When an Earthworm Is Underground, Which Type of Receptors Will

question 49

Multiple Choice

When an earthworm is underground, which type of receptors will relay information on directional movement?

• A) Lateral line organs
• B) Otoliths
• C) Cristae
• D) Stereocilia
• E) Statocysts

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Definitions:

Geological Events

Natural occurrences like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or plate movements that shape the earth's surface and environment.

Morphological Transition

A process involving a significant change in the structure or form of an organism or part of an organism usually due to genetic mutation or environmental pressures.

Anagenesis

Refers to wholesale transformation of a lineage from one form to another. In macroevolutionary studies, anagenesis is considered to be an alternative to lineage splitting or speciation.

Lineage

Lineage refers to a chain of ancestors and their descendants. A lineage may be the successive generations of organisms in a single population, the members of an entire species during an interval of geological time, or a group of related species descending from a common ancestor.