Biology Homework Solutions

Understanding the physiological adaptations of small desert mammals.

Behaviors of physiological adaptations that allow a small desert mammal to survive severe drought conditions include all of the following except: The absence of sweat glands Inactivity during the day The production of nearly dry feces The use of water derived from the metabolism of food The excretion of ammonia i ...continues

Animal behaviour from chi square test

Individual chi square questions 1. The data below was gathered in the Animal Behaviour lab. In this case, 5 zebra danios were placed in a container in compartment A of the aquarium and 5 goldfish were placed in a container in section C of the aquarium. The test fish, in this set of data was a zebra danio. Does this fish displ ...continues

Review of sea turtle navigation and migration

This is a graduate level review of the literature on sea turtle navigation and migration, including references.

analyzing a sample of wild canary song

the main purpose of analyzing a sample of wild canary song is to become familiar with song dialect pattern of geographic variation, identify dialect boundaries objectively, and gather some evidence of whetheror not dialect memberslikely have intimate social interactions.i have already got and analyzed rolls of sonograms of songs ...continues

The Red Panda of Asia

Hi, I need to explain 8 of the following things about the red panda of asia. 1. Describe and Discuss the anima;'s habitat 2. Discuss how the animal adapted to obtain food/run away from predators/catch its pray. 3. Explain how the animal is able to defend itself. (How does the animal use its habitat to defend and protect it ...continues

Scientific Method

I am having a hard time on designing an experiment using the scientific method process on two different types of organisms from two different species. i do not have to carry out the experiment I need to list: An observation, hypothesis and experiment (with a prediction, variable and control)

Taxonomic Classification

Animals are placed in taxonomic classifications based on differences and similarities of their traits. If you know what critical traits to look for, it is possible to separate any animal into a taxonomic category. First, list the traits of the following animal phyla: Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Mollusca, Ar ...continues

Why would this behavior have evolved? How does it benefit the new leader?

When a male lion successfully challenges another and takes over his pride, one of the first things the new lion does is to kill all of the cubs in the pride. Why would this behavior have evolved? How does it benefit the new leader?

Animal Behavior: natural selection, proximate/ultimate causes, types of learning

(1) Explain the process of natural selection that has resulted in large antlers. Mention the three requirements for natural selection. (2) Differentiate proximate and ultimate causes of behavior. (3) Which of the various types of learning is occurring in my dog [see attachment for the example]. See attached file for fu ...continues

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