The statement which best explains the presence of carbon 14 in organisms is this: THE RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE REACTS IN THE SAME WAY AS THE STABLE ISOTOPES IN THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE BODY.
The radio active carbon 14 that is found in living organism react in the same way that other carbon isotopes react and does not have any damaging effect on the body.
Answer:
Organism in a lichen that provides protection - algae
Organism in a lichen that provides nutrients through photosynthesis - algae
Branched growth form of lichen - fruticose
Leafy growth form of lichen - foliose
Small and flat growth form of lichen - crustose
Explanation:
<em>Lichens are composite organisms that are formed from symbiotic relationships between fungi and cyanobacteria/algae. The Green algae layer offers food to the fungi by photosynthesis while the latter supplies nutrients and offers protection to the algal component. </em>
There are different types of lichen based on the growth structure:
Fruticose lichens grow upright and shrubby and posses either round or flat branches.
Foliose lichen appears like a leaf with upper and lower layers. They are usually flat or convoluted in nature.
Crustose lichens are small in appearance with flat, crusty growth on surfaces on which they grow.
The correct answers are ATMOSPHERE and BIOSPHERE. Nitrogen is most abundant in the ATMOSPHERE, but nitrogen can't be absorbed by the BIOSPHERE without the help of a special bacteria and without undergoing a process called nitrogen fixation.
Answer:
c. Physical adaptations to the environment drive the distribution of all three species in the wild.
Explanation:
Options A and B refer to competition between species. The experiment was about the colonizing ability of the three species, and not the interaction among them. So these two options are not correct.
Option D states that species A is better adapted to the upper intertidal zone than the middle or lower. But the table shows that species A is equally adapted to colonize upper and middle intertidal zone, and less adapted to colonize lower zones.
The correct option is C. When these competing species coexist, this is because of niche partitioning or niche differentiation. If there is not any differentiation between them, the dominant species displaces the weak species. In the exposed example, the three species coexist in the middle and lower zones, which means that they probably have different niches and got adapted to living to their environments. This adaptation to different conditions is what leads to their distribution.
In the exposed example, species A and B can live in the upper intertidal zone, where species C can not live because they can not tolerate environmental conditions. The three species can live in the middle zone, but still, A and B are more adapted to this area than C. Among A and B, B is the most adapted to living in the upper and middle zones. Species C seems to be very adapted to live in the lower intertidal zone, where species A and B can also live, but are less adapted to this area, probably due to environmental conditions or due to their vulnerability to predation. In this last area, species A is less adapted.
