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Sponges

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of symmetry do sponges (Porifera) have?
a)
asymmetrical
b)
radial
c)
bilateral 
d)
medial
2.
The elastic fibrous protein found in sponges is called .....
a)
mesohyl
b)
spicules
c)
spongin
d)
tissue
3.
They outer layer of a sponge is made of flattened cells called ______
a)
porocytes
b)
pinacocytes
c)
choanocytes
d)
amoebocytes
4.
The spongin and spicules make up what in sponges?
a)
digestive tract
b)
skin
c)
stomach
d)
skeleton
5.
Water enters sponges through the ______.
a)
ostia/ostium
b)
oscula/osculum
6.
What skeleton type?
a)
Asconoid
b)
Leuconoid
c)
Syconoid
7.

The flat cells on the outside of a sponge are:

a)

choanocyte

b)

amoeboid cell

c)

spicule

d)

pinacocyte

8.

Structure I, where water is pumped out, is the

a)

choanocyte

b)

osculum

c)

mesohyl

d)

pore

9.
Sponges belong to which group of animals?
a)
Vertebrates
b)
Invertebrates
10.
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
11.
Sponges have many pores or ______ to circulate water. 
a)
osculum
b)
holes
c)
ostia
d)
spongin
12.
What is the name of the phylum sponges belong to?
a)
mammals
b)
chordate
c)
cnidarians
d)
Porifera
13.
large opening at the top of a sponge where water exits.
a)
ostia
b)
osculum
c)
orifice
d)
opening
14.

How do sponges obtain food?

a)

filter it from the water

b)

grasp it with tentacles

c)

pry it apart with tube feet

d)

put it in their mouth with jointed legs

15.
What is true about sponges?
a)
They have organs
b)
They have bilateral symmetry
c)
They have a true coelom
d)
They are animals
16.

The small "hairs" inside the sponge that move water are called...

a)

Flagella

b)

Collar cells

c)

Osculum

d)

Pores

17.
Because sponges cannot move around they are considered ______. 
a)
sessile
b)
senile
c)
sedementary
d)
spongin
18.
Asexual sponge reproduction where a piece of the adult sponge breaks off and settles in a new area growing to adulthood.
a)
broadcast spawning
b)
branching
c)
budding
d)
forcast spawning
19.

True/False: Sponges reproduce by both sexual and asexual reproduction.

a)

True

b)

False

20.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
a)
Spongebob Squarepants
b)
Patrick Star
c)
Mr. Krab
d)
Squidward
21.

Which type of sponge has more than one oscullum and is often the largest in size?

a)

asconoid

b)

synconoid

c)

leuconoid

d)

quatranoid

22.
skeleton structures made of silica or calcium carbonate 
a)
spicules
b)
spongin
c)
sessile
d)
something
23.

___________ are tiny hard particles that give a sponge support and can provide protection if they are made out of calcium carbonate or silica glass.

a)

spongin

b)

bones

c)

buds

d)

spicules

24.

What is true about sponges?

a)

They have organs

b)

They have tissues

c)

They have a backbone

d)

They are animals

25.

The part of the sponge that includes the flagella and the collar is the ________________________ cell.

a)

Mesenchyme

b)

Amoebocyte

c)

Choanocyte

d)

Hermaphrodite

26.
What filters food and eliminates waste from the water it lives in?
a)
sponge
b)
segmented worm
c)
arthropod
d)
mollusk
27.
Sponges use pores to 
a)
move from place to place.
b)
filter food from the water.
c)
defend themselves.
28.
Animals are
a)
all unicellular
b)
all multicellular
c)
mostly unicellular
d)
mostly multicellular
29.

True or False:

Sponges have separate sexes

a)

True

b)

False

30.

most complex sponge body form with many chambers and canals and can have multiple osculum.

a)

asconoid

b)

syconoid

c)

leuconoid

d)

huh

31.

The flagella of a choanocyte

a)

regulates the diameter of the osculum

b)

filters food from the water

c)

creates currents in the water

d)

secretes digestive enzymes

32.

What is the large cavity in the middle of the sponge called?

a)

osculum

b)

ostia

c)

spongocoel

d)

choanocytes

33.

Describe the water flow through the sponge.

a)

In osculum out ostia

b)

In ostia out osculum

34.

Sponges are primarily sessile organisms. What does this mean?

a)

They live permanently in one palce

b)

They move around their whole life

35.

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

a)

Choanocytes

b)

Amoebocytes

c)

Endodermal cells

d)

Epidermal cells