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They filter feed.
This means that water flows through the pores in their bodies and special cells with hairs strain the water and keep tiny food particles for the sponge to digest.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 15y agoAll species of Sponges get their food by Filter feeding.
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∙ 11y agoSponges get oxygen by their holes they have in their body. They can not move so they have to wait for food to come by.
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∙ 15y agoSponges have a natural filtering system. So they just suck in water and food and water get digested and then well... you all know what happens next.
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∙ 13y agoThey filter feed, getting valuable nutrients out of the water running through them.
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∙ 13y agoI believe they are filter feeders.
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∙ 13y agoit filter feeds
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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.
Sponges obtain the food they need for survival by?
they filter food from the water so the food comes to them
What function does water perform for sponges?
Sponges get food from the water around them.
How do sponges get nutriton?
Sponges filter their food when water flows by.
How does a sea sponge maintain homeostasis?
sponges obtain energy by obsorbing food through their pores.
What do sponges obtain from the water?
they observe water,dirt,dust,and bacteria that the sponge is obtaining
How does the tube sponge obtain energy inside the organism?
All sponges draw water in, catch water borne food particles, and then expel the water over and over, they are known as filter feeders.
How do sponges get their food?
A tube sponge gets their good from a fliter in there mouth. ( The fliter is there mouth)
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.
Do sea sponges poop?
Not in the traditional sense, no. Sea sponges do not have digestive systems. Instead, they rely on the flow of the water they inhabit to obtain nourishment and to rid them of wastes.
How do sponges bring oxygen and food into their bodies?
They depend on the constant waterflow of the ocean through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and remove wastes.
How doese bivavlve obtain food?
they obtain food by filtering from the water
