Animal Diversity Trivia Challenge!

10 Questions | By Maxgapher | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 233

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Animal Diversity Trivia Challenge! - Quiz

Diversity in Kingdom Animalia has led to the classification of 36 distinct phyla, based on their evolutionary lineage. Seven of these phyla will be discussed, including Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda, and Chordata. Are you ready to take the animal diversity quiz challenge?

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1.

The endoderm-lined cavity, formed during the gastrulation process, that develops into the digestive tract of an animal is termed as?
- A.
  
  Acoelomate
- B.
  
  Archenteron
- C.
  
  Bilateral symmetry
- D.
  
  Bilateria
2.

An animal that lacks a coelom, or body cavity
- A.
  
  Bilateria
- B.
  
  Archenteron
- C.
  
  Aceolomate
- D.
  
  Blastopore
3.

The opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the mouth in protostomes and the anus in deuterostomes
- A.
  
  Blastopore
- B.
  
  Colony
- C.
  
  Choanoflagellete
- D.
  
  Cleavage
4.

Flagellated protist
- A.
  
  Choanoflagellete
- B.
  
  Cleavage
- C.
  
  Bilateria
- D.
  
  Colony
5.

A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
- A.
  
  Colony
- B.
  
  Cleavage
- C.
  
  Sovereign
- D.
  
  Catchment
6.

Concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of an animal's body
- A.
  
  Bilateral symmetry
- B.
  
  Cephalization
- C.
  
  Blastula
- D.
  
  Bilateria
7.

A type of embryonic development in protostomes that rigidly casts the developmental fate of each embryonic cell very early.
- A.
  
  Intermediate cleavage
- B.
  
  Cleavage
- C.
  
  Determinate cleavage
- D.
  
  Diploblastic
8.

An organism whose body is made of only two cell layers, the ectoderm and the endoderm; the two are connected by a noncellular layer called the mesoglea; animal phyla that are this are the Porifera (sponges) and the Cnidaria (jellyfish and hydra)
- A.
  
  Ecdysoza
- B.
  
  Ectoderm
- C.
  
  Diploblastic
- D.
  
  Endoderm
9.

Innermost germ layer; develops into the linings of the digestive tract and much of the respiratory system
- A.
  
  Endoderm
- B.
  
  Gastrula
- C.
  
  Eumetozoans
- D.
  
  Ecdysozoa
10.

A group of species that includes an ancestral species and all its descendants
- A.
  
  Clades
- B.
  
  Gatsrula
- C.
  
  Enteroceolus
- D.
  
  Ectoderm