Exploring Our Fluid Earth

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Question Set: Phylum Mollusca
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
Structure and Function
Patterns
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.A: Structure and Function
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms
LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
LS1.D: Information Processing
LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
LS4.C: Adaptation
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Question Set: Phylum Mollusca
  1. What are the four most common and diverse classes of molluscs? Provide examples of each.
     
  2. Explain how gastropods move.
     
  3. What is the purpose of a radula?
     
  4. What are the distinguishing features of cephalopods? What features of cephalopods show their realtion to other molluscs?
     
  5. What is the purpose of chromatophores?
     
  6. How does an octopus differ from a squid? Explain.
     
  7. Describe jet propulsion and control in squid.
     
  8. What features of molluscs appear in other phyla? Explain.
Exploring Our Fluid Earth, a product of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), College of Education. University of Hawaii, 2011. This document may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-profit educational purposes.