Biology Crossward Puzzle
Across
- 2. A sponge's internal dormant cluster of cells encased in a tough spicule-reinforced covering.
- 10. The openings through which water first enters a sponge.
- 14. The process by which a small piece of a sponge can grow into a new, complete adult.
- 15. A type of asexual reproduction in which portions from the parent form a new organism.
- 16. A flagellated cell that lines the inner cavity of a sponge.
- 17. A sponge cell that carries food particles to epidermal cells
- 19. The phylum that contains jellyfish.
- 20. Phylum containing sponges.
- 22. The flattened structure at the lower end of certain cnidarians; used for attaching to objects and for locomotion.
- 23. A nervous system that lacks a brain and major ganglia.
Down
- 1. The excurrent pore, the opening of a sponge's body that expels water
- 3. The free-swimming, umbrella-shaped stage in the life cycle of cnidarians; reproduces sexually.
- 4. A tissue that covers or lines a structure in animals.
- 5. Long, movable limbs used to catch prey.
- 6. The osculum, the opening of a sponge's body that expels water.
- 7. The internal cavity of cnidarians where digestion and food circulation occur.
- 8. The sponge's "skeleton."
- 9. The inner cellular layer of the digestive tract of cniidarians.
- 11. A loosely organized, mainly mesodermal embryonic tissue that develops into connective and skeletal tissues.
- 12. A stinging cell that contains poisonous barbs, coiled threads, or a sticky substance.
- 13. A small freshwater cnidarian commonly found in quiet lakes or ponds.
- 18. Stinging cells containing nematocysts, used for defense.
- 20. A sessile, tubular cnidarian with a mouth and tentacles at one end and a basal disc at the other; reproduces asexually.
- 21. The jellylike layer found between the ectoderm and the endoderm of the cnidarians.