You Find a Multi-Legged Animal in Your Garden and Want

question 59

Multiple Choice

You find a multi-legged animal in your garden and want to determine if it is a centipede or a millipede. You take the animal to a university where a myriapodologist quickly tells you that you have found a centipede. Which of the following traits may have allowed her to make this distinction?

• A) presence of body segments
• B) poisonous claws
• C) egg-laying
• D) molting

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Definitions:

Temperature

A physical quantity expressing the subjective perceptions of hot and cold, measured in degrees according to various scales (e.g., Celsius, Fahrenheit).

Hypotonic Sweat

Sweat that contains a lower concentration of solutes (mainly salt) than the surrounding tissues, often resulting from acclimatization to hot conditions.

Water Intake

The process of consuming water or fluids to maintain hydration and support bodily functions.

Osmosis

The movement of water molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a region of low solute concentration to a region of high solute concentration.