Recorded observations are called (d.) data
Passive Transport: Simple Diffusion
Diffusion across a cell membrane is a type of passive transport, or transport across the cell membrane that does not require energy. Remember that the cell membrane is a phospholipid bilayer. Although the inside and the outside of a cell are both water-based, there is a hydrophobic region in the middle, and this is an important barrier to anything large, charged, or hydrophilic. Molecules that are hydrophobic, just like the hydrophobic region, can pass through the cell membrane by simple diffusion.
Therefore, simple diffusion is the unassisted passage of small, hydrophobic, nonpolar molecules from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. Very small molecules can slip through the cell membrane, too, even if they are hydrophilic - just like a few ants might crawl through a crack in the wall just because they're tiny.
Answer: Cant give a solid answer if theres no graph attached.
Explanation: My guess if it was a downward trend in population numbers with a downward trend in ice cap sizes or something, it would support global climate change because it shows the shrinkage of the population that is resulting from melting ice caps.
Complete question:
If an increase in dicynodont species diversity (in other words, number of species) occurred soon after the Permian extinction, and if it occurred for the same general reason usually given for the increase in mammalian diversity following the Cretaceous extinction, then it should be attributed to
A) an innovation among the dicynodonts that allowed them to fill brand-new niches.
B) the availability of previously occupied niches.
C) the extinction of the dinosaurs (except the birds).
D) their out-competition of many other terrestrial organisms.
Answer:
B) the availability of previously occupied niches.
Explanation:
Some species could survive massive extinctions caused by severe natural catastrophes. Some of them were small animals that could hide in certain places that were useful for their protection during the catastrophe. Those animals, that for instance, could hide underground, were able to avoid extreme temperatures and highly toxic gas concentrations caused by the phenomenon. Catastrophes caused severe damage to the Earth´s surface, causing the extinction of many other animal and vegetal species, causing changes in the morphology of the ground, and in temperature. Animals that could survive found themselves in a whole different place. Many niches were now available to be re-occupied. Survivers could specialize in different feeding strategies, finding new different shelters, and developing new morphological characteristics that lead to a rapid diversification and speciation.
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