Sponge Sample Questions
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List the type of cell that makes up the skeleton of each sponge in the bin.
Which one of the cleaning products does not belong in this bin? What is it?
What are the small openings in the body of the sponge called?
Through what opening does water leave the sponge?
What types of cells are responsible for generating a current through sponges?
Draw a sketch.
6. What phylum do sponges belong to?
7. What type of cell gives rise to spicules?
8. Describe three functions of an amebocyte. What is a gemmule?
9. Brainstorm a list of terms that are important to know for this phylum.
10. Describe some relationships between sponges and other organisms (including
humans).
Cnidaria Sample Questions
1. What are the two body plans of organisms found in this phylum?
2. Identify at least one sample that represents each class studied in this phylum
(excluding cubozoa).
3. What are the porous, white structures in the bin called? What class do they
belong to? What extremely important ecological structures do they contribute to?
4. What type of symmetry do organisms in this phylum exhibit?
5. What is the name of the tissue that gives these organisms their jelly-like bodies?
6. What structures are found on the tentacles that are used to capture prey?
7. Do members of this phylum have any nerve cells? Where are they located?
8. List all the important structures represented on the Hydra model.
9. Brainstorm a list of terms that are important to know for this phylum.
10. Describe some relationships between cnidarians and other organisms (including
humans).
Flatworm Sample Questions
1. What structure would be found at the anterior end of the tapeworm specimens?
What is this structure adapted for?
2. What phylum do these specimens belong to?
3. Look at the Facioloa hepatica specimen. What class does this organism belong
to? What type of cells are used by this organism for excretion?
4. What are the hosts of the fluke species that we studied in class?
5. What type of body cavities do these specimens have?
6. Describe how a free-living flatworm obtains and digests food. How is this
different from a parasitic flatworm?
7. List the different ways that a human might become infected by a tapeworm.
8. Brainstorm a list of terms that are important to know for this phylum.
9. Describe some relationships between flatworms and other organisms (including
humans).
Roundworm Sample Questions
1. What phylum do these organisms belong to?
2. What type of body cavity do these specimens have?
3. How many openings do these organisms have in their digestive system?
4. What is the name of the specimen in jar A? How do people become infected by
this worm?
5. How does this organism move?
6. Brainstorm a list of terms that are important to know for this phylum.
7. Describe some relationships between roundworms and other organisms (including
humans).
Segmented Worms Sample Questions
1. What type of circulatory system do members of this phylum have (open or
closed)?
2. What are the names of the appendages visible on the Neries specimens? What
class do these specimens belong to?
3. What do the specimens in jar I feed on? How do they attach to hosts? What class
do they belong to?
4. What class do earthworms belong to?
5. List the structures that food passes through as it is digested by an earthworm (list
them in the correct order).
6. Brainstorm a list of terms that are important to know for this phylum.
7. Describe some relationships between segmented worms and other organisms
(including humans).
Mollusk Sample Questions
1. What happened to the wood?
2. What class do the snails belong to?
3. What structure is visible on the ventral side of the specimen visible in jar 17?
4. What structure does the specimen in jar 21 use to feed?
5. What class does the squid belong to? Did the squid we dissected have a shell?
Describe it.
6. Label structures #1, 2 and 3 on the squid diagram. What is the function of each
structure? What class does the squid belong to?
7. What type of circulatory system does a squid have? Why does it need this type of
system?
8. What type of circulatory system does a mussel have? How does this type of
system relate to its lifestyle?
9. Brainstorm a list of terms that are important to know for this phylum.
10. Describe some relationships between mollusks and other organisms (including
humans).