UNIT 4.

INVERTEBRATES

ACTIVITY SHEET

1) Whats the main difference between vertebrates and invertebrates animals?

2) Invertebrates dont have skeleton. Is it true? What kinds
of skeleton do you know?
3) How do sponges feed? Explain it, and label this picture
4) Which group of cnidaria can move? Which one cannot?
5) What are cnidoblasts used for?
6) Draw a picture of a jellyfish body structure. What do they
eat?
7) Complete this paragraph:
Cnidaria includes __________ and __________. ___________ reproduce sexually, and they
produce a ____________. ____________ reproduce asexually. They loose a part of their body,
and this part becomes a new ___________.
8) Complete this chart about worms:
Body shape

Do they
have rings?

Habitat

Heterosexual or
Hermaphrodites

Nematodes
Playhelminthes
Annelids
9) Which groups of echinoderms do you know? What do they eat?
10) Do Echinoderms have skeleton? Which type?
11) Why are useful the ambulacral system, and the ambulacral
feet?
12) Label the picture of a sea star
13) Which invertebrates groups do these animals belong to?

Respiration

14) Answer these questions about molluscs:

a. Which ones have a spiral shaped shell?
b. Which ones have a shell with two valves?
c. Which ones have tentacles?
15) Most molluscs are hermaphrodite. What does it mean?
16) Label this picture using these words
shell muscular foot body mass tentacles eyes
17) What kind of skeleton do arthropods have?
18) Complete this paragraph:
Arthropods usually have _________ parts in their body: ________, ________, and
__________. In some arthopods, the __________ and the _________ are joined, forming the
________________.
19) Explain the metamorphosis of an arthropod.
20) What do arthropods do when their skeleton gets too small?
21) How do arthropods breathe?
22) Complete this chart about arthropods:
Group

N of Legs

Habitat

Do they have
wings?

6
8
10
Many
23) Which groups of invertebrates do these animals belong to?

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