BIO1108H CHAPTER 28 INVERTEBRATES – PHIL HIGHTOWER – ABAC QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | BIO1108H CH. 28 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Nutrition: Filter feeders,
Sexual Reproduction: Hermaphrodites Adults are sessile
Movement: Larva are mobile
Asexual Reproduction: by fragmentation
Body Support: Spongin-a protein, Spicules-of silica
or CaCO3 - ANS ✔✔Phylum Porifera characteristics
hole in top, water comes out
water comes in through pores - ANS ✔✔Osculum (sponges)
cavity of body - ANS ✔✔Spongocoel (Sponges)
Choanocytes and Amoebocytes - ANS ✔✔Cell types (Sponges)
flagellated, circulate water - ANS ✔✔Choanocytes
digest and transport nutrients in sponge - ANS ✔✔Ameobocytes
Jellyfish, Sea Anenomes, Corals - ANS ✔✔Phylum Cnidaria contains:
•True Tissues
•Mostly carnivorous
•Reproduction
-Sexual: spawn
-Asexual: budding - ANS ✔✔Phylum Cndaria (Characteristics)
•Diploblastic & Radial
•Two body forms in each species is common
-Medusa
-Polyp - ANS ✔✔Phylum Cnidaria (Body Organization)
Moblie, swim, or float - ANS ✔✔Medusa means...
Sessile, attached to substrate - ANS ✔✔Polyp means...
•Usually on tentacles
•Function: protection, food collection, locomotion - ANS ✔✔Cnidae are...
Nematocysts: stinging cnidae, most common - ANS ✔✔What is an example of an cnidae?
comb jellies, sea walnuts - ANS ✔✔Phylum Ctenophora consist of...
•Diploblastic & Radial
AND ANSWERS | BIO1108H CH. 28 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Nutrition: Filter feeders,
Sexual Reproduction: Hermaphrodites Adults are sessile
Movement: Larva are mobile
Asexual Reproduction: by fragmentation
Body Support: Spongin-a protein, Spicules-of silica
or CaCO3 - ANS ✔✔Phylum Porifera characteristics
hole in top, water comes out
water comes in through pores - ANS ✔✔Osculum (sponges)
cavity of body - ANS ✔✔Spongocoel (Sponges)
Choanocytes and Amoebocytes - ANS ✔✔Cell types (Sponges)
flagellated, circulate water - ANS ✔✔Choanocytes
digest and transport nutrients in sponge - ANS ✔✔Ameobocytes
Jellyfish, Sea Anenomes, Corals - ANS ✔✔Phylum Cnidaria contains:
•True Tissues
•Mostly carnivorous
•Reproduction
-Sexual: spawn
-Asexual: budding - ANS ✔✔Phylum Cndaria (Characteristics)
•Diploblastic & Radial
•Two body forms in each species is common
-Medusa
-Polyp - ANS ✔✔Phylum Cnidaria (Body Organization)
Moblie, swim, or float - ANS ✔✔Medusa means...
Sessile, attached to substrate - ANS ✔✔Polyp means...
•Usually on tentacles
•Function: protection, food collection, locomotion - ANS ✔✔Cnidae are...
Nematocysts: stinging cnidae, most common - ANS ✔✔What is an example of an cnidae?
comb jellies, sea walnuts - ANS ✔✔Phylum Ctenophora consist of...
•Diploblastic & Radial