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diffusion
Receptor Proteins
They move via diffusion across a gradient.
It helps them move.
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The hair like structures on sponge cells can be either cilia or flagella. These structures project from the surface of the cell and help to move substances.
A sponge gets its oxygen from the water. The oxygen moves from the water to the sponge by a process called diffusion. Diffusion is when molecules of a substance move from an area where they are highly concentrated (where there are a lot of oxygen molecules) to an area where they are less concentrated (where there are not a lot of oxygen molecules). Oxygen is more highly concentrated in the water then in the sponge. Therefore, the oxygen goes from the water to the sponge.
A sponge takes in water through its pores and in more advanced forms, with canals that move the water to all throughout the sponge. Then the oxygen from the water is used.
1. Take in food and oxygen 2. Produce heat and energy 3. Move and adapt to their environment 4. Eliminates waste
1. Take in food and oxygen 2. Produce heat and energy 3. Move and adapt to their environment 4. Eliminates waste
waste and nutrients
The larger a cell becomes, the more demands it places on its DNA . It also becomes more difficult for the cell to move nutrients and oxygen in, and waste products out. The ratio of surface area to volume becomes too small.
The pores of the sponges are responsible for the supply of food and oxygen. As they are SESSILE (fixed at one place) so they can't move to catch their prey, but their pores do the work for them......
It keeps the cell "guts" in and other stuff out. The cell wall also acts as a transport system to move nutrients and needed molecules in and waste products out of the cell.
Because if they did not separate nutrients and waste could not move acroos the cell membrane quickly enough to send it throughout the entire cell. This would cause the cells to die. That is why they divide instead of growing larger.
amebocytes
when they are young they move to attach to another sponge but when they attached and are full grown they don't