Many different insects will be present on dead bodies. Which one do entomologists usually use?

Why are unsaturated fatty acids particularly abundant in the cellular membranes of antarctic fish?

Nutka1998 [239]

Antarctic fish species requires an adaptation to cold environment. Living at cold temperature environment would demand certain biological responses such as cutaneous respiration, enlarged blood vessels, and producing greater amounts of fat. Most of these fat are composed of higher phospolipid levels which are primarily due to phosphatidylethanolamine. This phospolipid is responsible for destabilizing cell membranes and make it more fluid thereby allowing unrestricted blood flow. The fatty acid composition of the membrane lipid is important for membrane fluidity, this is mainly attributed to unsaturated fatty acids which are responsible for decreasing the order of membrane lipids thereby decreasing viscosity. At extremely low temperatures, organisms with low concentration of unsaturated fatty acids would freeze cell membranes. That's why antarctic fishes have higher levels of unsaturated fatty acids.

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1. What are the three types of plate boundaries? List and describe all three.

LekaFEV [45]

Answer:

Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries

There are three main types of plate boundaries:

Convergent boundaries: where two plates are colliding.

Divergent boundaries – where two plates are moving apart.

Transform boundaries – where plates slide passed each other.

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2 years ago

What do Ionic pumps maintain

taurus [48]

Do you mean ion pumps in the membrane of cell?
If so, then ion pumps maintain an electrochemical gradient across the membrane.

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3 years ago

Which of these gymnosperms are known to be important in maintaining the balance of carbon in an ecosystem?

CaHeK987 [17]

The correct answer is: [D]:

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→ " redwood tree forests " .

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Note: Let us consider the other answer choices.

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Choice: [A]: "garden flowering plants" ; is incorrect — since these are not generally considered to be part of a true or traditional "ecosystem" ; and especially since "garden flowering plants" are, in fact, "flowering plants" — which means that they are "angiosperms" — Not "gymnosperms ".

→ Rule out: " Choice: [A] " .

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Choice: [B]: " ferns and liverworts " ; is incorrect — since both ferns — as well as liverworts — are Not "gymnosperms ".

Liverworts are "bryophytes" {which lack true vascular tissue] ; and ferns are "pterophytes" ["seedless vascular plants"].

→ Rule out: " Choice: [B] " .

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Choice: [C]: " mosses and horsetails "; is incorrect ; since both mosses — as well as horsetails — are Not "gymnosperms ". Mosses are "bryophytes" (see aforementioned) ; and horsetails are "non-seed bearing plants" that spread vegetatively [underground; by asexual reproduction — and Not by seed .].

→ Rule out: " Choice: [C] " .

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Choice: [D]: " redwood tree forests " ;

— is the only answer choice provided that is a "gymnosperm".

Furthermore, the "redwood tree" is a conifer (i.e. "coniferous; or, "cone-bearing" plant} that reproduces through seeds spread by "cone") — and all "conifers" are a type of "gymnosperm."

Furthermore, "redwood trees" grow large and tall, and redwood forest communities within an ecosystem; due to there size and presence, are: "known to be important in maintaining the balance of carbon in an ecosystem."

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→ As such, the correct answer is:

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→ Answer choice: [D]: " redwood tree forests " .

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Hope this helps!

Best wishes to you in your academic endeavors

— and within the "Brainly" community!

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3 years ago

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Which term refers to a variable that is dependent on another variable during an experiment? O A. Responding variable O B. Random

aleksandrvk [35]

Answer:

c. independent variable

Explanation:

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