Movement and Locomotion in Invertebrates

Flagella cilia pseudopodia Locomotion in Lower OrganismsLocomotion in OrganismsLocomotion and MovementLocomotion and MovementNonmuscular MovementTypes of Movement in Organisms

14 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How do coelenterates move from one place to another?

  1. By using pseudopodia
  2. By using cilia
  3. By using tentacles
  4. They do not move
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which organism are contractile fibrils found?

  1. Euglena
  2. Paramecium
  3. Hydra
  4. Earthworm
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How do body cells like macrophages and leukocytes move?

  1. By flagellar movement
  2. By pseudopodial movement
  3. By ciliary movement
  4. They are sessile
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are sessile organisms?

  1. Organisms which are not differentiated into sexes
  2. Organisms which cannot move
  3. Organisms which move by pseudopodia
  4. Organisms which have tentacles as locomotory organs
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following organisms are cilia present for movement?

  1. Euglena
  2. Amoeba
  3. Paramecium
  4. Hydra
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which organism exhibits somersaulting method of locomotion?

  1. Euglena
  2. Hydra
  3. Amoeba
  4. Paramecium
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisms has/have developed water vascular system for locomotion?

  1. Octopus
  2. Starfish
  3. Molluscs
  4. Leech
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are not a means of locomotion in insects?

  1. Wings
  2. Appendages
  3. Muscular system
  4. Pseudopodia
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisms locomote(s) by contraction of longitudinal and circular muscles?

  1. Leech and earthworm
  2. Amoeba
  3. Starfish
  4. Hydra
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of non-muscular movement?

  1. Giving birth to a child
  2. Movement of limbs
  3. Movement of eyeballs
  4. Movement of sperms
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_________ is the part of tube feet which attaches firmly to the substratum by vacuum action.

  1. Madreporite
  2. Ampulla
  3. Podium
  4. Sucker
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of movement is exhibited by euglena?

  1. Cyclosis
  2. Pseudopodial movement
  3. Flagellar movement
  4. Ciliary movement
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisms have tube feet as the locomotary organ?

  1. Octopuses
  2. Starfish
  3. Molluscs
  4. Earthworms
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Octopus locomotes by

  1. muscular feet
  2. muscular arms
  3. tentacles
  4. contraction and relaxation of body muscles