Across
- 3. The immature, free-swimming form of many familiar animals.
- 4. The simplest type of sponge body plan.
- 8. The central cavity of a sponge.
- 9. pores in a sponge through which water enters.
- 10. An organism that lives at the bottom of a body of water.
- 13. Microscopic organisms drifting in the sea or freshwater, or the young form of aquatic animals.
- 15. Organisms that are fixed in one place and cannot move.
- 16. Having male and female reproductive organs in separate sexes.
- 17. An organism that possesses both male and female reproductive organs.
- 20. A fibrous protein that forms the flexible skeleton of some sponges.
- 21. A small, pointed structure found in sponges.
Down
- 1. Whip-like appendages that enable many bacteria and sperm cells to swim.
- 2. A form of cnidarian, typically having a tubular body attached to a surface at one end and a mouth surrounded by tentacles at the other.
- 5. Having both male and female reproductive organs in the same individual.
- 6. A type of vacuole that expels excess water from a cell.
- 7. The most complex type of sponge body plan with extensively branched canals.
- 8. A type of sponge body plan characterized by folded walls.
- 11. The free-swimming, ciliated larva of a cnidarian.
- 12. A form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud.
- 14. Feeder: An animal that feeds by straining suspended food matter from water.
- 18. A free-swimming sexual form of a Cnidarian, typically jellyfish-like in form.
- 19. A large opening in a sponge that expels water.
