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Q: Why do we consider adult sponges animals even though they don't move?
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Why are adult sponges said o be sessile animals?

meaning that they live their entire adult life attached to a single spot. Meaning they're attached to some surface.


If adult sponges are permanently attached to solid objects how can they colonize other areas?

The adult sponges can colonize other areas by swimming to them.


How do sponges differ from other animals?

Sponges lack a true body cavity.Sponges exhibit radial symmetry.Sponges lack true tissues.Sponges are autotrophs.Sponges have a true coelom.-@leilooni


Is it true that young sponges move through the water but adult sponges don't?

yes, it is


Do adult sponges float around form place to place?

No


Are you a middle adult at ages 51-75?

Yes, though 75 is not consider middle age.


What kind of symmetry do sponges exhibit?

Sponges are asymmetrical, although a few species have nearly radial symmetry.


Do adult sponges have body cell walls with many pores?

shatif


Does a star fish have a heart?

They do not. Strange as it may seem, many animals don't have heads. Starfish, urchins, coral, sponges, singe celled animals, adult tunicates, jellyfish, and many more, don't have heads.


Does the blastopore becomes the anus of the adult in invertebres sponges protostomes or deuterostomes?

deuterostomes


How long are boomslangs?

Average adult length ranges from 42-60 inches, though as with all animals, exceptions can occur.


What are special characteristics of porifera?

Porifera are sponges, they have no main organs or tissues. They are a loose aggregation of cells. To eat they pump water though their system and catch the particles in the water. A very basic cell structure.