Description
In this lab, we observed the sponge. We looked at it through a dissecting scope and observed it's pores.
Procedure
We received a piece of sponge in a petri dish. We looked at it under the dissecting scope. We cut it to observe the internal perspective of the pores.
Materials
Sponge
Petri Dish
Dissecting Scope
Scalpel
Tweezers
Conclusion/Analysis
This lab was just to look at the pores in real life instead of in pictures. we only made one cut to observe both the external and internal perspectives of the sponge's pores.
Ecology
Sponges usually lie on the sea floor and are very large. Sponges can serve as habitats for many small sea creatures. The sponge provides an environment for many small creatures as long as it can receive oxygen. Sponges are very simple but interesting, and that if they didn’t exist, much of the aquatic ecosystem would be destroyed.
Comparative Structure & Function
Porifera are sexual and asexual reproducing marine mammals. They are asymmetrical and can have one of the three skeletons: siliceous and calcareous spicule, calcareous laminae, or organic filaments. All their basic functions occur by diffusion.
In this lab, we observed the sponge. We looked at it through a dissecting scope and observed it's pores.
Procedure
We received a piece of sponge in a petri dish. We looked at it under the dissecting scope. We cut it to observe the internal perspective of the pores.
Materials
Sponge
Petri Dish
Dissecting Scope
Scalpel
Tweezers
Conclusion/Analysis
This lab was just to look at the pores in real life instead of in pictures. we only made one cut to observe both the external and internal perspectives of the sponge's pores.
Ecology
Sponges usually lie on the sea floor and are very large. Sponges can serve as habitats for many small sea creatures. The sponge provides an environment for many small creatures as long as it can receive oxygen. Sponges are very simple but interesting, and that if they didn’t exist, much of the aquatic ecosystem would be destroyed.
Comparative Structure & Function
Porifera are sexual and asexual reproducing marine mammals. They are asymmetrical and can have one of the three skeletons: siliceous and calcareous spicule, calcareous laminae, or organic filaments. All their basic functions occur by diffusion.