Help plz In a meadow where earthworms live in the soil, the pH gradually decreases from the optimum range into the zone of stress. What is the MOST LIKELY effect on the earthworm population?

A. The size of the earthworm population increases, but otherwise the population is unchanged.
B. The size of the earthworm population decreases, but otherwise the population is unchanged.
C. Earthworms that tolerate high pH become more common in the population.

There is a liquid capsule inside a cup full of liquid. the cup full of liquid has salt in it and the liquid capsule has no salt in it. in which direction will the solvent flow? a. the salt does not have to move b. from the capsule to the larger cup c. equally between the capsule and the cup d. from the larger cup to the capsule

The kidney filters potentially toxic substances in the blood, and thus “clears” the blood of those substances. this clearance function is dependent upon and proportional to the diffusion gradient of the substance across filtering capillaries, i.e. if the concentration of the substance is doubled, twice as much will be cleared from each ml of blood that is filtered. suppose that the body produces a constant amount of a substance x per unit of time. the kidneys eliminate substance x at a rate directly proportional to the concentration of the substance and the volume of blood cleared each minute (c): elimination = c × [x], where [x] is the steady-state concentration of substance x. imagine an individual with an initial concentration of x equal to [x]0 who develops kidney disease. her baseline clearance c0 drops to one half of the original (½c0). what is the new steady state concentration of x? (for simplicity, assume that substance x is 100% filtered by the kidney).

Which of the following can be assumed about the layers in areas 2 and 4