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Little whips are flagella that help pump water through the pores for food.
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How does a sponge move water through its body?
The sponge uses the choanocytes to move a steady current through its body.
How do flagella move?
Flagella move by flicking like little whips or by pulling themselves. Smooth flagella move by flicking and hairy flagella move by pulling.
How does the orange puffball sponge eat?
The surface of the orange puffball sponge is covered with small pores that filter small particles of food from the water that passes through them. Each sponge has flagella that help move the water through the sponge.
How do mastigophora move?
With its Flagellum. It whips the flagellum to help it move.
What are pool whips?
pool whips are flexible hoses that move around the bottom of the pool to move dirt and alea towards the filter. They move from the force of the water spraying out of them.
What is the respiration of a 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.
What are the specialized cells that use flagella to move a steady current of water through a sponge?
Choanocytes
How do yellow sponge tubes move?
when they are young they move to attach to another sponge but when they attached and are full grown they don't
Flagella are important to the essential functions within a sponge because flagella?
help move water through the organism's body.
What drives the flow of water through a sponge?
the sponge absorbs water, and keeps it in. if you rotate or tilt it, the water will move because of gravity.
How can red blood cells move through blood vessels so easily?
They move easy because they can bend a little and fold a little. So that they can squeeze through.
What is the name of the hair-like structures on a sponge cell that moves back and forth to help move water or nutrients or waste through the canal?
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.
