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respiration: aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration. Consider the food chain below: Algae →larvae →crabs →fish (a)Name The producer; algae One carnivore; fish One herbivore; larvae The secondary consumer; crabs (b)Which organism can use solar energy directly to make its food? Plants‚ here it is algae. (c) suggest what would happen to this food chain ‚ if all crab were killed ? The number of larvae would increase and the population of fish would decrease as their food source
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that deep-sea creatures are similar and different from one another. With over three fifths of our earth being covered by water‚ the deep-sea has not fully been explored as of yet. Creatures such as‚ the giant squid‚ zombie worms‚ jellyfish‚ and yeti crabs adapted to their environment which allows them to survive. Due to the extreme conditions‚ deep-sea creatures’ adaption transpires to their habitats and shelter‚ defense mechanisms‚ and food and nutrients. For instance‚ habitat and shelters are places
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her. She has liked a guy named Sean Valletti for ages‚ but he hasn’t given her the time of day. So When aunt Mallory called and offered for Summer to spend the whole summer in Florida‚ she was overjoyed. Mallory lives in Crab Claw Key with her daughter Diana. Summer describes Crab Claw Key as “green irregular shapes like mismatched jewels strung
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In ecology‚ the competitive exclusion principle‚ sometimes referred to as Gause’s law of competitive exclusion or just Gause’s law‚ is a proposition which states that two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist if other ecological factors are the same. When one species has even the slightest advantage or edge over another‚ then the one with the advantage will dominate in the long term. One of the two competitors will always overcome the other‚ leading to either the extinction
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Phylum: Porifera A sponge has differentiated cells and functionally distinct layers. The ameobocytes secrete spicules which stack up together to make the sponge. The choanocytes are composed of a flagellum and a collar (collar cells). The amoebocytes and choanocytes are the work force of the sponge--they create the body of the sponge. The major sponge groups of today had an ancestor in the Cambrian period. The sponges reproduce either sexually or asexually. When they reproduce sexually‚ they
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old boy. His parents passed away as they tell you in the beginning. As you read more into the story you will see all of the challenges he goes through without his parents. His aunt Esther talks about michael behind his back. But will one small hermit crab change everything? One way micheal needed to get closer to his aunt is they were always upset or crabby. They never talked unless they got into a fight or argument.for example in paragraph 9 he says ‘’ I dont punish youn’t care about you!’’ so that
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In "Caliban Upon Setebos" by Robert Browning‚ the creature Caliban from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ reveals his views concerning life‚ religion‚ and human nature. In The Tempest Caliban is portrayed as a spiteful‚ brutish‚ and drunken beast who despises his powerful master Prospero and his beautiful daughter Miranda. He often appears as a coarse and thick headed character; he is overwhelmed by the wine that he is given by the butler Stephano and worships him as a god. Browning’s poem shows
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Homeostasis A state of balance in the body Whoa Homeostasis “the tendency of a system‚ esp. the physiological system of higher animals‚ to maintain internal stability‚ owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus tending to disturb its normal condition or function” - Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) “The ability or tendency of an organism or a cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes.” - American Heritage Stedman’s Medical
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Mallard Ducks‚ Piping Plovers and Herring Gulls being the most prevalent (“Birds of Fire Island” 5). Another common animal found on Fire Island would be the Horseshoe Crab‚ for over 300 million years’ horseshoe crabs have journeyed the world’s oceans and still have the same appearance as they did years ago. The name horseshoe crab refers to the shape of the
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