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Well-structured SUS1501 Assignment 8 PORTFOLIO (ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED. (DETAILED ANSWERS - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED!)..... Introduction My aim in compiling this portfolio was to reflect on the things that have struck me throughout this crazy module. My starting point for doing this was to revisit my opinions to the multiple choice questions which were presented in the Crossroads assignment. I present these current opinions, together with my original opinions, an...

. The two largest groups of marine reptiles are the ( ) and ( ) . - marine turtles, sea snakes ( ) are Herbivorous marine mammals related to elephants - dugongs • More people are attacked and killed by saltwater crocodiles than sharks - true 5. Unlike other marine mammals, sea otters lack ( ) and rely on their rich fur for insulation. - blubber A great drop in atmospheric ozone levels, thought to be caused by CFCs, currently occurs over Antarctica. - true A much greater diversity of f...

MSC Test 3 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 What is reproductive range? - ANSWERS- where they reproduce - factor in determining the distribution of a marine organism what is dispersal - ANSWERS- eggs getting dispersed into the ocean what is recruitment - ANSWERSorganism grows up and joins adult population what is a niche? - ANSWERS-particular place where an organism is best adapted for - where they live How do plankton move? Nekton? - ANSWERSplankton: - they are drifters - in...

LATEST Reading TEAS 7 (2024)- SET 3 Farallon islands The farallon islands, or the Devil's teeth, as they are referred to by sailors, are a group of small islands with rocky, barren terrain and treacherous underwater currents, 48 km (30 miles) off the coast of san Francisco, California. Although the islands are small, with a combined total land area of 0.41km2 (0.16 square miles), they are positioned in a major ocean current, which enables them to house dense populations of birds, rodents, ...

The indigo snake is an example of a species that uses the _____ foraging mode. (a.) front-fanged venomous (b.) seize and swallow (c.) constriction (d.) rear-fanged venomous - B Researchers from ______ found that, like the amphibians, populations of many species of reptiles were declining. (a.) Harvard (b. ) Savanna River Ecology Lab (c. ) ITAC (d.) USDA - B Sea turtles have declined, in part, because they are killed _____. (a.) because they are diseased (b.) for food (c.) for relig...

A macdonald - -2500m amphipods Absense of groups in deep sea - -not a result of inability to adapt -result of habitat not being suitable Abyssopelagic - -dark -below 4000m Achieving neutral buoyancy - -reduce heavy materials (increase water content) -lower density of body fluids -add lipids -add gas (hard boxes=nautilus, spirula, cuttlefish),(soft boxes=siphonophores, fishes, ocythoe) adaptations to low O2 - -enhanced oxygen uptake -enhanced anaerobic activity -metabolic arrest -pC v...

Foreign Policy - Answer--Determines HOW & WHEN specific outcomes take place -Decision making -Rationality 1) Doing what is in the best interest for the specific individual -Risk Acceptance/Aversion -It's a process and strategy to achieve a state interest -Tries to spell out goals & objectives -*Most Important*= Individual -*Biggest Problem*= Rationality. Rationality is about self-interest, and an individual could turn irrational -Key Differences between IR Theory and________is the Ro...

Is energy required to move oxygen and carbon dioxide across membranes? correct answers No, it is done via passive diffusion from high partial pressure to low partial pressure. How do internal and external respiration differ? correct answers Internal: gas exchange between the blood and the tissues External: gas exchange between the environment and the blood What processes constitute respiration? correct answers Delivery of oxygen to tissues and removal of waste products; can be external (...

FRESHWATER ORGANISMS QUIZ REVIEW Chondrichthyes ANSWER = sharks and rays Gills ANSWER = organs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with water in fish amphibian fertilization ANSWER = external, in moist areas Aves ANSWER = class of birds Ostechthyes ANSWER = bony fish, have a swim bladder for buoyancy Ectothermic animals ANSWER = body temperature is affected by the environment. Anura ANSWER = frogs and toads Urodela ANSWER = salamanders and newts Dinosaurs ANSWER = birds ar...

Euphotic zone - Answer-first 200 meters -where photosynthesis can take place -suns radiation can be absorbed Seed Plants - Answer--true plants -not very abundant -grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass -mangroves -like warm, muddy waters -have a root system Protists - Answer-a) large algae(seaweed) -brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta) b) phytoplankton(small algae) -most producers -diatoms -coccolithophores -dinoflagellates Eukaryotes - Answer-seed plants and protist...