Answer:
These structures that protect the sponges from most predators, but not turtles, are spicules.
Explanation:
Sponges <em>skeleton</em> is composed of <em>calcium carbonate and siliceous</em> micro-structures called <u>spicules</u>. Their morphology is so varied that it is used in taxonomy for identification and classification.
There are different kinds of spicules:
- <em>Monoaxonic spicule</em>: needle-shaped, straights or curves
- <em>Tetraxonic spicules:</em> they have four prolongations
- <em>Triaxonic or Hexaxonic spicules</em>
- <em>Poliaxonic spicules </em>
Two terms can be applied to any of these spicules kinds:
- <em>Megaspicules</em>: They are elongated and compose the main architecture of the sponge skeleton
- <em>Microspicules</em>: Variable in shape and size, with ancillary functions
Sponges have few predators thank to the spicule structures and their high toxicity. Many of them are capable of perforating soft tissues and producing urticant substances.
For each of the examples, simple diffusion, carrier, and channel mediated, each type involves the flow down a concentration gradient. This means that the molecules flow from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. In turn, this allows for a passive process, meaning no ATP is needed! I hope this explains your question.
D. Fossils
adaptions, mutations, and traits are all characteristics, not actual remains
During hybridization, <span>B.) two organisms with desired traits are bred together. A hybrid by definition is a combination of two different genes making an entirely new set of individual. Hybrid can be seen in animals that have different characterisitcs or plants </span>
