This is the part of the sponge that deals with protection and structure.
There are many different forms of it.
What are Spicules.
100
The level of organization that sponges have.
What is Cellular Level.
100
Collar cells with a single flagellum that create water current are called what?
What are Choanocytes.
100
Some sponges have male and female sexes in one individual. The term for this is what?
What is Monoecious or Hemaphrodite.
100
Which type of sponge canal system is considered the simplest type?
What is an Asconoid.
200
This is the large opening at the end of a sponge, where water and waste exit....the excurrent opening.
What is the Osculum.
200
These are the types of symmetry displayed in sponges.
What is Assymetrical and Radial.
200
Sponges are considered this because they do not move from place to place.
What is Sessile.
200
When a sponge reproduces asexually, they form an internal bud called this....which will withstand harsh weather conditions.
What is gemmules.
200
This is the name given to the type of sponge that is second when it comes to complexity. The water is filtered through two filter systems before exiting to the spongocoel.
What are syconoids.
300
This is term used to describe the tiny pores in the walls of a sponge for incurrent flow.
What is Ostia.
300
This describes the habitat of sponges.
What is All Aquatic, Mostly Marine.
300
What is the term given to sponges that live in large groups?
What is colonial.
300
What stage is the offspring of sponge when it swims out of the female and implants elsewhere...This is the only time the sponge is free-swimming or motile.
What is The Larval Stage.
300
This is the main structural protein in sponges.
What is Collagen and or Spongin (which is made out of collagen).
400
This is the large cavity in the middle of the sponge.
What is the Spongocoel.
400
This term describes the way respiration and excretion are carried out in sponges.
What is Diffusion.
400
Sponges do not have one of these, which is why they have a limited response to stimuli.
What is Nervous System.
400
T/F. A sponge would be able to consume a small fish.
What is false. A sponge would only be able to consume microscopic materials.
400
This is the name of the specialized cell that is in the matrix of a gemmules during reproduction. This cell is capable of forming into any type of cell...."Stem Cells of Sponges".
What is an Archaeocyte or Amebocyte.
500
This is gelatinous matrix in which cells and skeletal structures are found. Also, this is the meat of the sponge.
What is the Mesohyl.
500
All life functions of the sponge depends on what.
What is The Current of Water flowing through the body.
500
This is the name of the most complex type of sponge.
What is a Leuconoid.
500
Whenever there are harsh weather conditions in the habitat of the sponge, this type of reproduction takes place.
What is Asexual Reproduction.
500
This is the english translation of phylum Porifera.