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Sponges look like plants. They do not appear to move and they are firmly attached to their substrate as if by roots. Unless you follow a sponge's life cycle, and see that the young sponges are motile, swimming freely in the water, and observe that sponges are not photosynthetic, obtaining their food by filtering microscopic organisms from the water, you might be confused.
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Sponges in the Ocean?
Yes they are a type of species (please don't confuse for either kitchen sponges or the cartoon they don't look like that).
What is sponges plants or animals?
Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera
What are two autrotrophs?
plants and sponges
What are more underwater plants?
Coral, Seaweed and Sponges
What did early biologists think sponges where?
they thought they were plants
Why did early naturalists mistake sponges for plants instead of animals?
Early naturalists mistakenly classified sponges as plants instead of animals because sponges lack typical animal characteristics such as organs, tissues, and mobility. Additionally, sponges were often found attached to rocks or other surfaces, resembling plants rooted in the ground. This led to the initial confusion in classification.
Why were sponges once thought to be plants?
Sponges were once thought to be plants because they exhibit some plant-like characteristics, such as their stationary nature and lack of obvious sensory organs. Additionally, they can resemble certain aquatic plants in appearance.
Is sponge a fungi?
Because we wanted to call them sponges. Sponges belong to the animal kingdom since they are heterotrophic. Fungi derive food from breaking doown orgainc material in soil. Sponges feed on existing material. This is the difference.
Does water soil or sponges grow plants the best?
soil is better
Is a calcareous sponge a vascular or nonvascular plant?
Sponges are not plants but animals .
What are the exampes of living things pretend to be nonliving?
plants and may be sponges
Sponges are animals or plants?
Animals. The part that we think of as "sponge" is their skeleton.
