Compare the graphs in the figure above of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission for Cormocephalus morsitans and Scutigerina weberi. What hypothesis can you make about each centipede's habitat?

A) C. morsitans lives in a habitat that provides more carbon dioxide than does S. weberi.
B) C. morsitans lives in a habitat with more predators than does S. weberi.
C) C. morsitans lives in a colder habitat than does S. weberi.
D) C. morsitans lives in a drier habitat than does S. weberi.


Answer: D

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

During HIV reproduction, spike glycoproteins

A. do not enter the cell with the virus. B. are released into the cytoplasm by cellular enzymes. C. are embedded in the infected cell membrane. D. are assembled into the virus along with reverse transcriptase. E. are embedded in the viral capsid.

Biology & Microbiology

According to the Hardy-Weinberg law, if the frequency of a recessive allele is 36 percent, the frequency of the dominant allele would be what percent?

a. 5 b. 8 c. 25 d. 48 e. 64

Biology & Microbiology

After the completion of meiosis in humans a diploid germ cell has produced cells with half the original chromosome number, generating __________ haploid nuclei.

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 23 E. 46

Biology & Microbiology

Why is it that falcons cannot fly as fast as a fighter jet?

A. Adaptive traits must conform to environmental conditions. B. Natural selection can produce deleterious alleles in individuals. C. Adaptive traits are constrained by historical and genetic factors. D. Not all adaptive traits are heritable.

Biology & Microbiology