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Quiz about Sponging off of the Animal Kingdom

Sponging off of the Animal Kingdom Quiz

The sponge is a pretty primitive animal. In fact, there is even debate about whether it is an animal or not. Explore some information about this unusual animal.

A multiple-choice quiz by bernie73. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bernie73

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,112

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
471

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which phylum includes sponges? (There probably are few wealthy sponges.) Hint

Chordata

Cnidaria

Porifera

Mollusca

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which range best states the number of species of sponges? Hint

Not many (1-9)

Hundreds (100-999)

Thousands (1,000 or more)

Tens (10-99)

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linne) classified sponges, where did he place them? Hint

He thought they were plants.

He thought they were fungi.

He thought they were animals.

He thought they were non-living.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which common animal systems are lacking in a sponge? (It is a pretty primitive animal) Hint

It lacks digestive and nervous systems. It has a circulatory system.

It lacks circulatory and digestive systems. It has a nervous system.

It lacks nervous and circulatory systems. It has a digestive system.

It lacks nervous, digestive, and circulatory systems. It doesn't have any of them.

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the most common type of reproduction in sponges? (I wonder if sponges go on dates?) Hint

Fragments break off and form new sponges.

Producing gemmules.

Budding.

Sexual reproduction.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Sponges live in the water. In which type of water environment will you find the greatest number of sponges? Hint

Most sponges live in freshwater.

Most sponges live in saltwater.

Equal numbers of sponge species are found in saltwater and freshwater.

I lied. About half of sponge species are actually found on land.

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which climate area will you find sponges? Hint

Sponges live only in tropical areas.

Sponges live in tropical, temperate, and polar areas. They are hardy.

Sponges live only in temperate areas.

Sponges live only in polar areas.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Most adult sponges are sessile. What does "sessile" mean? (Cease and desist, sponge!) Hint

Non-moving. (Sponges stay in one location).

Without hard tissue (like a skeleton).

Without senses (or sensory organs).

Unspecialized (as in unspecialized tissue).

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which characteristic do sponges share with other species of animals? Hint

Sponges have organs.

Sponges are multi-cellular.

Sponges have body symmetry.

Sponges have none of these traits.

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Question 10 of 10

10. The sponge includes a type of cell called a collar cell. Which answer most completely describes the correct purpose or purposes of a collar cell. Hint

Collar cells only have flagella that move water in and out of the sponge.

Collar cells only have sticky areas that capture tiny food particles.

Collar cells have neither flagella nor sticky areas.

Collar cells have flagella that move water in and out of the sponge and sticky areas that capture tiny food particles.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which phylum includes sponges? (There probably are few wealthy sponges.)

Answer: Porifera

Porifera means "pore bearing". Cnidaria includes jellyfish. Mollusca includes clams, snails, and octopi. Chordata includes all animals that are vertebrates--including humans.

2. Which range best states the number of species of sponges?

Answer: Thousands (1,000 or more)

The websites I consulted gave numbers between 5,000 and 10,000 species. I would never have guessed there were so many kinds.

3. When Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linne) classified sponges, where did he place them?

Answer: He thought they were plants.

Linnaeus actually placed them with algae. Over the next several decades, other scientists found that they shared characteristics with other kinds of animals.

4. Which common animal systems are lacking in a sponge? (It is a pretty primitive animal)

Answer: It lacks nervous, digestive, and circulatory systems. It doesn't have any of them.

I told you the sponge is primitive. It depends, in most cases, on water flowing through its body to bring in nutrients and oxygen and to take out waste matter.

5. What is the most common type of reproduction in sponges? (I wonder if sponges go on dates?)

Answer: Sexual reproduction.

Sponges are actually hermaphrodites--that is they are both male and female. The other types of reproduction do also occur with some sponge species. I found the idea of a gemmule to be the most interesting. In lean times, the sponge separates a bit of itself that essentially goes into hibernation until conditions for survival have improved.

6. Sponges live in the water. In which type of water environment will you find the greatest number of sponges?

Answer: Most sponges live in saltwater.

Only about 150 species of sponges are found in freshwater areas. The rest are found in saltwater areas. All sponge species live in the water.

7. In which climate area will you find sponges?

Answer: Sponges live in tropical, temperate, and polar areas. They are hardy.

Interestingly, sponges are more numerous in temperate areas than tropical areas. Sponge species show more diversity in tropical areas, however.

8. Most adult sponges are sessile. What does "sessile" mean? (Cease and desist, sponge!)

Answer: Non-moving. (Sponges stay in one location).

A few sponge species have shown the ability to move as an adult, but very slowly (a few millimeters in an hour). Most "moving around" by a sponge usually takes place during the larval stage.

9. Which characteristic do sponges share with other species of animals?

Answer: Sponges are multi-cellular.

Sponges also lack cell walls, but produce sperm cells. While many sponges are small, some can grow as big as a person. If that was a one-celled creature, it would be one big cell!

10. The sponge includes a type of cell called a collar cell. Which answer most completely describes the correct purpose or purposes of a collar cell.

Answer: Collar cells have flagella that move water in and out of the sponge and sticky areas that capture tiny food particles.

While some species of sponge are carnivorous and eat small animals, most survive on those tiny food particles. The collar cell is known as a choanocyte.

Source: Author bernie73

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