Question

Sponges have collar cells that trap food and ingest it by or by the enzymes of lysosomes.

Answer 1

One type of organisms known as sponges have collar cells that trap food and ingest it by ___ or by the enzymes of lysosomes. The word that would best complete the sentence is "phagocytosis". This is also most commonly known as the food-eating that is the process of engulfing food.

Answer 2

The statement is correct. Sponges engullf food by the process of phagocytosis. The membrane fuses with the food and takes it inside, where they are acted upon by the food breaking enzymes, lysozymes, which convert food into simpler utilizable form. This process is most common in some unicellular organisms like sponges, and amoeba.