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Sponge Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism that does not move. It remains attached to one place.

a)

Spongin

b)

Spicule

c)

Osculum

d)

Sessile

2.

Collar cells that line the body cavity and have flagella that circulate water in sponges.

a)

Choanocytes

b)

Mesenchymes

c)

Spongocoels

d)

Amoebocytes

3.

Flexible material that makes up the skeleton of some sponges.

a)

Osculum

b)

Spongocoel

c)

Spicules

d)

Spongin

4.

The large central cavity of a sponge.

a)

Epidermis

b)

Endoderm

c)

Spongocoel

d)

Choanocyte

5.

A large opening on a sponge through which filtered water is expelled.

a)

Spongocoel

b)

Spongin

c)

Osculum

d)

Spicule

6.
What type of symmetry do sponges (Porifera) have?
a)
asymmetrical
b)
radial
c)
bilateral 
d)
medial
7.
They outer layer of a sponge is made of flattened cells called ______
a)
porocytes
b)
pinacocytes
c)
choanocytes
d)
amoebocytes
8.
Water enters sponges through the ______.
a)
ostia/ostium
b)
oscula/osculum
9.
Which cells in sponges are responsible for nutrient transport and transporting a sperm to an egg?
a)
porocytes
b)
pinacocytes
c)
choanocytes
d)
amoebocytes
10.
What skeleton type?
a)
Asconoid
b)
Leuconoid
c)
Syconoid
11.

Calcareous sponges have spicules made of

a)

silica

b)

calcium carbonate

c)

collagen

d)

liquid goo

12.
Sponges get their food by 
a)
going through photosynthesis
b)
decomposing it
c)
sponges do not eat
d)
filter feeding
13.
What is true about sponges?
a)
They have organs
b)
They have bilateral symmetry
c)
They have a true coelom
d)
They are animals
14.

What is the main purpose of spicules?

a)

to scare predators

b)

offence

c)

support/ skeletal structures

d)

to attach muscles

15.

Specialized reproductive structures made to survive harsh conditions

a)

Spicules

b)

Plankton

c)

Flagella

d)

Gemmules

16.
What part of the sponge body is the openings along the sponge's body that allow in water?
a)
Ostia
b)
Mesenchyme
c)
spongecoel
d)
osculum
17.

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

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Sponges are considered the simplest animals because

a)

they are sessile

b)

they die when torn apart

c)

they have no specialized organs

d)

they are not the simplest animals

19.
skeleton structures made of silica or calcium carbonate 
a)
spicules
b)
spongin
c)
sessile
d)
something
20.

Which characteristic do sponges share with all other animals?

a)

multicellular

b)

heterotrophic

c)

eukaryotes

d)

no cell walls

e)

all of the above

21.

Cell that generates a current and feeds.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

22.

Amoebacyte

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

23.

Spicule

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

24.

Choanocyte

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

25.

Which lists sponge body plans from most to least complex?

a)

ascon, sycon, leucon

b)

sycon, ascon, leucon

c)

leucon, ascon, sycon

d)

leucon, sycon, ascon