WorksheetsSponges Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Sponges are in phylum
Cnidaria
Porifera
Chordata
Echinodermata
Sponges have true tissue differentiation (muscle tissue, stomach tissue, etc).
True
False
Sponges obtain food through
filter feeding
trapping
predation
scavenging
Which substances give the sponge support?
Spongin
Spicules
Buds
Amebocytes
Sponges generate a current through their bodies using
Flagella on their choanocytes
Flagella on their amebocytes
Flagella on their ostia
Flagella on their osculum
The structures labelled A are
Choanocytes
Amebocytes
Epidermis
Ostia
The structures labelled C are
Choanocytes
Amebocytes
Epidermis
Ostia
Sponges feed on
plankton & other suspended material
water
calcium carbonate
the sun
The structures labelled F are
Osculum
Collar cells
Spicules
Spongin
Sponges are the earliest multicellular animals to evolve.
True
False
We don't have a concrete answer to this currently
Sponges are ______, meaning they cannot move.
Sessile
Locomotive
Bipedal
Tetrapodal
Sponges are instrumental in the development of antiviral medicines.
True
False
Water enters sponges through their
ostia
choanocytes
amebocytes
spicules
Sponges are (select all that apply)
multicellular
unicellular
eukaryotic (have a nucleus)
prokaryotic (no nucleus, bacterial cells)
The tails on choanocytes are called
flagella
collar cells
plankton
detritus
Water exits the sponge through their
ostia
osculum
choanocytes
flagella
