from the dorsal body wall and enclose a cavity surrounding the visceral mass are called the


A) foot.
B) mantle.
C) nephridia.
D) radula.
E) lophophore.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

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You and your biology lab class take a field trip to a marine aquarium.Your guide is a marine biologist who studies squids.She explains to your class how squids are able to blend into their environment.She points out that squids have pouches of pigments embedded in their epithelium.The pouches are called


A) trochophores.
B) spermatophores.
C) lophophores.
D) chromatophores.
E) phytophores.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Squids and octopuses move by means of water movement through their


A) tentacles.
B) cilia and flagella.
C) modified mantle cavity.
D) muscular foot.
E) radula.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Each segment of an annelid typically contains bristles of chitin called


A) cilia.
B) parapodia.
C) chaetae.
D) leglets.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The nitrogenous waste in mollusks is removed by


A) flame cells.
B) nephridia.
C) Malpighian tubules.
D) incurrent siphon.
E) flagella.

F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

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Decapod crustaceans (shrimps,lobsters,and crabs) all lack


A) a carapace,a dorsal cephalothorax shield.
B) a ventral line of appendages,swimmerets.
C) a tail spine,telson.
D) chelicerae.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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The organ that is responsible for secreting cocoons in the oligochaetes is known as the


A) nephridia.
B) setae.
C) radula.
D) clitellum.
E) lophophore.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Barnacles are sessile filter feeders but unlike bivalves they have internal fertilization.How do they solve this problem?


A) The filter sperm from the water column.
B) They get fertilized during free living larval stages.
C) They are only capable of asexual reproduction.
D) They are hermaphrodites with especially long penises.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Inside its beak an octopus has a rasping tongue that is used to tear apart food.Which gastropod structure is this analogous to?


A) Mantle
B) Shell
C) Radula
D) Nephridium

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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A snail in your garden and an oyster are quite different in appearance.What would be evidence to justify grouping them together?


A) Both use a radula for feeding.
B) Both have a mantle capable of secreting calcium carbonate.
C) Both use siphons to obtain oxygen.
D) Both have sensory antenna.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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In many arthropods,body segments have become fused into functional groups called ________.

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In arthropods,locomotion is accomplished by muscles that work against


A) each other.
B) the exoskeleton.
C) a hydrostatic skeleton.
D) mineralized bones.
E) the pseudocoel.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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The partitions that separate the segments of the annelid body are known as


A) pseudocoels.
B) nephridia.
C) setae.
D) septa.
E) radula.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Brachiopods develop as protostomes,but they show ________ cleavage.

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If a hiker picked up a mollusk on a trail in a rain forest,what class would it belong to?


A) Gastropoda
B) Polyplacophora
C) Bivalvia
D) Cephalopoda

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Radula modification allowed all of the following functions in gastropods except


A) scraping algae off rocks.
B) eating vegetation.
C) boring holes in other mollusk shells.
D) protecting themselves with nematocysts.
E) injecting poison through a harpoon-like structure.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Turbellarian flatworms have a distinct head.When compared to the head of an insect,what is the flatworm head missing?


A) Sensory organs
B) light-sensitive structures
C) Anterior collection of nerve cells
D) A mouth

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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The lophophore of a brachiopod serves the same function as the ________ in a bivalve.


A) Mantle
B) Foot
C) Shell
D) Gills

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Spiders and certain other arthropods which lack jaws or mandibles are placed in a subphylum called


A) Agnathae.
B) Amandibulata.
C) blood suckers.
D) chelicerates.
E) mandibulates.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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