What Is a Contingent Liability? Provide Two Examples of Contingencies

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Essay

What is a contingent liability? Provide two examples of contingencies.

Understand the principles of osmosis and the movement of water in and out of cells.

Describe the mechanisms of salt and water balance in marine and freshwater organisms.

Explain the process of excretion and the role of excretory organs.

Distinguish between different types of nitrogenous wastes and their solubility and toxicity.

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Definitions:

Nuclear Envelope

The double membrane structure that encloses the nucleus of a cell, separating its contents from the cytoplasm.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell and from each other.

Haploid Stage

A phase in the life cycle of an organism where its cells contain only one set of chromosomes, typical of gametes.

Gamete

A mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.