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GK QUESTION#3868

What is the mode of adaptation done by aquatic plants and animals where the osmotic concentration of the body fluids changes with that of the ambient air and water osmotic concentration?

  1. ARegulate
  2. BConformCorrect answer
  3. CMigrate
  4. DSuspend
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B. Conform

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Conformity is the response in which internal conditions vary with the external environment. An osmoconformer has body-fluid osmotic concentration that tracks the surrounding water; air does not have an equivalent aquatic osmotic concentration.

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