Suppose you were asked, "What is a sponge?" Have you considered what type of animal sponges are and where and how they live? Interestingly enough, sponges are animals that live in water. Most live on the ocean floor and in shallow coastal waters, but many also live in
ponds, lakes, and streams. They attach themselves to rocks, the ocean floor, or other animals. You can recognize them by their unusual shape and
size. They look like shrubs or small trees or vases, ranging from about two and a half centimeters to over one meter wide. These odd-looking objects
can be seen in an array of colors: red, yellow, green, blue, black, white, and purple.
Sponges are invertebrates that contain cells organized for specific jobs. The feeding cells capture food, the coloring cells give protection, and
the skeleton-forming cells provide physical support.
Sponges have openings on their surfaces called pores. These pores have an outer layer that opens and closes. Because of the large
quantities of pores on their surfaces, sponges are classified as Porifera (Puh-RIHF-uh-ruh), which means "pore bearing." The sponge feeds on
organisms that it filters out of the water through its pores,
Which job do the pores have on a sponge?
O 1. They act as a filtering system.
02. They form a skeleton to provide support.
O 3. They pour microscopic organisms into the water,
O 4. They attach themselves like a suction to other animals.

Which inference can a reader make based on the information in the excerpt?

Iwill give brainliest1.when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see the tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that fun town is closed to colored children, and see the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky… •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: 2.like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all of the tension its exposing creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: 3.over and over again i have found myself asking: "who worships here? who is their god? where were their voices when the lips of governor barnett dripped with words of interposition and nullification? where were their voices of support when tired, bruised, and weary negro men and women decided to rise from the dark dungeons of complacency to the bright hills of creative protest? " •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood:

What is the subject matter of the book a long way gone by ishmael beah? a. beah's experience as a boy soldier b. the life of a child kidnapped into slavery c. a story about the civil war in nigeria d. a novel about a fictional hero of war select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d