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BartSMP [9]
4 years ago
9

The desert tortoise digs a burrow and hides in it during the day to stay cool, because of the extreme heat above ground. Which c

haracteristic of life does this behavior best illustrate?
A- response
B- metabolism
C- cellular organization
D- growth and development
(my guess is A)
Which statement best illustrates how an organism maintains homeostasis?
A- Parents pass their traits to their offspring.
B- Female barn swallows mate with long-tailed males.
C- Young hawks have different kinds of feathers than adult hawks.
D-Desert pack rats are active at night to conserve water.
Biology
2 answers:
Arlecino [84]4 years ago
7 0

Question 1. The right option is A- response.

The characteristic of life that this behavior best illustrate is response.
A response is any reaction or behavior of a living organism to an external or internal stimulus. From the question given, the desert tortoise is having a response to the environmental factors.

Question 2. The right option is D-Desert pack rats are active at night to conserve water.

The statement; Desert pack rats are active at night to conserve water best illustrates how an organism maintains homeostasis.
Homeostasis is the ability of living organisms to adjust to their internal environment inorder to maintain a stable or balanced equilibrium.

o-na [289]4 years ago
5 0
The characteristic of life does this behavior best illustrate is definitely A- response , as it is a reaction on the environmental factors.
And what about the second question, the answer is D-Desert pack rats are active at night to conserve water.
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