Both digestion and absorption happen in which of the following parts of the digestive system?

A population is said to be at its carrying capacity when it has reached the maximum number of individuals that can be sustained in a particular environment over a prolonged period of time, given the available resources and the prevailing environmental conditions.

In other words, carrying capacity refers to the maximum population size that a given ecosystem can support without being depleted of resources or experiencing environmental degradation. Once a population reaches its carrying capacity, its growth rate slows down and stabilizes, as individuals start to compete more intensely for resources such as food, water, and shelter, and mortality rates increase.

Carrying capacity is an important concept in ecology and population biology because it helps to explain the dynamics of natural populations and how they are influenced by changes in the environment, such as climate change, habitat loss, and human activities.

The organ that filters excess solutes from the blood is the kidney ¹. The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs located on either side of the spine, just below the rib cage ². They are responsible for filtering waste products and excess fluid from the blood and excreting them in the form of urine ².

The other options are not correct because they do not accurately describe the organ that filters excess solutes from the blood. The stomach, spleen, and gallbladder do not filter excess solutes from the blood.

The correct answer is c. Data are biased by the methodology. The researcher's data should be rejected because they are biased by the methodology used to gather them. By only using a small net, the researcher excluded all large birds from the study. This means that the data do not accurately represent the average wing strength of all birds found in the American Northwest.

A. The data contradicting the control group is not a reason to reject the data in this case.

B. The data being different than expected is not a reason to reject the data in this case.

D. The data not being able to be displayed graphically is not a reason to reject the data in this case.

The apocrine gland is a component of the integumentary system that secretes pheromones. Pheromones are chemical signals that are released by an individual and can affect the behavior or physiology of other individuals of the same species.

The other options are not components of the integumentary system that secrete pheromones. The fossa ovalis is a depression in the interatrial septum of the heart, the seminiferous tubule is a structure in the testes where sperm are produced, and the dermal papilla is a structure at the base of a hair follicle that provides nutrients to the hair.

Enzymes are a type of protein that catalyze chemical reactions in the body. Proteins are one of the four main classes of biological molecules, along with lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids.

The other options are not classes of biological molecules that include enzymes.Lipids are a class of molecules that includes fats and oils, vitamins are organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition, and carbohydrates are a class of molecules that includes sugars and starches.

The correct answer is a. Nuclei. Genetic information describing the characteristics of an organism is found in the nuclei of its cells. The nucleus contains the organism's DNA, which carries the genetic information that determines its traits.

b. Membranes are structures that surround and enclose cells and organelles, but they do not contain genetic information.

c. Cilia are hair-like structures that protrude from the surface of some cells and are involved in movement, but they do not contain genetic information.

d. Ribosomes are organelles that are involved in protein synthesis, but they do not contain genetic information.

A change that takes place as a solid turns to a liquid is that particles become less ordered ¹. When a solid is heated, its particles gain energy and begin to vibrate more rapidly ². As the temperature increases, the particles gain enough energy to overcome the forces holding them in place and begin to move more freely

². This results in a loss of order as the solid melts and becomes a liquid.

The other options are not correct because they do not accurately describe a change that takes place as a solid turns to a liquid. Particles do not have a decrease in mobility, move closer together, or experience stronger intermolecular forces between them as a solid turns to a liquid.

The thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts is where the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis take place, while the mitochondrial inner membrane is where the electron transport chain and ATP synthesis occur during cellular respiration.

The tonoplast is the membrane that surrounds the central vacuole in plant cells. It is not involved in cellular respiration or photosynthesis.

The other options, epithelial and nuclear, are not related to these processes.

Emphysema is a lung condition that is caused by damage to the alveoli, the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs. When the alveoli are damaged, the body has difficulty exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide. This can lead to shortness of breath and other respiratory problems. The other options are not directly related to the function of the alveoli or the effects of emphysema.

The correct answer is c. germ. If a mother's germ cell contains mutated DNA, this mutation can be passed to her offspring. Germ cells are the reproductive cells (eggs in females and sperm in males) that carry genetic information from one generation to the next.

a. Somatic cells are all the other cells in the body that are not germ cells. Mutations in somatic cells are not passed on to offspring.

b.White blood cells are a type of somatic cell that plays a role in the immune system.

d. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the ability to develop into different types of cells in the

body.