Ability of an organism to change internally or externally in relation to its environmental

The kidney filters potentially toxic substances in the blood, and thus “clears” the blood of those substances. this clearance function is dependent upon and proportional to the diffusion gradient of the substance across filtering capillaries, i. e. if the concentration of the substance is doubled, twice as much will be cleared from each ml of blood that is filtered. suppose that the body produces a constant amount of a substance x per unit of time. the kidneys eliminate substance x at a rate directly proportional to the concentration of the substance and the volume of blood cleared each minute (c): elimination = c × [x], where [x] is the steady-state concentration of substance x. imagine an individual with an initial concentration of x equal to [x]0 who develops kidney disease. her baseline clearance c0 drops to one half of the original (½c0). what is the new steady state concentration of x? (for simplicity, assume that substance x is 100% filtered by the kidney).

Why is earth's outer core hotter than earth’s oceanic crust? earth’s oceanic crust is denser than earth’s outer core is. earth’s oceanic crust has lava flowing from the mantle. earth’s outer core has a composition of solid iron and nickel. earth’s outer core is deeper within earth than oceanic crust is.

Blank is a rock with a find dark texture that makes up the oceanic crust