<u>Answer:</u>
<em>The intertidal zone is a region of extreme conditions and the organisms should have special mechanisms to cope up with the extreme conditions.
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<u>Explanation:</u>
Low tides expose an intertidal zone to air while high tides cover the intertidal zone with ocean water. When exposed to air the intertidal region is <em>directly exposed to the sun and there will be high temperature. </em>
Thus the animals have to cope up with the extreme heat and also have to face colder environment when under the sea. <em>Since there is change in salinity the organisms have to handle this as well.</em>
Some animals with shells close their shell tightly to seal moisture. Animals like <em>snails and crabs have thick outer covering to prevent water loss by evaporation. </em>
Organisms like leaf barnacles cluster together to avoid individual exposure. <em>Animals like sea stars cling to the rocks to avoid being washed away by the waves.
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It’s C because at higher temperatures particles move faster
The answer is <span>d. homologous structures.
Homologous structures are </span><span>similar structures shared by different species. For example, the anatomy of joints in bones of birds and dinosaurs, support the idea that these two groups have a common ancestor. But since these two groups are different enough to be separated into different classes, it can be concluded that they evolved from the common ancestor.</span>
