• Question: How do sponges absorb water?

    Asked by Pads234?⚡️? to Reka on 17 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Reka Nagy

      Reka Nagy answered on 17 Nov 2016:

      You might have noticed that sponges have a lot of holes in them that can trap and retain water quite well – so when a sponge gets wet, water gets into these holes and it is hard for it to escape unless it is squeezed out.

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