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P. Porifera

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name of D (opening at top)

a)

Osculum

b)

Ostia

c)

Choanocytes

d)

Incurrent Pore

2.

The sponge has no organs, tissues, and no nervous system.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

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

4.
Sponges get their food by 
a)
going through photosynthesis
b)
decomposing it
c)
sponges do not eat
d)
filter feeding
5.
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
6.
___________ 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
7.
Sponges have many pores or ______ to circulate water. 
a)
osculum
b)
holes
c)
ostia
d)
spongin
8.
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
9.
What is true about sponges?
a)
They have organs
b)
They have bilateral symmetry
c)
They have a true coelom
d)
They are animals
10.

The cells inside the sponge that have flagella (and absorb food) are called...

a)

Collar cells

b)

Flagella

c)

Osculum

d)

Pores

11.

Sponges are primarily sessile organisms. What does this mean?

a)

They live permanently in one palce

b)

They move around their whole life

12.
Choanocytes are also known as _____.
a)
epithelial cells
b)
amoeboid cells
c)
collar cells
d)
pore cells
13.

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

a)

Choanocytes

b)

Amoebocytes

c)

Endodermal cells

d)

Epidermal cells

14.

_________________ are specialized buds made to survive harsh weather.

a)

Spicules

b)

Plankton

c)

Flagella

d)

Gemmules

15.

Which of the following terms defines how sponges can regrow lost body parts?

a)

Budding

b)

Symmetry

c)

Choanocytes

d)

Regeneration

16.
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
17.

Which of the following is NOT what a sponge skeleton can be made of?

a)

Spongin

b)

Calcium carbonate

c)

Sodium chloride

d)

Silica

18.

What type of symmetry do sponges have?

a)

bilateral

b)

radial

c)

asymmetrical

19.

Respiration and excretion occurs by simple diffusion

a)

true

b)

false

20.

What is the only free-swimming component of the sponge's life cycle?

a)

polyp

b)

gemmule

c)

larvae

d)

spicule