Study guide for Sponge, Cnidarians, & Ctenophores
· Know relatives of the jellyfish
· How are sponges different from other animals
· Know characteristics of all invertebrates
· Know characteristics of sponges
· What is the function of collar cells in sponges
· What are spicules
· Know characteristics of adult sponges
· Be able to explain skeletal support of sponges
· How do sponges obtain their food
· What helps draw water into a sponge
· What is the function of amebocytes in sponges
· How does excess water leave a sponge
· What is the purpose of gemmules in sponges
· What is a hermaphrodite
· How can sponges reproduce
· Know animals that capture prey by using nematocysts
· What are the 2 distinct life stages of cnidarians
· Describe nematocysts
· What organisms have tentacles with stinging cells
· Know examples of cnidarians
· Describe the life of a planula larva
· Know the life stage that is dominant in sea anemones
· What organisms would be anthozoans
· Know the dominant life stage of jellyfish
· Know the main characteristics of ctenophores