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Sponges Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sponges are in phylum

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Porifera

c)

Chordata

d)

Echinodermata

2.

Sponges have true tissue differentiation (muscle tissue, stomach tissue, etc).

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Sponges obtain food through

a)

filter feeding

b)

trapping

c)

predation

d)

scavenging

4.

Which substances give the sponge support?

a)

Spongin

b)

Spicules

c)

Buds

d)

Amebocytes

5.

Sponges generate a current through their bodies using

a)

Flagella on their choanocytes

b)

Flagella on their amebocytes

c)

Flagella on their ostia

d)

Flagella on their osculum

6.

The structures labelled A are

a)

Choanocytes

b)

Amebocytes

c)

Epidermis

d)

Ostia

7.

The structures labelled C are

a)

Choanocytes

b)

Amebocytes

c)

Epidermis

d)

Ostia

8.

Sponges feed on

a)

plankton & other suspended material

b)

water

c)

calcium carbonate

d)

the sun

9.

The structures labelled F are

a)

Osculum

b)

Collar cells

c)

Spicules

d)

Spongin

10.

Sponges are the earliest multicellular animals to evolve.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

We don't have a concrete answer to this currently

11.

Sponges are ______, meaning they cannot move.

a)

Sessile

b)

Locomotive

c)

Bipedal

d)

Tetrapodal

12.

Sponges are instrumental in the development of antiviral medicines.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Water enters sponges through their

a)

ostia

b)

choanocytes

c)

amebocytes

d)

spicules

14.

Sponges are (select all that apply)

a)

multicellular

b)

unicellular

c)

eukaryotic (have a nucleus)

d)

prokaryotic (no nucleus, bacterial cells)

15.

The tails on choanocytes are called

a)

flagella

b)

collar cells

c)

plankton

d)

detritus

16.

Water exits the sponge through their

a)

ostia

b)

osculum

c)

choanocytes

d)

flagella