Sponges porifera - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

BIO 151 Lab Exam #1 questions and answers Porifera - answer-sponges Cnidaria - answer-jellyfish, corals, sea anemones Platyhelminthes - answer-flatworms, tapeworms, flukes Annelida - answer-Segmented worms, earthworms; anus and mouth; closed circulatory system; nervous system; setae-bristle appendages Mollusca - answer-(snails, clams, squids, octopuses) have a soft body that in many species is protected by a hard shell Arthopoda - answer-Insects: bilaterally symmetric; exoskeleton; segm...

Be familiar with the common characteristics of animals. - Multicellular heterotrophs - cells lack cell walls -most have nerves, muscles, and capacity to move at some point in the life cycle - able to reproduce sexually - specialized sensory structures and nervous system - cells exist in extensive extracellular matrix - unique cell junctions What type of life cycle do all animals show? gametic What is the most likely ancestor of animals? choanoflagellates What are the 3 major feat...

Be familiar with the common characteristics of animals. - - Multicellular heterotrophs - cells lack cell walls -most have nerves, muscles, and capacity to move at some point in the life cycle - able to reproduce sexually - specialized sensory structures and nervous system - cells exist in extensive extracellular matrix - unique cell junctions What type of life cycle do all animals show? - gametic What is the most likely ancestor of animals? - choanoflagellates What are the 3 majo...

Biology 1108 Exam 3 Questions and Answers (Latest Update) 120 Questions | Graded A+. Alpine - Correct Answers Similar to Tundra, Lacks permafrost, Budding - Correct Answers Form of asexual reproduction in which a bud/protrusion forms on an organism and eventually breaks off to form a new organism that is smaller than its parent. Fragmentation - Correct Answers A type of asexual reproduction in which one organism is broken into pieces, each of which develops into a new individual Partheno...

Bio 120 - Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+ Synapomorphy A shared derived character or trait state that distinguishes a clade from the other organisms. Analagous Having characteristics that are similar because of convergent evolution, not homology. Homologous Similarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry. Porifera Sponges No true tissues Mostly marine, aquatic Asymmetric 2 germ layers (endoderm and ectoderm) No coelom Sessile Sessile Attached direc...

WSU Biology 106 Exam 3 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |ALREADY GRADED A+ Arthropods - ANSWER- Phyla with greatest amount of diversity with 85% of animal spp 700 million years ago - ANSWER- When the first animals originated Porifera (sponges) - ANSWER- Phyla with no tissues, muscles, nerves, or specialized organs Choanocytes - ANSWER- Flow of water and food acquisition in sponges Amoebocytes - ANSWER- Found in sponges, these cells are mobile and perform numer...

Mollusca, Arthropoda, Chordata, Echinodermata, Cnidaria, Porifera correct answers Phyla found in the rocky intertidal By size: macrofauna are larger than 1mm and meifauna are less than 1mm correct answers How do scientists define macrofauna and meiofauna? Chlorophyta (green), rhodophyta (reds), phaeophyta (browns - fucoids and kelps) correct answers The 3 different divisions of macroalgae found on rocky shores Primary producers (micro and macroalgae), grazers (limpets, periwinkles, urch...

Biology 1108 Exam 3 Questions and Answers (Latest Update) 120 Questions | Graded A+. Alpine - Correct Answers Similar to Tundra, Lacks permafrost, Budding - Correct Answers Form of asexual reproduction in which a bud/protrusion forms on an organism and eventually breaks off to form a new organism that is smaller than its parent. Fragmentation - Correct Answers A type of asexual reproduction in which one organism is broken into pieces, each of which develops into a new individual Partheno...

WSU Biology 106 Exam 3 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |ALREADY GRADED A+ Arthropods - ANSWER- Phyla with greatest amount of diversity with 85% of animal spp 700 million years ago - ANSWER- When the first animals originated Porifera (sponges) - ANSWER- Phyla with no tissues, muscles, nerves, or specialized organs Choanocytes - ANSWER- Flow of water and food acquisition in sponges Amoebocytes - ANSWER- Found in sponges, these cells are mobile and perform numer...

Distinguish Characteristics - Phylum Porifera Characteristics - - sponges - considered the basal animal - sessile animals - lack true tissues -filter feeders -hermaphrodites phylum Cnidaria characteristics - - have true tissues -gastrovascular cavity -ring of tentacles with cnidocytes to capture prey - polys and medusa phylum Platyhelminthes - flatworms -dorsoventrally flattened bodies - Flat shape increases surface area for nutrient, gas, and waste exchange - Found in mar...