You Are Working on a Project in a Desert That

question 21

Multiple Choice

You are working on a project in a desert that has never been explored and you want to determine what species of insects interact with one another.You need to first learn what species are found in the ecosystem you will study.Therefore,you start by going to your site and making _______.

• A) Field experiments to test species interactions
• B) Observations to learn species distributions and abundances
• C) Applied scientific results
• D) A mathematical model to calculate the number of species that you will encounter

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Definitions:

Smooth Muscle

Involuntary, non-striated muscle that lines the walls of internal organs and blood vessels, controlling their movements.

Motor Neurons

Nerve cells that initiate and conduct impulses controlling the actions of muscles.

Thighs

The part of the human leg between the hip and the knee, composed of several muscles including the quadriceps and hamstrings.

Auditory Cortex

The region of the brain that is responsible for processing auditory information.