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How does energy from the sun get into your bodies?
your skin is like a sponge and the sunlight water, so all of your pores, just like a sponge, takes in all of the sunlight, just like water going into a sponge, hope i helped.
Do nonvascular plants absorb water like sponges?
It absorbs water like a sponge
How do sponges transform?
Sponges transform by sucking in water, like if you put a sponge in a bowl full of water, some of the water will get sucked in the sponge and the sponge will transform. When you take the sponge out of the bowl and wait for a cople of seconds, all the water that was sucked in, will come out and the sponge will be back the way it was before you put it in the bowl.
Although you get wet while swimming a tough protein within the skin prevents it from soaking up moisture like a sponge This substance is called?
keratin
Why does more water evaporate from a jar wityhout a lid than a jar with a lid?
Imagine the air surrounding the water is like a sponge. When the lid is closed, only the air in the jar acts like a sponge, so we have a very small sponge. When the lid is open, ideally all the surroundig air acts like a sponge, and that is very big.
How are cactus adapted to store water in the desert?
Their stems are thick and sponge-like.
Can a sponge absorb heat?
A sponge definitely does have the ability to absorb heat. Sponges absorb heat as well as many other things like water.
If you are swimming and they boy you like keeps dunking you in the water does he like you?
ya
What is meant by hydroponcis?
Growing plants by methods of soaking the roots in water commonly used in countries like Singapore
Can cotton absorb water quickly?
cotton does soak up a little water. It soaks up water cauzz it has litttle air holes just like the sponge...but it is not made of the same material as sponge soo it wont soak up as much as the sponge
How does the seahorse sponge look like?
Like a sponge with a seahorse painted on it :)
What is mode of nutrition in sponges?
Sponges are porous and sea water flows in and out of sponges. The sea water carry all sorts of nutrients, like algae, bacteria and smaller organisms, which are trapped within the sponge by minute hair-like cilia. This is what gives the sponge energy. The sponge is made of uni-cellular organisms but these cannot survive alone. The sponge is a colony of these unicellular organisms and survives as one.
