List as many types of connective tissue as possible, and give their functions
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Bone provides structure and allows muscles to act as levers. Cartilage forms structures like the ear and nose and lubricates joints. Blood circulates oxygen to tissues. Fat tissue cushions and insulates. Loose connective tissue fills spaces and holds organs together.
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Cores of coral reefs show a reef base that is well below the photic zone. How are two ways that is this possible, given the light limitations of reef-forming corals?
What will be an ideal response?
Each of the following is part of the energy transduction from solar energy to chemical energy except
A) light absorption by chlorophyll. B) electron flow through an electron transport system. C) unidirectional proton pumping across a membrane. D) an electrochemical proton gradient. E) All are involved in the energy transduction.
Lamellae that are not part of the osteon. Some fill gaps between forming osteons; others are remnants of osteons cut by bone remodeling.
What will be an ideal response?
A plant that you are studying has sluggish wound healing abilities as well as an inability to store significant food reserves. You would like to enhance these properties. If you could enhance the growth of a tissue to improve these properties, which tissue would you enhance?
A. periderm B. lateral meristem C. parenchyma of the stem cortex D. root apical meristem