Assertion: sponge | /r/CapableOf | obtain their nutrition
Facets:
value: from the water
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by processing flowing water
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Sponges have no organs, and obtain their nutrition from the water that is continuously flowing through them.
text: The collar cells force water through the sponge which brings oxygen and nutrients while removing carbon dioxide and waste.
text: Sponges are filter feeders, who absorb nutrients as well as oxygen from the water, that enters its body through the pores.
text: This helps the sponges push water through their bodies and collect nutrients.
text: Pumping up to ten times its own volume in water each hour, the sponge extracts nutrients, toxic chemicals, and about 90 percent of all bacteria present in the water.
text: The sponge obtains its nutrients and oxygen by processing flowing water using choanocytes.
text: Sponges are omnivorous animals that obtain their nutrition from the food particles in the water.