Mollusk Study Blog

Mollusk Study Guide
by Mr. Carrison
with the ever watchful eye of Flash

1. I would know all the words on the crossword puzzle!



2. If meat & plants go with omnivore what word then goes with just plans?



3. What is the only group of Mollusks that has a radula?



4. OK, what the heck is it and what does it do?



5. Irritating sand that can not get flushed out of a bivalve will become what???



6. kl is short for???



7. Know what cm, m, mm stand for.



8. What are cilia and what to they do for a clam?



9. Our semi-cool friends the clam have what type of circulatory system?



10. Redtide - What is it? What causes it? So what? What's the big deal? Why should we worry about it or be concerned about the redtide?



11. What type of mollusks have:
    -- 1 shell
    -- 2 shells
    -- tentacles, most complex and move by jet propulsion
    -- shell or may not have a shell, head/foot, found land and water, have radula



12. Know the different types of Mollusk groups (see # 11) and what makes each group different from the others.



13. Name 3 different gastropods



14. Name 3 different cephalopods



15. Name 4 different bivalves



16. Can you remember the name of the big monovalve I showed the class?



17. Gastropods have a radula to grab food, how do bivalves eat or capture food?



18. Flash and I have a mantle at our house. He sleeps in front of it on his precious round bed, his only major asset! What function does a mantle perform in a bivalve?



19. Are mollusks vertebrates or invertebrates?



20. About how many weeks until summer? (Flash says 6 1/2 and he can't wait!)



21. T or F Basically photosynthesis converts sunlight into stored chemical energy.



22. Mollusk is a ______________ or the _________ kingdom.



23. A rusting nail is an example of chemical or physical change?



24. Burning a chicken drum to a charcoal blackened mess is and example of a chemical or physical change?



25. Know what omnivores, carnivores and herbivores eat.



26. Abalone is what type of mollusk?



27. How much do you know about our dear friend the squid? Can they be found off the coast of Scituate? Do they have eyes? Do they have tentacles and are they cephalopods?
    
28. Name all the kingdoms of life on our planet. How many are there total?
    
29. Review your latin and common names for the worm phyla.
    
30. Relax.... easy chapter, read the chapter and take good notes and you should do fine!

Stupid Mollusks are out smarting me!

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Measly Point Coupon: For one point each, max of 3 total points, cut and paste 3 different cartoon characters that are MOLLUSKS on to ONE page. Make sure your name and period are typed at the top of the paper. No credit for incited work! No credit for duplicated! Make sure to pass this in when you pass in your test!-

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