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What is osmosis?
Solvent molecules pass through a membrane from less to more concentrated solution
What is osmolarity
Ratio of solution; Water
Osmoregulation
Regulate the osmolarity of an organism body fluid to maintain homeostatis
Two response to abiotic factor
Regulate - maintain constant condition
Conform - Adjust according to surrounding
Osmoregulators and examples
regulate their body osmolarity to maintain constant internal condition
Examples are: Humans, Vertebrates, and salt and fresh water fishesh
Osmoconformers and example
Match their body osmolarity to their environment
Example: Shark, Lobster and star fish
Nutrition
This helps organism to develop bodies, heal damage parts and give energy to life and activity
Can produce their own foods?
Autotropic
-Plants
Cannot produce their own food?
Hetero tropic Nutrients
-Humans, Animals
Define digestion
Mechanical and chemical process in which food substance are broken down into simple substance
What is mouth?
this produce saliva where mechanical mastication takes form bolus
Esophagus
A muscular tube that conduct peristalsis and passage way for food
Stomach
Muscular sac that contain gastric juices in order to break down food chemically
Liver
produce bile that helps digestion of fats
Gall bladder
helps storage of bile and discharging from the cystic duct
Pancreas
Release pancreatic juice and enzymes which help in digestion of protein and starch
Small intestine
tube contains villi that absorbs nutrients from food and water
Large intestine
This absorbs water and salt from material that has not been digested as food and get rid of waste products
Anus
Kill feces
The digestive Process
1-4
Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
Elimination
Substrate Feeder
Animals that live and eat on their source
Filter feeders
Aquatic animals
Fluid feeders
Animals suck fluid containing nutrients from other animals
Bulk feeder
Break down and swallow foods