Quiz: how well do you know fossil invertebrates?
Question 4
Many molluscs have shells made of calcium carbonate. Is it true that:
Gastropods have internal shells
Question 5
Gastropods are common molluscs. Everybody knows at least one gastropod, it is:
The common garden snail
The crested newt
The giant millipede
Question 6
Cephalopods are important molluscs that include:
Snails, slugs and limpets
Ammonites, squid and nautiloids
Cockles, mussels and clams
Question 7
Nautiloids are the only cephalopods alive today with external shells. These shells are:
Straight, with gas filled chambers
Coiled, with gas filled chambers
Question 8
Ammonites are common fossils in England. Many years ago people who found ammonites thought they were:
Question 9
Ammonites are extinct, but they are closly related to Nautilus, so we think that they lived in a similar way. Ammonites probably:
Question 10
Some belemnite fossils have been found that show their soft tissues. From these we can see that they:
Question 11
Bivalves can attach themselves to hard surfaces, bore into rock, or even swim. We can tell how fossil bivalves lived by looking at:
Question 12
Brachiopods are quite rare today. In Britain, they are only found in:
Question 13
Arthropods are an important group of animals which includes insects and crustaceans. Is it true that arthropods have:
Question 14
Most trilobite fossils are only fragments of their exoskeletons. This is because, like other arthropods, trilobites grew by:
Question 15
Eurypterids, or sea-scorpions, lived mainly in coastal lagoons and freshwater. They are closely related to:
Question 16
Horseshoe crabs are sometimes called living fossils, because they:
Are living animals made of stone
Question 17
Amber, containing insects that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, has recently been found on:
Question 18
Lobsters, crabs and shrimp are all crustaceans. A small animal you often find in the garden is also a crustacean. It is:
Question 19
Graptolites are normally found in dark mudstones and shales. They look quite different from many other fossils - their name means:
Question 20
Echinoderms often have an obvious five-way symmetry. This means that animals like starfish usually have:
