Mollusk-Bird Test

Mollusks

100

True or False: Mollusks who move slowly (like snails)  have a closed circulatory system 

False

200

What might a herbivorous mollusk use their radula for? 

scraping off plant or algae material from rocks 

300

A membrane that surrounds the internal organs of a mollusk and secretes the shell is called a ____________

mantle 

400

What is a keystone species (200 points) and give an example of a mollusk that we discussed that is considered a keystone species

A keystone species' health influences the health of the environment; an example are hard clams that feed on algae- if you don't have enough, you can have algal blooms 

500

Cephalopods include octopus. What else do they include (3 things but if you can get 2, I will give you the points) 

chambered nautilus 

squid

cuttlefish 

Arthropods

100

True or False: Spiders have 3 segmented bodies like an insect does! 

False- they have a cephalothorax 

200

What is the name of the special structures spiders have that helps them breathe? 

Book lungs 

300

____________ are mouthparts that allow arthropods to chew and bite

mandibles 

400

Crab claws are called _________________. 

chelipeds 

500

Houseflies can carry this disease

Typhoid

Birds

100

Is a bird an endotherm or ectotherm? 

Endotherm 

200

What are the 2 functions of feathers? 

Insulation and flight 

300

What is the function of the crop in a bird's digestive system? 

Stores food

400

Birds have special bones called _____________ bones that are full of air and allow them to fly. 

pneumatic 

500

What is a hummingbird's heart rate (in beats per minute) 

500 bpm

Fish and Amphibians

100

Fish have a ________ chambered heart and amphibians have a _________ chambered heart 

2; 3

200

List 2 ways that amphibians breath? 

through their skin 

lungs

gills

lining in their mouth 

300

What structure acts as an extra eyelid in amphibians and keeps their eyes from drying out 

nictating membrane 

400

What fish lack jaws?

hagfish and lampreys 

500

This fish cleans coral by eating algae that might otherwise destroy it. 

Parrotfish 

Reptiles

100

Alligators have a _________ chambered heart

4

200

The ______________ collects wastes from the embryo in an amniotic egg. 

allantois 

300

What is the special organ that reptiles have that allows them to "taste odors" 

Jacobson's Organ

400

Name two animals (doesn't have to be reptiles) that can do geomagnetic imprinting?

salmon 

sea turtles

500

There are 4 taxonomical orders of reptiles. List 3 of them (latin names!) 

Squamata

Tuatara

Testudines 

Crocodilia