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#Question id: 11471


Hair cells in the vertebrate ear are responsible for transducing sound pressure waves. Ion channels in the hair cell membrane open when ________.

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. a chemical ligand binds to the ion channel

  2. light is absorbed by a molecule in the membrane

  3. the cell membrane reaches a threshold voltage

  4. the membrane is distorted mechanically
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#Question id: 10527

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Based on their feeding behaviors, three major types of insect herbivores can be distinguished, which evades the constitutive defense;

A) Phloem feeders                                                                    i) caterpillars, grasshoppers, and beetles

B) Cell-content feeders                                                            ii) aphids and whiteflies

C) Chewing insects                                                                    iii) mites and thrips

Correctly match the feeding behaviour with its insects;

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#Question id: 10528

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The insect ingests plant tissue containing the fatty acids, an enzyme in the gut conjugates the plant-derived fatty acid to an insect-derived amino acid typically;

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#Question id: 10529

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Insects produces an elicitors molecules that is caeliferins at the wound site in Arabidopsis plant, which induces

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#Question id: 10538

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Injury to the leaf caused by herbivory activates which types of ion channels?

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#Question id: 10539

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

All plants releases green-leaf volatiles in response to mechanical damage, this volatile is a mixture of

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#Question id: 10541

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Green-leaf volatiles act as potent signals,  which of the following option is incorrect about this volatile compound