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Sponges are in what kingdom and phylum?

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Kingdom Animalia Pylum Porifera

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What did early biologists think sponges were?

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Plants

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Sponges are multi or uni cellular

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Multicellular

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Are sponges prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

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Eukaryotes

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What are the two body layers of sponges?

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Epidermis(outer layer)

Gastrodermis(inner layer)

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What type of symmetry do sponges have?

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Asymmetrical

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Why are adult sponges sessile?

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The are attached to some surface

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What do sponges eat?

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Small bits of food, bacteria, algae, or protozoans

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How do sponges get their food?

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Filtering

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How does water enter a sponge?

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They rotate the flagella in a circular motion this sucks water into the sponge

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What is the job of the amebocyte?

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Distributes food and oxygen to epidermis cells

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What gives the sponge support?

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Spongin and spicules

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What are tiny sponges growing from the body of the sponge called?

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Buda

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What is a gemmule?

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A group of amebocyte so covered by a hard outer covering

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What is a hermaphrodite?

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They produce eggs and sperm

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What is the jellylike layer between the two skin layers called?

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Mesohyl

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What cells move in the Mesohyl delivering food and oxygen to other cells?

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Amebocytes

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What part of the collar cell pulls in water?

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Flagella

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What are collar cells called?

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Choanocytes

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What level of organization of sponges is missing?

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They don’t have tissue or organs

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How do sponges reproduce?

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Sexually and asexually

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Do sponges federalize their own eggs?

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No

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When do sponges release gemmules?

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After an adult sponge dies

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