Animals and Symmetry

What type of symmetry is pictured?

• bilateral symmetry

• radial symmetry

• asymmetry

• cellular respiration

Organisms, like sponges, lacking body tissues and body symmetry belong to which of the following phyla?

• Cnidaria

• Mollusca

• Nematoda

• Porifera

This phylum has a medusa and polyp stage, stinging tentacles, and radial symmetry. What phyla is it?

• Arthropods

• Annelids

• Cnidarian

• Echinoderms

• Mollusks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This Arctic seal has ________ symmetry and it _________ make its own internal heat.

• left and right.... cannot

• bilateral ... can

• radial ... can

• some ... cannot

The balance of body parts in an animal is called ________.

• symmetry

• asymmetry

• left and right

• similarity

Choose the animals with bilateral symmetry

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Animals with bilateral symmetry have a left and right side. They also have ______ useful for ______.

• eyes .... hunting

• tail ... hunting

• brain ... feeling

• legs ... flying

How can you describe the symmetry here?

• It has many lines of symmetry that radiate from the center, like pizza.

• It has 3 lines of symmetry.

• It has one line of symmetry that divides the animal in 2 halves.

• It has no symmetry.