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Porifera and Cnidarians

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name of D (opening at top)

a)

Osculum

b)

Ostia

c)

Choanocytes

d)

Incurrent Pore

2.

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

3.
Sponges get their food by 
a)
going through photosynthesis
b)
decomposing it
c)
sponges do not eat
d)
filter feeding
4.
What is the name of the phylum sponges belong to?
a)
mammals
b)
chordate
c)
cnidarians
d)
Porifera
5.
___________ are tiny hard particles that give a sponge support and can provide protection when they stick out of a sponge.
a)
spongin
b)
bones
c)
buds
d)
spicules
6.
cells have sticky, funnel-shaped collar to collect food particles and a flagellum that creates a water current
a)
amoebocyte
b)
ostiocyte
c)
pinacocyte
d)
choanocyte
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)

Endodermal cells

d)

Epidermal cells

9.

_________________ are specialized buds made to survive harsh weather.

a)

Spicules

b)

Plankton

c)

Flagella

d)

Gemmules

10.
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
11.

Cnidarians have what type of symmetry?

a)

Asymmetry

b)

Radial

c)

Bilateral

d)

No symmetry

12.

What are cnidocytes?

a)

digestive cells

b)

another name for eyes

c)

reproductive cells

d)

stinging cells

13.

What type of digestive system do most cnidarians have?

a)

complete

b)

incomplete

14.

what are the two body forms of a cnidarian?

a)

polyp and medusa

b)

medusa and sessile

c)

polyp and sessile

d)

medusa and radual

15.

What type of symmetry does a sponge have?

a)

bilateral symmetry

b)

radial symmetry

c)

asymmetry

d)

medial symmetry

16.
Which body form is represented by this diagram?
a)
Mesoglea
b)
Medusa
c)
Moses
d)
Nematocyst
17.
What form is this organism? (Image 1)
a)
Polyp
b)
Medusa
18.

Sea Anemones and Corals belong to the Class ______________

a)

Anthozoa

b)

Cubozoa

c)

Hydrozoa

d)

Scyphozoa

19.

What are the stinging cells inside the cnidocyte that inject paralyzing toxins into their prey?

a)

pinacocytes

b)

lysomatocyts

c)

choanocytes

d)

nematocysts

20.

Which Class does this organism belong in?

a)

Class Scyphozoa

b)

Class Anthozoa

c)

Class Hydrozoa

d)

Class Cubozoa

21.

Box Jellyfish belong to the Class ______________

a)

Anthozoa

b)

Cubozoa

c)

Hydrozoa

d)

Scyphozoa

22.
What is this organism? What Class does it belong to?
a)
jellyfish:scyphozoa
b)
Portuguese man-of-war:hydrozoa
c)
hydra:hydrozoa
d)
coral:anthozoa