Echinoderms

What echinoderm is this?

• sea lily 
• sea urchin 
• sea cucumber 
• sand dollar 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What echinoderm is this? 

• sand dollar
• sea urchin 
• sea star
• brittle star

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What does the term echinoderm mean?

• tube feet
• star shaped
• spiny skin
• stomach foot

What type of symmetry do adult echinoderms exhibit?

• Asymmetry
• Pentaradial symmetry
• Bilateral symmetry
• Trilateral symmetry

Echinoderms have an internal skeleton and a system of fluid-filled tubes called a(n)...

• water vascular system
• nervous system
• notochord
• ampulla

Sea stars feed by

• Injecting poison that digests the prey 
• Everting their stomach to digest prey
• Chewing their prey with jaws and teeth
• squeezing their prey until it dies

What phylum do echinoderms belong to?

• Cnidaria
• Porifiera
• Echinodermata
• Chordata

The nerve that runs down each arm of a starfish is the _____

• nerve ring
• stone nerve
• radial nerve
• ampulla

What type of skeleton do echinoderms have?

• Exoskeleton
• Hydrostatic skeleton
• Endoskeleton
• Mesenteric skeleton

An echinoderm with soft body and a leathery covering.

• sea star

• sand dollar

• sea urchin

• sea cucumber

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2