Stimulus - Response How do organisms react to their environment? What is a Stimulus? A change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organism to react. For example: A light shining in your eye A cat running in front of a dog An approaching predator Thirst wind...
Metabolism at the max: How vertebrate organisms respond to physical activity. Compr Physiol 5: 1677-1703, 2015. doi:10.1002/cphy.c130032.Hedrick MS, Hancock TV, Hillman SS. 2015. Metabolism at the max: how vertebrate organisms respond to physical activity. Compr Physiol 5:1677-703....
Why do some microbes specialize to use a different food source than the surrounding microbes in their environment? Organisms other than humans can be infected by influenza -- what are they? How does it spread within and between species, and what...
How do amoeba and paramecium move? How does the octopus excrete waste? How do amoebas respond to their environment? How do clams get their food? How do marine organisms float? Explore our homework questions and answers library Search
Given their role in physically shaping the environment in which they live, and their capacity to change the availability of resources for other species, invertebrates can be considered as “ecosystem engineers” (Jones et al. 1994). While some invertebrates are intentional engineers that directly alt...
Corals that previously experienced heat stress respond better the next time around. Researchers are trying to figure out how, and hope to one day take advantage of the phenomenon to improve coral restoration efforts.
More often, people don't even need to contemplate how to do right by the dead. Until the 1960s, people might include funeral recommendations in their will, but it didn't usually get any more specific. Now, people have gotten more comfortable with planning their own funerals. This further ...
To understand the environmental care of marine scientists, I ask: How do scientists care for environmental changes? What are the social and epistemic impacts of their care? The notion of care allows me to focus on an “affective state, a material vital doing, and an ethico-political ...
For example, you don’t have to use glass cleaner to clean mirrors and glass; a little water in a spray bottle and a microfiber cloth will do a great job. A big plus about this is you are not putting more chemicals into your home and into the environment. Microfiber can hold up ...
Nature did not create any perfect organism; it created organisms perfectly. It’s time to remember that life can be a bumpy road, butWinston Churchillreminds us,“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ...