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What is a sponges source of food?
Alage
How do sponges process their food?
Sponges process their food by fillter feed and fillter fecies...
How do sponges get nutriton?
Sponges filter their food when water flows by.
Do sea sponges make there own food?
No, sea sponges can not make their own food. They obtain their nutrition from the food particles in the water. Sponges primarily eat bacteria, phytoplankton, and other small food bits out of the water.
What cell type in sponges is responsible for producing the water current through the sponge?
Collar cells, also known as choanocytes, are responsible for producing the water current through sponges. These specialized cells have flagella that generate the current, bringing in food and oxygen while expelling waste.
What are the holes in sponges called?
The holes in sponges are called pores. These pores help sponges to filter water and capture food particles for nourishment.
How do sponges ingest food?
sponges feed through their pores or holes, their pores create a current pulling food into the central cavity of the sponge. the food sticks to the collar cells that lines the central cavity, there the amoebocytes pick up the food and digest it, carrying the nutrients to the other cells.summary:porescollar cellsamoebocytesother cells.
Living things that can NOT make their own food?
Sponges
Sponges obtain the food they need for survival by?
they filter food from the water so the food comes to them
What is anouther name for why sponges do not move to get food since adults are stuck in one place?
Sponges get food from the water and it goes throgh a polyp because there is food in the water but it is to small for us to see.answered byfelicity p.
What name is given to the food-trapping cells of sponges?
Choanocytes
Which animal filters food?
Sponges found in the phylum Porifera.
