Invertebrate Phyla

Animals with a hard, spiny, outer body covering, and radial symmetry, that live in marine environments are part of which phylum?

• echinoderms

• cnidarians

• annelids

• arthropods

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Animals with soft bodies that are sometimes protected by a shell, but other times are not, and can live either on land or in water are part of which phylum?

• echinoderms

• mollusks

• annelids

• chordates

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An animal without a backbone

• chirdate

• vertebrate

• spina corda

• invertebrate

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What type of symmetry is displayed in the picture?

• asymmetry

• bilateral symmetry

• radial symmetry

• photosynthesis

Identify this animal.

• Porifera

• Cnidaria

• Platyhelminthes

• Nematoda

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Which phylum includes hookworms, pinworms, and heart worms? They are also known as roundworms, and many are parasites.

• Platyhelminthes

• Nematoda

• Annelida

Animals that have no backbone, segmented bodies, and bilateral symmetry, that can live in either land or marine environments are part of which phylum?

• arthropods

• cnidarians

• chordates

• annelids

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Which animal phylum does this organism belong to?

• echinoderms

• cnidarians

• arthropods

• mollusks

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Phyla are broken into which two groups?

• Class and order

• genus and species

•  Kingdom and phylum

• Vertebrate and invertebrate

Does not have a backbone

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate