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How is an earthworms digestive system adapted for extracting small amounts of food and large amounts of soil?
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How is the earthworms digestive system adapted for extracting relatively small amounts of food from large amounts of ingested soil?
The gizzard is a muscular organ used to churn the food and then it moves onto the intestine where absorption of the food occurs.
How is the earthworm's digestive system adapted for extracting small amounts of food and large amounts of ingested soil?
The way that the earthworm <annelida> adapts to filtering food out of the soil is that it separates the waste and the food. It then eats the food and releases the waste! (ewwwwww)
Explain how the grasshopper is adapted for moving large amounts of air into its body?
The grasshopper is adapted for moving large amounts of air into its body via the air tubes. They need a lot of oxygen to be able to hop and expire a lot of energy.
Are small amounts of carbohydrates needed for good health?
It is better with large amounts of carbohydrates. That is what our digestive system has evolved to digest. Complex carbohydrates and not simple sugars.
How are palisade cells adapted to trap light energy?
They contain large amounts of chlorophyll, which is necessary for photosynthesis.
How are penguins adapted to stay underwater for a long period of time?
They have muscles that store large amounts of oxygen
Does the environment effect the digestive system?
Yes. Your digestive system houses numerous amounts of bacteria. These bacteria are not bad though, their colonies function in harmony to balance out your system Hope this helps
What was the large lanternlike jaw of the hominid paranthropus boisei adapted for?
Eating large amounts of food.
What is digestive jucies?
The digestive juices are the secretions of the digestive tract that break down food. They include saliva, gastric juice, pancreatic juice, bile, and intestinal juice. The digestive juices are secreted by different organs, vary widely in chemical composition, and play different roles in the digestive process. Each is constantly produced by the body in small amounts, but the presence of food as it passes through the digestive tract causes increased production and secretion.
How is a grasshopper adapted for moving large amounts of air into its body?
The grasshopper has small holes along it'sabdomen calledspiracles which allow large amounts of oxygen (or air) to enter into the body. Which is an adaptation from "what is normal" for receiving air.
What Sedimentary rock can you eat?
Many people eat small amounts powdered mudstone, because it helps clear the digestive system.
What is jucie?
The digestive juices are the secretions of the digestive tract that break down food. They include saliva, gastric juice, pancreatic juice, bile, and intestinal juice. The digestive juices are secreted by different organs, vary widely in chemical composition, and play different roles in the digestive process. Each is constantly produced by the body in small amounts, but the presence of food as it passes through the digestive tract causes increased production and secretion.
