Insects Flashcards
Two ways insects prevent water loss when breathing
Waterproof coverings
Small surface area to volume ratio
How do gases move in the tracheoles
Along the diffusion gradient
Ventilation
What is the diffusion gradient
Look up!!!
What are villa made up of
Gill lamellae
Filaments
Why do plants need to use surrounding gasses not its own waste product.
Not enough
Wether the organism has a mass transport system depends on ?
Surface area to volume ratio & now active the organism is.
What are the 2 types of transport in mammals ?
Closed blood system and double circulatory system
Tissue fluids
Glucose amino acids fatty acids salts oxygen
What is ultra filtration
When hydrostatic pressure is only enough to force out small molecules
Three thing in root hair cells?
Sugars, amino acids, mineral ions
