Answer:
Decomposers get nutrients and energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes. Through this process, decomposers release nutrients, such as carbon and nitrogen, back into the environment. These nutrients are recycled back into the ecosystem so that the producers can use them
Explanation:
Answer:
0.153
Explanation:
We know the up-thrust on the fish, U = weight of water displaced = weight of fish + weight of air in air sacs.
So ρVg = ρ'V'g + ρ'V"g where ρ = density of water = 1 g/cm³, V = volume of water displaced, g = acceleration due to gravity, ρ'= density of fish = 1.18 g/cm³, V' = initial volume of fish, ρ"= density of air = 0.0012 g/cm³ and V" = volume of expanded air sac.
ρVg = ρ'V'g + ρ"V"g
ρV = ρ'V'g + ρ"V"
Its new body volume = volume of water displaced, V = V' + V"
ρ(V' + V") = ρ'V' + ρ"V"
ρV' + ρV" = ρ'V' + ρ"V"
ρV' - ρ"V' = ρ'V" - ρV"
(ρ - ρ")V' = (ρ' - ρ)V"
V'/V" = (ρ - ρ")/(ρ' - ρ)
= (1 g/cm³ - 0.0012 g/cm³)/(1.18 g/cm³ - 1 g/cm³)
= (0.9988 g/cm³ ÷ 0.18 g/cm³)
V'/V" = 5.55
Since V = V' + V"
V' = V - V"
(V - V")/V" = 5.55
V/V" - V"/V" = 5.55
V/V" - 1 = 5.55
V/V" = 5.55 + 1
V/V" = 6.55
V"/V = 1/6.55
V"/V = 0.153
So, the fish must inflate its air sacs to 0.153 of its expanded body volume
Vertebrates and invertebrates
