This photograph shows a leaf-cutter ant carrying a leaf back to its underground garden, where the leaf will be digested by the fungi that live there. Why does the leaf-cutter ant do this?
a. Feeding leaves to the fungi prevent them from digesting the ant’s young.
b. The fungi emit pheromones that repel the ant’s natural predators.
c. Leaf-cutter ant eats the fungi that grow on these leaves in its garden.
d. The fungi have infected the ant’s nervous system to control it like a puppet.
c. Leaf-cutter ant eats the fungi that grow on these leaves in its garden.
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A. speed up the conduction of the electrical impulse to contract as it passes from the atria to the ventricles. B. slow down the conduction of the electrical impulse to contract as it passes from the atria to the ventricles. C. act as a barrier that prevents the conduction of the electrical impulse to contract as it passes from the atria to the ventricles. D. not alter the speed at which the electrical impulse to contract passes from the atria to the ventricles. E. block backflow of blood from the aorta into the right ventricle.
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Chromosomes do not pair during mitosis. b. Genes and chromosomes are duplicated during prophase. c. Each species has a specific number of chromosomes. d. New nuclei are formed during telophase. e. A diploid cell will produce two diploid daughter cells by mitosis
Briefly explain the formation of bone in the human body
What will be an ideal response?
The Whittaker classification is based upon all of the following EXCEPT
A. type of cell B. level of organization C. type of nutrition D. habitat