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Question 1

What are osmoconformers

Answer 1

they allow blood to follow the osmotic concentration of the environment

Question 2

What is an osmoregulator

Answer 2

animal regulates its body fluids, keeps the osmotic concentraion different ro ambient (solute to solvent)

Question 3

some osmoconformers regulate solutes but maintain osmotic concentration what is this called?

Answer 3

ionic regulators

Question 4

what are hyper-hyoposmotic invertebrates

Answer 4

can survive in freshwater and seawater

Question 5

what do hyper-hyposomotic invertabrates have to do

Answer 5

drink seawater and eliminate salts using salt glands (active transport)