Sea star - Quiz
  • 1. What is another name for sea stars?
A) Starfish
B) Seashell
C) Seahorse
D) Seal
  • 2. How many arms do most sea stars have?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 6
D) 8
  • 3. What do sea stars use to move?
A) Tentacles
B) Tube feet
C) Fins
D) Claws
  • 4. What is the main threat to sea stars in recent years?
A) Pollution
B) Overfishing
C) Climate change
D) Sea star wasting disease
  • 5. Which organ helps sea stars to perform tube feet extension and retraction?
A) Digestive system
B) Water vascular system
C) Circulatory system
D) Nervous system
  • 6. Which ocean are sea stars commonly found in?
A) Arctic
B) Indian
C) Pacific
D) Atlantic
  • 7. Which body shape do sea stars possess?
A) Radial symmetry
B) Bilateral symmetry
C) Asymmetry
D) Spiral symmetry
  • 8. What do sea stars primarily prey on?
A) Algae
B) Plants
C) Fish
D) Mollusks
  • 9. What is the scientific class name for starfish?
A) Echinoidea
B) Ophiuroidea
C) Holothuroidea
D) Asteroidea
  • 10. In which type of marine environment are starfish NOT found?
A) Abyssal depths
B) Freshwater lakes
C) Tropical oceans
D) Intertidal zones
  • 11. Which color are many species of starfish commonly found in?
A) Yellow
B) Black
C) Red or orange
D) Green
  • 12. What is the ecological role of the ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus)?
A) Invasive species
B) Coral polyp
C) Keystone species
D) Predator on fish
  • 13. What is a common defense mechanism of starfish?
A) Camouflage
B) Electric shock
C) Shedding arms
D) Releasing ink
  • 14. How far back does the fossil record for starfish date?
A) Cretaceous period around 100 million years ago
B) Cambrian period around 500 million years ago
C) Jurassic period around 200 million years ago
D) Ordovician period around 450 million years ago
  • 15. What part of the starfish is likely to be preserved in fossils?
A) Ossicles and spines
B) Entire body
C) Tube feet
D) Soft tissues
  • 16. What is a unique feature of the Antarctic Labidiaster annulatus?
A) It lacks tube feet.
B) It is entirely transparent.
C) It can have more than fifty arms.
D) It has no central disc.
  • 17. What type of feeding behavior involves starfish eversion?
A) Filter feeding
B) Specialized feeding
C) Herbivorous feeding
D) Detritus feeding
  • 18. How do starfish reproduce?
A) Only asexually
B) Both sexually and asexually
C) By binary fission
D) Only sexually
  • 19. What is the primary diet of most starfish?
A) Seaweed
B) Fish eggs
C) Benthic invertebrates
D) Plankton
  • 20. What is the outermost layer covering the body wall of a starfish?
A) A thin cuticle
B) Collagen fibres
C) A thick dermis
D) Papulae
  • 21. Which layer in the starfish body wall consists of a single layer of cells?
A) Epidermis
B) Peritoneum
C) Myoepithelial layer
D) Dermis
  • 22. Where are ossicles located in a starfish?
A) Within papulae
B) On the outer surface only
C) In the coelomic cavity
D) Under the epidermal layer, even those emerging externally
  • 23. What is the composition of ossicles in starfish?
A) Collagen fibres
B) Single layer of cells
C) Calcium carbonate components known as calcite microcrystals arranged in a lattice
D) Thin cuticle
  • 24. What is the role of papulae in starfish?
A) Displace organisms from surface
B) Support collagen fibres
C) Serve a respiratory function
D) Protect madreporite
  • 25. What is the primary material composing the endoskeleton in starfish?
A) Silica
B) Calcium carbonate
C) Chitin
D) Collagen fibres
  • 26. Which protozoan is known to infect and damage the gonads of starfish?
A) Trypanosoma brucei
B) Orchitophrya stellarum
C) Giardia lamblia
D) Plasmodium falciparum
  • 27. Which species in the Indo-Pacific faces similar threats as Oreaster reticulatus due to collection?
A) Asterina pectinifera
B) Pisaster ochraceus
C) Marthasterias glacialis
D) Protoreaster nodosus
  • 28. Which substance can stimulate starfish oocytes to complete division?
A) 1-methyladenine
B) colchicine
C) cycloheximide
D) 2-deoxyglucose
  • 29. At what temperature do Pisaster ochraceus starfish die?
A) 25 °C (77 °F)
B) 30 °C (86 °F)
C) 35 °C (95 °F)
D) 23 °C (73 °F)
  • 30. How often does the starfish's heart beat?
A) About six times a minute
B) Once every hour
C) Continuously without pause
D) Thirty times a minute
  • 31. What is the function of the cardial stomach in primitive starfish?
A) Stores undigested food
B) Filters waste products
C) Absorbs nutrients directly from water
D) Starts digestion by swallowing prey whole
  • 32. What is the name given to the earliest fossil echinoderms found in the Cambrian?
A) Asterozoa
B) Crinoidea
C) Somasteroidea
D) Echinoidea
  • 33. Which order includes starfish with two rows of tube feet and conspicuous marginal plates?
A) Forcipulatida
B) Valvatida
C) Brisingida
D) Spinulosida
  • 34. What is the term used for fossilized accumulations of complete starfish skeletal structures?
A) Strata
B) Fossil beds
C) Sediment layers
D) Lagerstätten
  • 35. Through which structure does water enter the water vascular system of a starfish?
A) Stone canal
B) Radial canal
C) Madreporite
D) Ampulla
  • 36. What type of tissue allows starfish to shed arms rapidly?
A) Gut tissue.
B) Catch connective tissue.
C) Ectodermic layer.
D) Water vascular system.
  • 37. Where do phagocytic coelomocytes eventually migrate to expel waste?
A) Through the mouth
B) Into the stomach
C) Via the anus
D) To the tips of the papulae
  • 38. What is another waste product found in starfish besides ammonia?
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Lactic acid
C) Sulfates
D) Urates
  • 39. What is the function of cilia in the water vascular system?
A) They secrete adhesive chemicals for tube feet attachment.
B) They initiate fluid movement, which is bidirectional.
C) Cilia provide structural support to the canals.
D) Cilia are responsible for producing oxygen in the starfish.
  • 40. Which extinct group of starfish is known from the Devonian and Carboniferous periods?
A) Calliasterellidae
B) Astropecten polyacanthus
C) Trichasteropsida
D) Palasteriscus
  • 41. What surrounds the mouth of a starfish?
A) A tough peristomial membrane
B) Spines
C) Mucus glands
D) An exoskeleton
  • 42. What type of environment do starfish rarely inhabit?
A) Coral reefs
B) Estuarine environments
C) Open oceans
D) Deep oceanic trenches
  • 43. Which order consists mostly of deep-sea starfish with an underdeveloped skeleton?
A) Velatida
B) Paxillosida
C) Brisingida
D) Forcipulatida
  • 44. At what weight does Leptasterias hexactis reach sexual maturity?
A) 100 g (3.5 oz)
B) 20 g (0.7 oz)
C) 70–90 g (2.5–3.2 oz)
D) 50 g (1.8 oz)
  • 45. What is the name of the larval stage characterized by two arm-like outgrowths?
A) Bipinnaria
B) Juvenile starfish
C) Brachiolaria
D) Comet form
  • 46. Which group do starfish belong to along with brittle and basket stars?
A) Holothuroidea
B) Asterozoa
C) Crinoidea
D) Echinoidea
  • 47. How long can it take for a starfish to regrow an entire new limb?
A) A few days.
B) One week.
C) Several months.
D) Instantly after the loss of an arm.
  • 48. From which language are the roots of the word 'Asteroidea' derived?
A) French
B) Latin
C) English
D) Greek
  • 49. Which starfish species is widely collected in the Caribbean?
A) Oreaster reticulatus
B) Asterina pectinifera
C) Marthasterias glacialis
D) Linckia laevigata
  • 50. Which group may be considered a sister group to the Neoasteroidea according to phylogenetic data?
A) Velatida
B) Concentricycloidea
C) Brisingida
D) Paxillosida
  • 51. What type of cells engulf waste material in starfish?
A) Nerve cells
B) Muscle cells
C) Epithelial cells
D) Phagocytic coelomocytes
  • 52. Which order of starfish has species with numerous groups of short spines on the aboral surface?
A) Forcipulatida
B) Spinulosida
C) Paxillosida
D) Valvatida
  • 53. Which order of starfish has particularly flexible arms with distinctive lines of musculature?
A) Paxillosida
B) Forcipulatida
C) Notomyotida
D) Brisingida
  • 54. Which starfish species is considered a keystone species due to its impact on marine biodiversity?
A) Crown-of-thorns starfish
B) Asterias amurensis
C) Pisaster ochraceus
D) Oreaster reticulatus
  • 55. Which starfish species is known to brood its young by dispersing excess eggs?
A) Parvulastra parvivipara
B) Nepanthia belcheri
C) Asterina gibbosa
D) Pteraster militaris
  • 56. Which order of starfish is known to have distinctive pedicellariae with forceps-like tips?
A) Velatida
B) Forcipulatida
C) Notomyotida
D) Brisingida
  • 57. Which starfish species is known for having powerful toxins such as tetrodotoxin?
A) Asterias rubens
B) Patiria miniata
C) Pisaster ochraceus
D) Astropecten polyacanthus
  • 58. Where is the mouth located on a starfish?
A) On the aboral surface
B) Near the base of the tube feet
C) In one of the arms
D) At the center of the oral surface
  • 59. How many simple ocelli are in each eyespot?
A) 10–50
B) 80–200
C) 1000–1500
D) 300–500
  • 60. Which extinct genus of starfish is known from the Triassic period?
A) Palasteriscus
B) Calliasterella
C) Trichasteropsis
D) Astropecten polyacanthus
  • 61. Name one order of living starfish.
A) Holothuroidea
B) Brisingida
C) Echinoidea
D) Crinoidea
  • 62. In which order do starfish lack both anus and tube feet suckers?
A) Brisingida
B) Paxillosida
C) Valvatida
D) Spinulosida
  • 63. Which species of starfish changes from male to female as it grows older?
A) Nepanthia belcheri
B) Asterina gibbosa
C) Parvulastra parvivipara
D) Pteraster militaris
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