You are researching the adaptations of a newly discovered mammal that is active mostly at night. Which adaptation to the eye would you expect to find?

A) A reflective choroid behind the retina
B) Thicker vitreous humor behind the lens
C) Crustacean flattened cornea resulting in farsightedness
D) Many individual light-sensitive subunits in each eye
E) An eyespot that can only discern light from dark


A

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

The methanogenic archaeans are ____ that pull electrons from ____

a. chemoautotrophs; oxygen b. chemoheterotrophs; carbon dioxide c. chemoautotrophs; water d. chemoheterotrophs; methane e. chemoautotrophs; hydrogen gas

Biology & Microbiology

Steroid hormones typically move across the cell and nuclear membranes to bind to receptors in the nucleus

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Biology & Microbiology

What is the difference between organic and inorganic fertilizers?

A) Organic fertilizers are carbon-based and are made from decomposed plant and animal wastes; inorganic fertilizers lack carbon and are produced by an industrial chemical process. B) Inorganic fertilizers are carbon-based and are made from decomposed plant and animal wastes; organic fertilizers lack carbon and are produced by an industrial chemical process. C) Organic fertilizers are carbon-based and are produced by an industrial chemical process; inorganic fertilizers lack carbon and are made from decomposed plant and animal wastes. D) Inorganic fertilizers are carbon-based and are produced by an industrial chemical process; organic fertilizers lack carbon and are made from decomposed plant and animal wastes.

Biology & Microbiology

Which of the following behaviors involves the LEAST learning?

A. A lion capturing its prey B. A newborn human grasping something placed in its hand C. A mouse finding food in the kitchen of a house D. A mockingbird singing the song of a different species E. A chimpanzee finding its way through a forest

Biology & Microbiology