Sponges! Flashcards
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Sponges belong to the kingdom — and the phylum —
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Animalia and Porifera
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What did early biologists think sponges were?
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Plants
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Sponges are — and —-
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Multicellular and eukaryotic
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What type of symmetry do sponges have?
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Asymmetrical
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What does it mean to be sessile?
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Attached to some surface
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How do sponges get there food?
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Filter feeding
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Water enters the sponge through the —- and leaves through the —-
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Incurrent pore; osculum
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What helps to circulate water through the sponge?
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Flagella
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Q
What is the job of the amebocyte?
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Carrying food
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Tiny sponges growing from the main body of the sponge are called
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Buds
