1. Sponges More then just a cartoon with square pants. Emily Wright

2.  Slow-moving  Does not form tissues  Has no nervous system  Filters cells to gather food  Draws water through pores Key Characteristics

3.  Spicule  Osculum  Pore Cell  Collar Cell  Spongocoel Anatomy

4.  Sponges are filter feeders  Food is collected in specialized cells  Eats floating particles and plankton  Sucks water and releases food particles  Sucks in lots of water to get one ounce of food  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmPTM965-1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmPTM965-1c Digestion

5.  Takes oxygen from the water  The sponge “breathes” from the osculum  Takes in through the pores and canals in their bodies  They send carbon dioxide out with the water they release  75% of oxygen is maintained from water that passes through. Respiration

6.  Sponges don’t have a circulatory system  Depend on water flow for their survival.  The chonaocytes keeps the water flowing  They also help trap in food  The sponge has canals that the water flows through Internal Transport

7.  The waste exits the Osculum  Water flows through the sponges pores  Filters out the waste it needs to get rid of  The water flows through the pore along with CO2  The sponge releases waste the same way it takes in food Excretion

8.  Sponges don’t have senses  Can’t taste, see, hear, smell, or feel  To protect themselves, sponges use their spicules  Sharp spicules make it uncomfortable for attackers  Can’t actively respond to their surrounding environment Response

9.  Sessile  They don’t have any muscles  They are able to sway 4mm a day.  Sponges are not incapable of movement  Being attached to one thing can be very dangerous for a sponge. Movement

10.  Many sponges reproduce sexually and asexually.  Sperm is released in water would and travel to a female.  After fertilization, a larva is released in the water.  Sticks to a solid, starts it’s growth as a adult sponge.  They also reproduce through budding. Reproduction

11.  The Row Pore Rope Sponge  Blue Callyspongia Sponge  The Brown Tube Sponge  Orange Ball Sponge  Boring Sponge Examples

12.  Sponges can live up to 10 years.  Sponges aren’t plants and they’re not coral.  One of the largest sponges reached 10 feet.  Sponges can change shapes if a part breaks off but they don’t feel it because they don’t have a nervous system.  There are more then 1,000 different types of sponges but only 150 of them live in fresh water. Facts

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