Which of these statements is false about why wetlands are important to people? a. They don’t protect our shores from wave action. b. They absorb pollutants and improve water quality. c. They provide habitat for aquatic life. d. They encourage recreational activities

Which would be an adaptation in a rainforest, but not in a tundra? a. ability to store water for a long time b. fur that blends in with snow c. strong claws for killing prey d. a beak that can dig into thick trees

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).

What controls activities within a eukaryotic cell?