What is one disadvantage of insect stridulation

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Many insects stridulate when they are handled or attacked. It has been suggested that this disturbance stridulation acts to deter predators. This hypothesis was investigated in a series of experiments. Predators were given insects which had been silenced by disruption of their sound-producing mechanism or else had been sham operated but retained their normal ability to stridulate. 2. Three types of insects (mutillid wasps, Dasymutilla spp.; water scavenger beetles, Tropisternus spp.; and round sand beetles, Omophron labiatus) were given to wolf spiders (Lycosa ceratiola and Geolycosa ornatipes) at night in the field under natural conditions. When attacking silenced insects, spiders displayed greater persistence than when attacking phonic insects (Table 1). In addition, mortality was greater among silenced insects. 3. Spiders (L. ceratiola) were also given an artificial 'insect' - a vibrating probe whose vibration mimicked that of the cuticle of a stridulating insect. As with real insects, spiders persisted longer in their attack on the probe when it was silent than when it was 'stridulating.' 4. Female mutillid wasps were given to wild-caught mice (Peromyscus floridanus) in the laboratory. Unsilenced mutillids survived the encounter more often than their silenced counterparts. In another experiment, the stings of mutillid wasps were removed before testing. Mice killed nearly all these 'unprotected' mutillids. However, it took mice significantly longer to attack unsilenced mutillids and longer to kill them after initiating the assault (Table 2). 5. These results support the view that insect disturbance stridulation deters predators. Two modes of action by which these sounds may have their effect are discussed: they may serve to startle the attacker or they may alert it to the potential harmfulness of the insect and as such may qualify as an example of acoustic aposematism.


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Which type of molecule that can be found in living things lacks carbon atoms? protein
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water..(C)

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Describe the basic functions of animal body systems.

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The basic functions which are important for the survival of an organism include processes such as homeostasis, nutrient absorption and distribution in body, reproduction, and defense against injury or pathogens.

What are animal body systems?

There are usually nine organ systems present in an animal which includes skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine (hormonal), digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory (urinary), and reproductive system. Each of these systems perform a specific function.

The Skeletal system provides the body structure and is responsible for the movements of different body parts. The muscular system is made up of all the muscles which are present in the body, these help in connecting different body parts to the skeletal system. The nervous system consist of the brain and the spinal cord, this system is responsible for coordinating different functions in the body.

The endocrine system is responsible for secreting hormones which are responsible for the growth and development of body. The digestive system helps in absorbing the energy present in the food and distributing the energy. The circulatory system is responsible for the circulation of gases and different molecules across the body through blood vessels.

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The heart pumps blood through the circulatory system, delivering needed materials (glucose, oxygen) and picking up waste (carbon dioxide) from cells all over the body. Organs systems work together to efficiently and effectively provide all body cells with their basic needs to carry out life functions. 

How does the ribosome know which protein to make?

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Messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules are long strands of RNA nucleotides that directribosomes to make proteins. They travel from the nucleus to the ribosome. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) molecules make up part of the ribosomes of the cell in the cytoplasm. Transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules transport amino acids to the ribosomes.

You are an aspiring botanist and decide to study some orchid genetics. Knowing that the pink color phenotype is an incompletely dominant phenotype, you decide to study it further. You discover that when you cross two pink orchids, you only ever obtain a phenotypic ratio of 1/3 white orchids to 2/3 pink orchids. How might you explain this phenomenon

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You are an aspiring botanist and decide to study some orchid genetics. Knowing that the pink color phenotype is an incompletely dominant phenotype, you decide to study it further. You discover that when you cross two pink orchids, you only ever obtain a phenotypic ratio of 1/3 white orchids to 2/3 pink orchids. How might you explain this phenomenon

A)The dominant color allele produces a lethal phenotype when one copy is present. B)The recessive color allele produces a lethal phenotype when two copies are present. C)The dominant color allele produces a lethal phenotype when two copies are present. D)The recessive color allele produces a lethal phenotype when one copy is present

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C)The dominant color allele produces a lethal phenotype when two copies are present.

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Let's suppose that allele R gives a pink phenotype in the heterozygous condition while the allele r gives white phenotype in the homozygous genotypes. So, the genotype of the pink orchids would be Rr. A cross between two Rr plants obtain progeny in following genotype ratio:

1/4 RR: 1/2 Rr: 1/4 rr

Here, the R allele is lethal in homozygous genotypes and the progeny ratio become=

1/3 white: 2/3 pink

Where does the oxygen and carbon dioxide get exchanged in the respiratory system?Question 7 options:


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Alveoli

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During gas exchange oxygen moves from the lungs to the bloodstream. At the same time carbon dioxide passes from the blood to the lungs. This happens in the lungs between the alveoli and a network of tiny blood vessels called capillaries, which are located in the walls of the alveoli.

alveoli ; the exchange where oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place