Figure 18.1Using Figure 18.1, Match the Following

question 52

Essay

Figure 18.1Using Figure 18.1, match the following:
-What is the functional importance of the intercalated discs of cardiac muscle? What is the functional importance of the fibrous skeleton of the heart?

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Definitions:

Farmland

Land used for the purpose of agricultural production, including the growing of crops and the rearing of animals.

Tropical Rain Forests

Biome near the equator characterized by high rainfall, humidity, and biodiversity.

Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis

In community ecology, the idea that species richness is greatest at moderate levels of disturbance, which create a mosaic of habitat patches at different stages of succession.

Predation

An ecological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, the prey, as a source of food.