Raccoons are on the fourth trophic level of the food web. (Trophic Level-each level on the food web and food chain) Each animal is classified as some sort of consumer. It just so happens that a raccoon is an omnivore. This means that the raccoon eats both plants and animals. Raccoons use the abiotic factors in the environment to their advantage.…
The Kangaroo has a the largest ratio where as the Honey Possum has the smallest. This is because the Eastern Grey Kangaroo’s diet of fibrous plants is quite hard to digest making the use of long intestines and fermentation chambers for absorption of nutrients. Honey Possums have a small body and therefore a small digestive system as they only have to digest pollen and nectar, which is digested quite easily. The dingo is a carnivore and has a very effective digestive system to break down the meat of its prey. Its digestive system is bigger because Meat takes substantially longer to break down than plant based foods do.…
Producer (Sea grass, phytoplankton): Makes its own food through photosynthesis and stores its energy Primary Consumer: Obtains food and energy by eating organisms (zooplankton) 2. From your ecosystem, identify and describe an example of a.…
All these organisms are closed circulatory system meaning that the blood is contained within a network of tubes, or blood vessels. These blood are transported throughout the body with the help of the blood vessels. One blood vessels receives the blood from the body while the other blood vessels takes away the blood from the lungs. For example, in frogs, pigs, and humans, there are blood vessels that take in deoxygenated blood from the body while other blood vessels take oxygenated blood away from lungs. Earthworms, on the other hand, have dorsal blood vessels that take the blood to the dorsal part of the body while the ventral blood vessel takes the blood to the ventral side of the…
P5: explain the role and location of organs involved in digestion Gallbladder: • The purpose of a gallbladder is to store bile which is needed for the digestion of fats in food. Made by the liver bile flows into the larger hepatic ducts and goes into the gallbladder where it is stored and can be used by the body later • Your pancreas is one of the organs that secretes enzymes into the duodenum. The enzymes found in pancreatic juice break down all of the major nutrients, including carbohydrates, proteins and fats.…
When the lobsters fresh catch of the day has to be prepared the lobsters unique digestive system really helps. The digestive system consists of three stomachs, which are within the cephalothorax . The for-gut (first stomach) moils the aliment into minuscule specimens with grinding teeth. The second stomach (mid-gut) has glands to digest the fragment of food. The green allotment of the lobster eaten by some humans (called the "tom-alley") are called…
A gray tube, the dorsal vessel, ran along the earthworm’s back. The coelom was the space around the organs, as it is a body cavity surrounding the organs. 7. The crop, gizzard, and intestine contained soil (food). The gizzard had a much thicker wall than the crop, which reflects their functions.…
Their food travels down the large intestine next. A carnivore’s large intestine is “relatively smooth and runs fairly straight so that fatty wastes high in cholesterol can easily slide out before they start to putrefy” (Carnivores). A slight contrast is seen between the digestive processes of carnivores and omnivores. Omnivores are capable of using their “short and pointed” incisors and “long, sharp, and curved” canines to consume both plant and animal products (Mills).…
Crohn’ disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by inflammation of the digestive, or gastrointestinal tract. In fact, Crohn’s can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus, but it is more commonly found at the end of the small intestine called the ileum. The most common symptoms of Crohn’s diseases are diarrhea, cramping and pain in your abdomen, and weight loss. Your digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract also called the digestive tract-and the liver, pancreas and gallbladder. The GI tract is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus.…
1. My model represents the digestive system excluding the mouth. The function of the digestive system is to ingest food, extract valuable nutrients from it, then excrete the wastes. The structure of the digestive system assists this function in many ways. The mouth is able to chew the food that we eat into smaller, easier to digest pieces (Cleveland).…
1. Why do unrelated plants often assume the same growth form in different parts of the world? Unrelated plants often assume the same growth form in different parts of the world because of similar environmental conditions, physical structure of the plant, myriad interactions of species, chance and history, evolution leading to unique biomes. 2.…
It has a custom design for each type of cell. The digestive tract, although bigger than a plasma membrane, has a complex system that has many parts to make it work properly, but it’s not as intricate as the plasma membrane functions. For instance, it works by chewing, swallowing, passing through the small intestine, then through the large intestine, where it is then turned into waste pushed out of the…
To understand the Musculo-Skeletal system and how it is suited to the functions that it performs for the body you first need to understand how the system works and what it is responsible for. It is comprised of two separate systems working together as one to provide the body with physical support, the ability to move and protection for its major organs. These two systems are the Skeletal System and the Muscular System and they contain the following:- Bones of the skeleton Muscles Cartilage Tendons Ligaments Joints Connective tissue binding to the body’s organs If you break the system down into its separate parts you can gain a deeper understanding of how they create a joint working system within the body.…
Along with the different functions that follow while food is being digested into the body. Among the many things that the digestive system has to offer it also has it’s not so good perks like symptoms & disorders. I have chosen to research about how an infected appendix can affect anybody without a single warning. I will also discuss how it affected a very well-known solo artist and his ordeal behind his Appendicitis.…
Digestion can be described as food being broken down into its most basic and simple components so that we can absorb the nutrients to give us energy and nutrition. Digestion occurs in what is known as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract which consists of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), and other important organs such as salivary glands, the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. Digestion first occurs with food entering the mouth. Food is usually comprised of three macronutrients: carbohydrates, fats (lipids), and proteins.…