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KINGDOM ANIMALIA: PHYLUM PORIFERA

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Flagella inside a sponge keep water moving through its body. Why is this necessary?

a)

It prevents the sponge from floating away

b)

It allows the sponge to feed

c)

It allows the sponge to absorb carbon dioxide

d)

It maintains the water pressure inside the sponge

2.
Sponges get their food by 
a)
going through photosynthesis
b)
decomposing it
c)
sponges do not eat
d)
filter feeding
3.
Most sponges are hermaphrodites.  What does this mean?
a)
sponges can produce their own food
b)
sponges can produce both eggs and sperm
c)
sponges cannot reproduce
d)
sponges can swim around
4.

___________ are tiny hard particles that give a sponge support.

a)

Spongin

b)

Bones

c)

Buds

d)

Spicules

5.

Cells have sticky, funnel-shaped collar to collect food particles and a flagellum that creates a water current.

a)

Amoebocyte

b)

Porocyte

c)

Pinacocyte

d)

Choanocyte

6.

The cells inside the sponge that have flagella are called ...

a)

collar cells

b)

flagella

c)

osculum

d)

pores

7.

Sponges are primarily sessile organisms. What does this mean?

a)

They live permanently in one palce

b)

They move around their whole life

8.

Which of the following type of cell digests and distributes food for the sponge?

a)

Choanocytes

b)

Amoebocytes

c)

Pinacocytes

d)

Porocytes

9.
Which part of the sponge body is the central cavity that leads to the osculum?
a)
Ostia
b)
Mesenchyme
c)
Spongocoel
d)
Osculum
10.

Asexual sponge reproduction where a piece of the adult sponge breaks off and settles in a new area growing to adulthood.

a)

Binary fission

b)

Branching

c)

Budding

d)

Vegetative propagation

11.

What does the Phylum name "Porifera" mean?

a)

Hole-bearing

b)

Pore-bearing

c)

Full of holes

d)

Sponge-like

12.

What is the name of the exit opening at the top of the spongocoel?

a)

Spicule

b)

Ostia

c)

Pore

d)

Osculum

13.

Sponges are _______________, meaning there are both male and female cells in one individual.

a)

dioecious

b)

trioecious

c)

monoecious

14.

How are sponges beneficial?

a)

Shelter and food for other organisms

b)

Humans eat them

c)

Used for medicines

d)

Use them as natural sponges

15.

Which of these is a picture of a choanocyte?

a)
b)
c)