Biology Quiz on Animal Anatomy

What is an exoskeleton?

• An animal that has a backbone and a skeleton

• A skeleton that is on the inside of the body

• A hard covering that covers and protects the body of some animals like insects

• The property of being divided into right and left sides

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What does bilateral symmetry refer to?

• Symmetry around a central axis

• The repetition of the parts of an animal or plant in an orderly fashion

• The property of being divided into right and left sides

• A body cavity filled with fluid

Which term describes animals that do not possess a vertebral column?

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

• Exoskeleton

• Endoskeleton

What is an endoskeleton?

• A skeleton that is on the inside of the body

• A hard covering that covers and protects the body of some animals like insects

• A body cavity filled with fluid

• The upper side or back of an animal

What does the term symmetry refer to?

• The repetition of the parts of an animal or plant in an orderly fashion

• The property of being divided into right and left sides

• Symmetry around a central axis

• A body cavity filled with fluid

What is a coelom?

• A hollow fluid-filled cavity found in many living things

• A body cavity filled with fluid that lies between the mesoderm layer of the external body wall and the endoderm layer of the guts

• The upper side or back of an animal

• The underside or lower side of an animal

What is an acoelomate?

• An animal without a body cavity such as a flatworm

• A body cavity filled with fluid

• The upper side or back of an animal

• The underside or lower side of an animal

What is a pseudocoelom?

• A body cavity filled with fluid that lies between the mesoderm layer of the external body wall and the endoderm layer of the guts

• A hollow fluid-filled cavity found in many living things

• The upper side or back of an animal

• The underside or lower side of an animal

What does the term anterior refer to?

• Found toward the back of the body

• Situated in the front of the body

• The upper side or back of an animal

• The underside or lower side of an animal

What does the term posterior refer to?

• Found toward the back of the body

• Situated in the front of the body

• The upper side or back of an animal

• The underside or lower side of an animal