1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Amanda [17]
4 years ago
11

Please help Explain why a lack of gravity might cause muscles to weaken

Biology
2 answers:
Elodia [21]4 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Lack of gravity causes you to use less work to move your muscles.

Explanation:

If on Earth your arm weighs 3 pounds, the muscle will only have to move 3 pounds of force. For example, if you were to go on the moon, your arm would have the same mass but there would be less gravity pulling it dow. So now your muscles only need to pull 1 pound. Over extended periods, you would be working less, thus not using your muscles to fullest potential and in result you would get weaker.

Oksi-84 [34.3K]4 years ago
7 0
Because astronauts work in a weightless environment, very little muscle contraction is needed to support their bodies or move around. Without regular use and exercise our muscles weaken and deteriorate. It's a process called atrophy.
You might be interested in
What are the functions of renal artery and pons of the brain
ratelena [41]

The function of a renal artery (blood vessel) is to carrie oxygenated blood to your kidneys, whereas the function of pons is to relay messages from the cortex of the brain to the cerebellum. It serves as a message station between several areas of the brain.

3 0
3 years ago
Which will increase the rate of a chemical reaction?
beks73 [17]

Answer:

adding a catalyst

Explanation:

catalysts accelerate the speed of chemical reactions

4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
37. The bones that make up your backbone are called tarsals. <br><br>A. True <br>B. False​
iogann1982 [59]

Answer:

FALSE IS THE ANSWER.....

8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
During the moss life cycle, there is an alternation of generations, between saprophyte and gametophyte. The sporophyte has the d
rjkz [21]
The answer is fertilization

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
The organic substance making up the cells of all living things is (are) _____.
TiliK225 [7]
The answer is protoplasm. it contains all the other answers anyways.
5 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Why doesn’t coral grow well in the water by the Galapagos?
    13·1 answer
  • When teaching the mother of a child diagnosed with phenylketonuria (pku) about its transmission, the nurse should use knowledge
    9·1 answer
  • Where does your organism live? Describe its habitat.
    8·1 answer
  • What is the name of the new island off ice land that has begun succession since 1963
    8·1 answer
  • The earliest hominins probably lived in which kind of environment?
    9·1 answer
  • Stored energy is _____. potential energy kinetic energy entropy enthalpy
    15·2 answers
  • Detritivores, scavengers, and decomposers are similar in that they:
    10·1 answer
  • Which of the following does NOT occur during the Calvin cycle?carbon fixationconsumption of ATPrelease of oxygenoxidation of NAD
    15·1 answer
  • One of the large, fairly rigid blocks into which Earth's lithosphere is broken
    10·2 answers
  • Which effects would many organisms likely experience if global warming occours check all that apply
    11·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!