Marine Science Sponges Quiz
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How was the first animal created?

  • Through fossil records
  • Through evolution
  • Through chemical reactions
  • Through cells developing a language (correct)

    • What modern animal can we study to learn about the first animal?

    Sponge

    What do sponges thrive in?

    Salt and freshwater

    What evidence tells us that sponges are animals?

    <p>They engage in sexual reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can sponge cells do that other animals cannot?

    <p>Reinvent themselves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does a sponge skeleton differ from ours?

    <p>Made up of spicules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are spicules?

    <p>Microscopic structures that give a sponge its rigidity and form</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are choanocytes?

    <p>Cells that whip like flagella to power the pump</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does pumping do for the sponge?

    <p>Allows the sponge to eat and reproduce</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are single-celled organisms not classified as animals?

    <p>They have enclosed membranes and do not form multicellular structures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the cells of a sponge after being broken by a sieve?

    <p>They clump back together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what ways are sponges like other animals?

    <p>They have collagen and are multicellular</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How much water does a sponge need to pump to filter out 1 ounce of food?

    <p>1 ton</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the sponge's pump powered?

    <p>By specialized cells known as choanocytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is collagen?

    <p>A protein that holds the sponge's body together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are sponges' bodies held together by?

    <p>Collagen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kingdom do sponges belong to?

    <p>Animalia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is another name for the sponge?

    <p>Phylum Porifera</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the place that the water goes into called?

    <p>Ostia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the large opening that water goes out of known as?

    <p>Osculum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What lines the inside of the sponge's body cavity?

    <p>Choanocytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do amebocytes do?

    <p>Pick up food from choanocytes after digestion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the sponge's level of organization?

    <p>Eukaryotic, no tissue, cellular</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Most sponges are what?

    <p>Asymmetrical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Most sponges live in?

    <p>Marine habitat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Sponges are heterotrophs meaning they cannot do what?

    <p>Manufacture their own food</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of feeders are sponges?

    <p>Filter feeders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Do sponges have digestive tracts?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do sponges digest food?

    <p>Through intercellular digestion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The inside body cavity of a sponge is known as?

    <p>Spongocoel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The sponge has how many cell layers?

    <p>Two cell layers: outer epidermis and inner endodermis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do sponges respire?

    <p>Through diffusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do they transport material?

    <p>Through diffusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do sponges excrete waste products?

    <p>Through diffusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When is the one time in a sponge's life that it can move?

    <p>When it is a larva</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do sponges reproduce asexually?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Most sponges are monoecious meaning they have what?

    <p>Sperm and egg</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does mesenchyme refer to?

    <p>The jelly-like material between the sponge's cell layers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Origins and Characteristics of Sponges

    • First animals emerged through cellular communication and development.
    • Sponges inhabit both salt and freshwater environments, thriving in tropical and polar regions.
    • Evidence of sponges being animals includes their heterotrophic nature, presence of collagen, cellular communication, sexual reproduction, and multicellularity.

    Sponge Regeneration and Structure

    • Sponge cells have the unique ability to reform and regenerate if damaged.
    • Sponge skeletons comprise spicules made of materials like calcium carbonate or silica.

    Sponge Anatomy and Function

    • Spicules provide structural rigidity to the sponge.
    • Choanocytes are specialized cells with flagella that facilitate water pumping, essential for feeding and reproduction.
    • Sponges lack organs; their bodies consist of millions of cells that cooperate for survival.
    • The sponge body is held together by collagen, essential for structural integrity in all animals.

    Taxonomy and Physiology

    • Sponges belong to the kingdom Animalia and the phylum Porifera.
    • Water enters through small pores (ostia) and exits through a larger opening (oscula).

    Sponge Body Structure

    • The inner body cavity lined by choanocytes is called the spongocoel.
    • Amebocytes transport nutrients from choanocytes after digestion.
    • Sponges are eukaryotic with no complex tissues and maintain a cellular level of organization.
    • Most sponges exhibit asymmetry and primarily inhabit marine environments.

    Nutrition and Digestion

    • Sponges cannot produce their own food, thus classified as heterotrophs and functioning as filter feeders.
    • They digest food intracellularly, lacking a digestive tract.
    • Respiratory gas exchange, nutrient transport, and waste excretion occur via diffusion.
    • The larval stage of sponges is the only period they are motile.

    Reproduction and Ecological Role

    • Sponges can reproduce asexually through gemmules, budding, and regeneration.
    • Many sponges are monoecious, having both male and female reproductive organs for cross-fertilization, while some are dioecious, producing only one type of gamete.
    • Sponges play vital ecological roles by filtering water, providing habitats, and serving medicinal purposes.
    • The mesenchyme is a jelly-like substance found between sponge cell layers, supporting cellular functions.

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