Sponge Notes

Question 1

Classification

Answer 1

Kingdom- Animalia, Phylum- Porifera.

Question 2

Ingestion

Answer 2

Taking food into the body.

Question 3

Digestion

Answer 3

Changing food into a liquid form.

Question 4

Respiration

Answer 4

Use of oxygen in the body to burn food for energy.

Question 5

Excretion

Answer 5

Removing waste from the body.

Question 6

Secretion

Answer 6

Process by which an organism releases some material.

Question 7

Reproduction

Answer 7

The process of living things producing offspring of the same kind.

Question 8

Anterior

Answer 8

Toward the front; the head one end of the organism.

Question 9

Posterior

Answer 9

Toward the rear; the tail.

Question 10

Ventral

Answer 10

Having to do with the belly or bottom.

Question 11

Dorsal

Answer 11

On the back or top.

Question 12

Symmetry

Answer 12

A regular arrangement on opposite sides.

Question 13

Bilaterally Symmetrical

Answer 13

Alike two sides; a mirror.

Question 14

Radially Symmetrical

Answer 14

Alike on each ray; like legs of a starfish.

Question 15

Spongin

Answer 15

Material of a natural sponge; soft and leathery.

Question 15

Collar Cells

Answer 15

Surrounds a pore that catches food with its flagella.

Question 15

Spicules

Answer 15

Gives a sponge its form and protects it.

Question 16

Pores

Answer 16

Opening to let water and food in(incurrent pore).

Question 17

Flagella

Answer 17

Whip-like threads that move water.

Question 18

Central Cavity

Answer 18

Large space in sponge lined with Collar Cells to catch food.

Question 19

Osculum

Answer 19

Large opening on top (Excurrent pore); used to expel water and waste.