The most successful adaptation for living on a sediment-covered shore is ________

A) attachment to the substrate
B) burrowing into the sediment
C) flattened body shape
D) sessile lifestyle
E) swimming


B

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Elongate sediment ridges that project from headlands in the direction of the longshore current are called

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If an organism's diploid cells have 40 chromosomes, then its haploid cells have

A. 10 chromosomes. B. 20 chromosomes. C. 40 chromosomes. D. 80 chromosomes.

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What public policy change followed the tragic Melbourne, Australia fire of 2009?

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