CM Training Test: Taxonomy
1. What does the word taxonomy mean?
2. List the seven levels of classification.
3. Binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming organisms. What two
classification levels are used?
4. Write the correct format in binomial nomenclature for HOMO SAPIENS
5. What type of symmetry is represented here?
6. What type of symmetry is represented here?
7. What type of symmetry is present in the phylum Cnidarian?
8. What are the two basic body forms (types) present in the phylum Cnidarian?
9. Name two animals that are Cnidarians.
10. What are the stinging cells in Cnidarians called?
11. Soft-bodied animals belong to which Phylum?
12. What does gastropod mean? Give two examples.
13. What is the radula?
14. What class includes two shells? Name two examples from this class.
15. Which class includes animals that have large heads and multiple feet? Name
two examples.
16. What does “Arthropod” mean?
17. What type of symmetry do Arthropods have?
18. What is the hard covering made of chitin which provides protection of an
Arthropod called?
19. What happens when an Arthropod molts? Why do they need to do this?
20. What is the subphylum that includes the aquatic Arthropods? Give three
examples.
21. Please label the crab.
22. What does Echinoderm mean?
23. What type of symmetry do Echinoderms have?
24. What is the name of the network of fluid filled canals that function in
locomotion, feeding, and gas exchange in the Echinoderms?
25. What is the name of the opening on the top of Echinoderms called that allows
water to come into the animal?
26. What are the muscular extensions of the fluid filled canals that usually have
suckers at the tips used for attachment and locomotion called?
27. What is the name of the structure given to the chewing mouth part on a sea
urchin?
28. Name four animals that belong to the Phylum Echinodermata.
Bonus: What is the difference between a traditional sea star and a brittle star. Be
very specific and go into as much detail as possible.