Quincy and Leon are comparing sponges and cnidarians. Quincy says that spicules in sponges are similar to stinging cells in cnidarians. Leon disagrees. Which best explains who is correct? Leon is correct, because sponges have stinging cells and cnidarians have spicules. Leon is correct, because spicules help sponges during reproduction and stinging cells are not involved in reproduction. Quincy is correct, because both spicules and stinging cells can be used to protect against predators. Quincy is correct, because both spicules and stinging cells can be used for stinging prey.

c

explanation:

the correct answer is - d. china has a large and growing population.

the fact that china has a large (the biggest) population, and it is still growing, doesn't hinder the agriculture production in the country. in fact, it can for increased production in the agriculture, since there's more labor force, as well the sheer mass of people produces lots of scientists that come up with new inventions as to how to improve this sector. nice example is the inner mongolia region in china, in general dominated by the gobi desert, but few scientist came up with a nice idea as to how to make the region productive by using plants that are very resistant to droughts, so lots of people have been employed, and the region is becoming greener and greener each year, and the production of food in this region is also increasing.