Science Jeopardy
Mollusks
Arthropods
Echinoderms
Worms
Sponges and
Cnidarians
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Final Jeopardy
Rules
(1) White numbers indicate that Answer has already been
selected.
(2) You must answer in the form “What is…”
(3) While it is another teams turn, you may record the answer
to the question on your white board. If the other team fails to
answer the question, all other teams with the correct answer on
their white board will earn 50 points.
(4) You may not talk during another teams turn. If you talk
you will not be eligible for extra points.
(5) During Final Jeopardy you may not risk more points than
you have.
©Norman Herr, 2003
A-100
• ANSWER: A clam is an example of
this class of mollusks.
• QUESTION: What is a bivalve?
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A-200
• ANSWER: Gastropods use this to grind
plant matter.
• QUESTION: What is a radula?
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A-300
• ANSWER: These are the three classes of
mollusks.
• QUESTION: What are cephalopods,
bivalves and gastropods?
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A-400
• ANSWER: Mollusks are characterized
by these three characteristics.
• QUESTION: What is a muscular foot,
soft body and an inner or outer shell.
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A-500
• ANSWER: The shell of a mollusk is
produced by this structure.
• QUESTION: What is a mantle?
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B-100
• ANSWER: A spider belongs to this class
of arthropods.
• QUESTION: What are arachnids?
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B-200
• ANSWER: This is the dramatic change
that takes place during an insects life
cycle.
• QUESTION: What is metamorphosis?
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B-300
• ANSWER: Insects have this many legs
and body segments.
• QUESTION: What is three?
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B-400
• ANSWER: These are the three main
characteristics of all arthropods.
• QUESTION: What are have an
exoskeleton, segmented body and jointed
appendages?
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B-500
• ANSWER: This is the process in which
an arthropod sheds its exoskeleton.
• QUESTION: What is molting?
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C-100
• ANSWER: Starfish use this for
locomotion and feeding.
• QUESTION: What are tube feet?
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C-200
• ANSWER: The fluid filled internal tubes
of an echinoderm make up this.
• QUESTION: What is the water-vascular
system?
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C-300
• ANSWER: This is an adaptation that
protects most echinoderms from enemies.
•QUESTION: What is spiny skin?
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C-400
• ANSWER: These are three main
characteristics shared by echinoderms.
• QUESTION: What are radial symmetry,
the ability to regenerate, a water-vascular
system, and tube feet.
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C-500
• ANSWER: These are three examples of
echinoderms.
• QUESTION: starfish, sea urchin, sea
cucumber
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D-100
• ANSWER: All worms have this type of
symmetry.
• QUESTION: What is bilateral?
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D-200
• ANSWER: This type of worm has a
digestive tract like a pocket (only one
opening).
• QUESTION: What is a flatworm?
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D-300
• ANSWER: Of the following statements this one is
true of all worms.
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A. Are sessile and absorb moisture through the skin
B. Reproduce asexually and have segmented bodies
C. Are mobile and require moist environments
D. Have a complex nervous system and reproduce sexually
• QUESTION: What is C., are mobile and require
moist environments.
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D-400
• ANSWER: Roundworms are more
advanced than flatworms because of one
of these 2 reasons.
• QUESTION: What is roundworms have
both male and female worms or
roundworms have two openings, a mouth
and anus.
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D-500
• ANSWER: These phyla are adapted to
live only in water. (not worms)
• QUESTION: What are sponges an
cnidarians?
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E-100
• ANSWER: This is an examples of a
medusa.
• QUESTION: What is a jellyfish?
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E-200
• ANSWER: These are three
characteristics of sponges.
• QUESTION: What are asymmetrical,
filter feeding, sessile, have pores and have
a skeleton made of spongin?
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E-300
• ANSWER: Cnidarians can be classified
into these two groups based on their
mobility (or lack of).
• QUESTION: What are polyps and
medusa?
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E-400
• ANSWER: These are three
characteristics of cnidarians.
• QUESTION: What are have tentacles,
one central opening, stinging cells and
radial symmetry.
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E-500
• ANSWER: These whip like structures
help to pump water through a sponge
• QUESTION: Flagella
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FINAL JEOPARDY
• ANSWER: The water-vascular-system of
a echinoderm performs these two
functions.
• QUESTION: What are controls
movement, carries food and oxygen and
removes waste?
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