Collar cell Ostium Osculum Spicule ? Ostium
What happens at the osculum? Water exits
True or False? Amoebocytes digest food for a sponge. true
What does the phylum name “Porifera” mean? Pore bearing or many pores
C B A D What is B? Choanocyte or collar cell
What is the atrium? Empty space inside a sponge
True or False? Sponges can reproduce both sexually and asexually. true
A choanocyte is also called a … Collar cell
Collar cell Ostium Osculum Spicule ? Choanocyte or collar cell
What does a collar cell do for a sponge? Creates water flow, captures food
True or False? Sponges obtain their energy through photosynthesis.
How do sponges feed? Filter feeding
C B A D What is A? osculum
How do sponges reproduce? Sexually or asexually. Sexually by releasing sperm into the water for another sponge to take in and fertilize an egg.
True or False? Sponges were the first animal. true
What do function do spicules have in sponges? Structural support
C B A D What is C? ostium
What do sponges eat? Plankton and other organic matter
True or False? Sponges have complex tissues and organs.
Which of the following is the class of glass sponges? A. Hexactinellida B. Calcarea C. Demospongiae
How do sponges create water flow through their body?
? Collar cell Ostium Osculum Spicule Body Wall
What is symmetry? Do sponges have it?
True or False? Fertilization of a sponge egg is internal.
Where does water enter a sponge? Ostia or ostium
Where does water exit a sponge? osculum
True or False? When organisms reproduce asexually they create genetically identical offspring. true
What happens at the ostium? Water enters the sponge
C B A D What is D? atrium
What does the word “sessile” mean? Doesn’t move as a adult
True or False? Sponges are hermaphroditic. true
What is the empty cavity inside of a sponge called? atrium
Collar cell Ostium Osculum Spicule spicule ?
True or False? There are no species of sponge that can live in fresh water. false
How do sponges get rid of waste they produce and the oxygen they need?