Platyhelminthes

True or False: This a flatworm

• True

• False

This animal is in the Phlyum ___.

• Mollusk

• Poriferan

• Arthropod

• Platyhelminthes

What is the common name for all Platyhelminthes?

• roundworms

• flatworms

• segmented worms

• parasitic worms

Class Trematoda includes which animals?

• earthworms

• flukes

• tapeworms

• planarians

Class Cestoda includes which animals?

• earthworms

• flukes

• tapeworms

• planarians

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Class Turbellaria includes which animals?

• earthworms

• flukes

• tapeworms

• planarians

What is the most common location for parasitic flatworm eggs?

• muscle tissue

• stomach/intestines (digestive system)

• feces (poop)

• epidermis

What is the most common intermediate host of most flukes?

• snails

• fish

• humans

• livestock

Which of the following best describes the body cavity of a flatworm?

• acoelomate

• pseudocoelomate

• true coelomate

• diploblastic

Which of the following would be the least likely habitat of a flatworm?

• desert

• wetland

• ocean

• inside a host