Sponge and Jellies Vocab check

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Sessile means?

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Attached to a surface.

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What is a spicule?

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Silica or calcium internal structure in sponge.

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Best word for this organism:

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Medusa

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Polyp description

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Sessile, early stage jellyfish

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Organism attached to the ocean floor?

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A polyp (juvenile jellyfish)

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Microscope structures and their locations.

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Spicules in sponges.

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Opening on sponge side: Ostia

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Where water enters

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Top openings in sponges called?

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Osculum - Where water exits.

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Cells creating current and capturing plankton in sponges

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Collar cells

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Stinging structures in jellyfish and sea anemones

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Nematocysts