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Phyla Porifera, Cnidaria & Ctenophora Test

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How do sponges obtain food?   filtering small organisms from the water  
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What are sponges?   organisms with no tissues, simplest of all animals, and contain cells called choanocytes  
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What are spicules?   spicules are hard needles in the wall of a sponge  
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What is the outer most tissue layer of a cnidarian?   ectoderm  
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What type of symmetry do sponges have?   asymmetry  
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How do sponges reproduce?   budding, a break-up of original parent into fragments, and sexually with sperm and egg  
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Where does digestion in Cnidarians begin?   gastrovascular cavity  
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Sponges and cnidarians remove wastes through:   diffusion  
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Which organism is at the bottom of the phylogenetic tree: Sponges, Cnidarians or Ctenophores?   sponges  
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These cells in cnidarians are responsible for paralyzing prey:   cnidocytes  
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What is a gastrovascular cavity?   digestive cavity with one opening  
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What are hermaphrodites?   produce both eggs and sperm  
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Adult sponges have this characteristic:   have body walls with many pores  
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In sponges, currents are created by these cells:   choanocytes  
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Water leaves a sponge through this opening:   osculum  
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Sponges are harvested because of this middle layer that contains:   a protein called spongin which holds water and releases it when squeezed.  
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What is one characteristic of a sea anemone?   polyp  
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What is the name of the cells that carry nutrients to the entire body of a sponge?   amoebocytes  
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What is the other name for ctenophores?   comb jellies  
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What type of specialized cells is in ctenophores?   collarblasts  
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What does the ectoderm become as the cnidarians develop?   skin and nervous system  
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What is the name of the harpoons that contain venom in cnidarians?   nematocytes  
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What is the tube-shaped body form in some cnidarians?   polyp  
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These cnidarians provide shelter for many kinds of animals:   sea anemone  
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A Portuguese man of war is an example of:   hydrozoan colony  
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These organisms are sessile as an adult:   sponge, sea anemone, sea whip  
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What is the jellylike substance between the endoderm and ectoderm of a jellyfish called?   mesoglea  
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Do cnidarians and sponges have true tissues?   No  
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Which phyla display bioluminescence?   ctenophora  
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Which phyla can sting?   cnidarians  
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Are cnidarians, sponges and ctenophores simple animals with none having an organ level of cellular organization?   Yes  
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What is planktonic? Which animals are recognized as planktonic carnivores?   floating organisms; jelly fish  
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Which phyla has a skeleton made of tiny, hard particles of calcium carbonate?   Porifera (sponges)  
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Which phylum defends itself by not tasting and smelling very good to larger predators?   ctenophora  
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What phyla does order physalia belong to?   cnidarians  
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Which phyla has bottom dwelling organisms that have branched tentacles and look more like sea slugs?   ctenophora  
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Which phyla has tiny pores that allow water to enter:   porifera  
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Which phyla has both a medusa and polyp stage:   cnidarians  
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Which phyla has a skeleton made of silica?   porifera  
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Be able to describe 3 differences and 3 similarities between Phyla Porifera, Cnidaria and Ctenophora.   (see Venn diagram)  
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