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Life Science
Life Science Chapter 16 Lesson C Review Questions (Echinoderms)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the function of the hard plates and spines in a starfish? | Predators can't eat them |
| Where are a starfish's tube feet located? | Underside which act as suction cups |
| Where is the mouth located? | Underside |
| Why does a starfish not need teeth? | Starfish do not chew food or need to bite. They invert their stomach to digest food. |
| What starfish characteristic does the term echinoderm describe? | need answer |
| The phylum Echinodermata includes | starfish, sea brittles, sanddollars, feather stars, sea cucumbers and sea urchins |
| Echinodermata means | spiny skinned |
| Where would echinoderms live? | Ocean |
| Echinoderms have ___________ symmetry | radial |
| Do echinoderms have hearts, brains or eyes? | No |
| Describe how a starfish gets its food. | Starfish use their water-vascular system and tube feet to pry open a clam or mussel shell and invert their stomach into the shell surrounding the mollusk and digest it. |
| Explain how a starfish moves. | need answer |
| What type of system does a starfish have that it can use to move its tube feet? | Vascular system |
| If a starfish looses an arm what will happen? | Regenerate |
| Are starfish carnivores or herbivores? | Carnivores |