Science Test Outline

KINGDOM ANIMALIA
INVERTEBRATES – OVERVIEW

 

PORIFERA (Sponges)

 

COELENTERATA (Coelenterates)

 

PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms)

 

NEMATODA (roundworms)

 

ANNELIDA (segmented worms)

 

ECHINODERMATA (Echinoderms)

 

MOLLUSCA (Mollusks)

          Gastropoda (Gastropods)

          Bivalvia (Bivalves)

          Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)

 

ARTHROPODA (Arthropods)

          Crustacea (Crustaceans)
          Arachnida (Arachnids)

          Myriapoda

          Insectae (Insects)

                   Orthoptera

              Isoptera

              Odonata

              Hemiptera

              Coleoptera

              Lepidoptera

              Diptera

              Hymenoptera

 

Key:

ABC (ALL CAPITALS) = PHYLUM

Abc = Class

Abc = Order

INVERTEBRATE TEST STUDY GUIDE

 

The grade 6 test is out of 55 marks while the grade 7 test is out of 65 marks. 

 

Both tests involve choice in some parts.  In the first 4 parts you will have a number of questions and you will be asked to choose which questions you want to answer to total a certain number of marks.  The four sections have a total of 49 possible marks.  Grade 6s will be asked to answer 36 marks worth, grade 7s to answer 39 marks worth. You will have to choose questions from each of the 4 parts.

 

The fifth section on each test does not involve choice – you have to answer all questions – this section makes up the rest of the marks for the test.  There are a few more questions in this part of the test for grade 7s than there are for grade 6s. 

 

Things you will want to know or be able to do:

·         Look at a picture and identify what phylum that animal belongs to

·         Look at a picture and identify what phylum and class that animal belongs to

·         Grade 7s – identify what order an insect belongs to.

·         Know the phyla, classes, and orders we have talked about in class (sometimes you will have to identify them, sometimes you will just need to recognize the word and know what it means in order to figure out what the question is asking).  There is a list on the back of this sheet and I will accept either the Latin name or the more common English name (in brackets on the list). 

·         Know the basic characteristics of animals in each phylum or class (why do scientists group certain animals together)

·         Give examples of animals in each phyla, class, and order

·         Identify differences or similarities between animals in the same or different phyla

·         There may be other things that I am overlooking right now, but this will definitely cover the majority of the test.

 

Test Breakdown – how many marks are available in the choice sections for each phyla 

 

·         Simple Animals 15 marks possible

 

·         Echinoderms  and Mollusks 9 marks possible

 

·         Arthropods  13 marks

 

·         General Questions or questions involving more than one of the above groups 12 marks total