Animals that move between salt and fresh water are able to survive large fluctuations of external osmolarity because they are
A) able to alter the water permeability of their skin, gills and guts.
B) able to tolerate large fluctuations in cell volume.
C) able to change from being osmoconformers in salt water to being osmoregulators in fresh water.
D) able to regulate their extracellular fluid by retaining higher concentrations of urea.
E) osmoregulators that are able to switch from a strategy that conserves water in the marine environment to one that sheds excess water in the freshwater environment.
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Q3: Which of the following is NOT a
Q4: Which of the following statements regarding osmosis
Q5: A student carried out an experiment in
Q6: In aquatic animals
A) water is gained through
Q7: The osmotic concentration in the body fluids
Q9: To maintain constant body conditions in fresh
Q10: Terrestrial animals
A) allow their ionic composition to
Q11: Examine the data in the following table.
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Q12: Most aquatic animals eliminate nitrogenous waste by
Q13: Which of the following statements is true?
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