Chapter Chapter 18: The Evolution of Animal Diversity
 
Activities Quiz
 

1 .       Which of these statements is true of sponges? (Activity 18A) [Hint]

 They are terrestrial organisms.
 They are segmented animals.
 They have no true tissues.
 Food is digested within a gastrovascular cavity.
 They are capable of locomotion.


2 .       Which of these statements is true of cnidarians? (Activity 18A) [Hint]

 They have three tissue layers.
 They exhibit bilateral symmetry.
 They move by contracting their bodies.
 They are segmented.
 They are terrestrial organisms.


3 .       Earthworms are in the phylum _____. (Activity 18A) [Hint]

 Nematoda
 Annelida
 Chordata
 Platyhelminthes
 Arthropoda


4 .       Which of these statements is true of earthworms? (Activity 18A) [Hint]

 They are unsegmented
 They have a body cavity.
 They have appendages.
 Earthworms exhibit radial symmetry.
 Their body plan consists of two tissue layers.


5 .       Snails are classified in the phylum _____. (Activity 18A) [Hint]

 Chordata
 Mollusca
 Cnidaria
 Arthropoda
 Echinodermata


6 .       Grasshoppers are classified in the phylum _____. (Activity 18A) [Hint]

 Annelida
 Cnidaria
 Nematoda
 Arthropoda
 Echinodermata


7 .       Which of these is a characteristic of sea stars? (Activity 18A) [Hint]

 no body cavity
 notochord
 are unsegmented
 two tissue layers
 tube feet


8 .       Dogs are classified in the phylum _____. (Activity 18A) [Hint]

 Echinodermata
 Cnidaria
 Arthropoda
 Mollusca
 Chordata


9 .       This phylogenetic tree indicates that birds are most closely related to _____. (Activity 18B)

question #1 [Hint]

 mammals
 bony fish
 tunicates
 reptiles
 amphibians


10 .       This phylogenetic tree indicates that the most recent common ancestors of reptiles, birds, and mammals are _____. (Activity 18B)

question #2 [Hint]

 sharks
 amphibians
 lampreys
 bony fish
 lancelets


11 .       Which of these chordate groups lack a post-anal tail and a notochord as adults? (Activity 18B) [Hint]

 cephalochordates
 urochordates
 amphibians
 mammals
 reptiles


12 .       The common ancestor of all these chordate groups EXCEPT the _____ probably had paired appendages. (Activity 18B) [Hint]

 Mammalia
 Echinodermata
 Agnatha
 Chondrichthyes
 Aves


13 .       According to this phylogenetic tree, annelids are most closely related to _____. (Activity 18C)

question #1 [Hint]

 arthropods
 mollusks
 nematodes
 cnidarians
 platyhelminths


14 .       According to this phylogenetic tree, the group that includes echinoderms and chordates is most closely related to the group that includes _____. (Activity 18C)

question #2 [Hint]

 mollusks
 poriferans
 nematodes
 cnidarians
 nematodes


15 .       According to this phylogenetic tree, cnidarians are most closely related to _____. (Activity 18C)

question #3 [Hint]

 nematodes
 annelids
 mollusks
 echinoderms
 platyhelminths


16 .       According to this phylogenetic tree, chordates are most closely related to _____. (Activity 18C)

question #4 [Hint]

 arthropods
 mollusks
 poriferans
 echinoderms
 cnidarians


17 .       At the phylum level, you are most closely related to a(n) _____. (Activity 18C) [Hint]

 clam
 sea star
 earthworm
 jelly
 planarian