Porifera Cnidaria Quiz A
Porifera Cnidaria Quiz A
Porifera Cnidaria Quiz A
2. ____ A sea sponge is considered an animal 8. ____ Sponges are considered the simplest
(not a plant) because multicellular animals because
a. It is photosynthetic a. They can move
b. Its cells contain a cell wall b. They lack true tissues and organs
c. It is a heterotroph c. They cannot obtain food
d. It cannot move d. All of the above
3. ____ All sponges are 9. ____ All of the following are the polyp form
a. Porous of a Cnidarian except
b. Filter feeders a. Sea Anemone
c. Sessile b. Jellyfish
d. All of the above c. Coral
d. Hydra
4. ____ Which of the following describes a
nematocyst? 10. ____ Nearly all Cnidarians
a. It is a species of sea anemone a. Have tentacles
b. It is a long tentacle-like appendage b. Are colonial organisms
c. It is a type of coral c. Have a brain
d. It is a spring-like stinging cell that d. Both A and B
penetrates tissue on contact e. Both B and C
5. ____ Which characteristic is shared by both 11. ____ The substance secreted by coral
a sponge and a sea anemone? polyps in order to form a coral reef is
a. They are sessile a. Calcium Carbonate
b. They are photosynthetic b. Sodium Chloride
c. They have tentacles c. Hydrochloric Acid
d. They are filter feeders d. Protein
6. ____ This is the sessile form of a Cnidarian 12. ____ The living part of a coral reef is found
a. Medusa a. At the reef bottom
b. Box Jellyfish b. At the reef top
c. Encrusting sponge c. At the center of the reef
d. Polyp d. The entire reef is living
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Part II. Fill in the Blank (3 points each)- Use the word bank below. Some words will not be used.
14. Water flows into a sponge through pores called ____________ and out of the sponge through openings
called ___________________.
16. This organism is actually multiple organisms working together as one: _______________________
17. The term ________________ is Latin for pore-bearing, while _________________ is Greek for stinging
nettle.
18. _______________ are microscopic, brittle structures which give a sponge it’s rigid form.
20. ____________________ make up the inner lining of a sponge and have a flagellum that propels water.
Part III: Labeling (3 points each): Using the word bank, label the missing structures of the sea sponge:
Porocyte
Choanocyte
Amoebocyte
Spicule
Organism: _________________________
Please answer each question in as much detail as possible and write your responses in bullet
form.
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