Porifera

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Kingdom including multicellular heterotrophs usually characterized by their ability to move is _______________.

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Anamalia/Animal Kingdom

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Phylum of animals meaning "pore bearing"

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Porifera

Front 3

Poriferan refers to some type of ______________.

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sponge

Front 4

Sponges are the _______________of all organisms in the animal kingdom.

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Simplest

Front 5

What level of organization do sponges exist?

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Class

Front 6

Sponges sometimes referred to as a ________ of cells because of their lack of tissue.

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Colony

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Sponges lack a backbone so they are called..

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Invertebrates

Front 8

All sponges are __________ because they live in water.

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Aquatic

Front 9

Concentration of salt in water is called _______________.

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Salinity

Front 10

Most sponges considered ____________b/c they live in water with salinity 3.5% or above.

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Marine

Front 11

Some sponges are considered ____________b/c they live in water with salinity less than 3.5%

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Freshwater

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Study of body form

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Morphology

Front 13

Some sponges have tubular body structure with many planes that create identical parts. This is _________________ symmetry

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Radial

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No symmetry = ___________

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Asymmetry

Front 15

Sponges have many small openings on their bodies called ______________ (simple term)

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Pores

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Small incurrent pore on sponge that draw water in

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Ostium

Front 17

Large excurrent pore that send water out of a sponge

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Osculum

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Large central opening inside most sponges

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Spongocoel

Front 19

Sponges have how many cell layers?

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2

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Inside skin layer

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Endoderm

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Outside skin layer

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Ectoderm

Front 22

The ectoderm is used to _____________ the sponge

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Protect

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Middle non-cellular layer of sponge

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Mesenchyme

Front 24

In the mesenchyme, spiked structures that form a skeletal framework to support the sponge are called ______________.

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Spicules

Front 25

Collar cells = __________________

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Choanocyte

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Choanocytes have a whip-like tail that creates a water current through pores called ______________.

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Flagella

Front 27

Microscopic animals and plants that get stuck in the sticky collar cell's that choanocytes use for food are ________________.

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Plankton

Front 28

Sponges are classified as ____________ _____________ because of how they obtain their food.

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Filter feeders

Front 29

In the mesenchyme, cells called ______________ digest and move around materials.

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Amoebocytes

Front 30

Sponges are classified by the material that makes up their ________________?

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Spicules

Front 31

Calcareous (chalk) sponge's spicules are made of what?

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Calcium

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Silica (glass) sponge's spicules are made of what?

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Silicon/ Silicon Dioxide

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Elastic sponges have spicules made of _______ and elastic ___________ fibers.

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Collagen and Silicon

Front 34

Adult sponges do not move, and are therefore ____________.

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Sessile

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At what stage in a sponges life are they motile?

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Larva

Front 36

Sponges exchange gases with their watery environment through the process of simple ________________.

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Diffusion

Front 37

Reproduction that involves the production of two haploid cells that then unite to form offspring is called ________________ reproduction

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Sexual

Front 38

Most sponges produce both sperm and egg, which makes them _______________.

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Monoecious

Front 39

Sperm swims through the water and unites with an egg. This is a process called ________________.

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Fertilization

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Sperm cells fertilize the egg INSIDE the sponge's body. This is called __________ fertilization

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Internal

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Reproduction that involves the production of diploid cells by one parent is called _____________ reproduction.

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Asexual

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sponges can reproduce asexually by growing new sponges off of their sides. This is called _____________.

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Budding

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Sponges can reform lost/damaged body parts by _________________.

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Regeneration.

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Pieces of detached sponge can grow and form a whole new sponge. This is called ____________

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Fragmenting

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Sponges make groups of cells enclosed in an outer protective layer that can remain dormant until conditions are ideal for living. These cell packets are called _______________.

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Gemmules