Sponges Quiz

Sponges are in phylum

• Cnidaria

• Porifera

• Chordata

• Echinodermata

Sponges have true tissue differentiation (muscle tissue, stomach tissue, etc).

• True

• False

Sponges obtain food through

• filter feeding

• trapping

• predation

• scavenging

Which substances give the sponge support?

• Spongin

• Spicules

• Buds

• Amebocytes

Sponges generate a current through their bodies using

• Flagella on their choanocytes

• Flagella on their amebocytes

• Flagella on their ostia

• Flagella on their osculum

The structures labelled A are

• Choanocytes

• Amebocytes

• Epidermis

• Ostia

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The structures labelled C are

• Choanocytes

• Amebocytes

• Epidermis

• Ostia

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Sponges feed on

• plankton & other suspended material

• water

• calcium carbonate

• the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The structures labelled F are

• Osculum

• Collar cells

• Spicules

• Spongin

Sponges are the earliest multicellular animals to evolve.

• True

• False

• We don't have a concrete answer to this currently

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2