
Porifera and Cnidaria Notes
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Teresa Schlueter
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22 Slides • 41 Questions
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Watch the video as in introduction to the Sponges.
Tell me 5 things you learned about sponges from the video.
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
Sponges feed by filtering _____________ out of the water column as it passes through the spongocoel.
small fish
oxygen
macro algae
plankton
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following type of cell digests and distributes food for the sponge?
Choanocytes
Amoebocytes
Endodermal cells
Epidermal cells
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Mesenchyme
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Multiple Choice
What is the central internal cavity in a sponge body?
holdfast
spongocoel
osculum
spongin
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Select
osculum (large opening of the spongecoel)
ostia (small outer openings)
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
What type of sponge would have the most complex makeup with multiple branched tunnels?
Asconoid
Syconoid
Lueconoid
Radionoid
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_________________ are specialized buds made to survive harsh weather.
Spicules
Plankton
Flagella
Gemmules
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Multiple Select
What are the two modes of asexual reproduction observed in a sponge?
binary fission
budding
regeneration
sexual reproduction
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Tissue Organization
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Open Ended
Watch the video on Cnidaria, and answer the following 5 questions.
1. What 2 structures of the digestive system did Cnidarians develop that we take for granted today?
2. What 2 things were inherited from Cnidarians that allow all animals to move?
3. How do Cnidarians capture their prey?
4. What were the first animals to swim in the ocean?
5. What is the longest animal in the world?
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Multiple Choice
All animals belong to Domain __________.
Animalia
Eukarya.
Probiotica.
Plantae.
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Multiple Choice
All animals in phylum Cnidaria demonstrate _____________.
radial symmetry
asymmetry
bilateral symmetry
pretty symmetry
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Multiple Choice
All jellyfish belong to phylum ____________.
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Anthozoa
Scyphozoa
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Multiple Choice
Cnidarians are named after __________, the stinging cells found in their tentacles.
cnidocytes
cnidocils
nematocysts
cniliocysts
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Multiple Choice
In Cnidarians, where does digestion occur?
spongocoel
nematocyst
gastrovascular cavity
tentacles
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Multiple Choice
A jellyfish is covered in an outer layer of cells called the epidermis. Within the epidermis is the ____________, which is the jelly-like interior of the animal.
mesoglea
rhopalium
brachial tentacle
manubrium
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Multiple Choice
When the _________ is triggered, the operculum opens on the cnidocyte.
cnidocil
barb
nematocyst
cnidocyte
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Multiple Choice
How many cell layers (body walls) do jelly fish have?
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Name this body type.
Medusa
Polyp
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Multiple Choice
Name this body type.
Medusa
Polyp
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Multiple Choice
Term for an animal that is attached and not free-swimming.
planted
sessile
motile
amorphous
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Multiple Choice
What type of asexual reproduction is shown here?
Gemmules
Fragmentation
Budding
Sexual reproduction
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Multiple Choice
What term describes a life cycle that alternates between two forms, such as the medusa and polyp?
generational life cycle
alternation of life cycle
alternation of generations
changing life forms
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Multiple Choice
How are nervous responses in cnidarians controlled?
by their gastrovascular cavity
through the mesoglea
by the nerve net
through the filaments in their nematocysts
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Multiple Choice
How do cnidarians reproduce?
only sexually
only asexually
both sexually and asexually
genetically reproduced in labs
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Multiple Choice
The larval (or baby) form of a Cnidarian is called the _______.
planula
plantae
kingdom
baby jelly
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Multiple Choice
Sessile, tube shaped body form of cnidarians such as corals and hydra.
Polyp
Medusa
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Corals and anemones are part of Class __________
Anthozoa
Hydrozoa
Scyphozoa
Cubozoa
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Multiple Choice
"Box jellyfish" belong to Class _____________.
Cubozoa
Hydrozoa
Anthozoa
Scyphozoa
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"True jellyfish" belong to Class _________.
Scyphozoa
Anthozoa
Hydrozoa
Cubozoa
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What type of cnidarian is pictured?
hydra
coral
jellyfish
sea anemone
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Multiple Choice
What type of cnidarian is pictured?
Jellyfish
hydra
sea anemone
coral
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