8. The population sizes of different species of Darwin's finches have varied since records of their
numbers have been kept. The drawings show several different species of the finches and their beaks.
Darwin's finches live in the same habitat and are subject to the same environmental pressures. Yet, as
one population size increases, another decreases, and then the reverse may occur. Which stimulus is
MOST likely to cause these changes in population size?
A) a decrease in nesting materials
B) changes in the predator population
C) a loss of habitat due to human encroachment
D) changes in the size and hardness of available seed food

it has to be understood that the sea water contains a huge amount of sodium and chlorine ions and if they enter the cell of the atlantic cod fish, the cell will shrivel and the fish will die. to avoid such a condition, the fish uses active transport for the purpose of removing the ions against the gradient.

explanation:

the atlantic cod is not a maritime osmoconformer. its native application of salts is less than that of the seawater it lives in. it is continually falling water from the gills to the ocean via osmosis.

countering that, the fish is going to be swallowing seawater. but since its internal collection of salts is lower than seawater, the fish will want to go free of excess salt, and since that's going upon a gradient, then active transport, requiring energy, must be used to pump out the salt. much marine fish use the organs to filter out the salt and these fish discharge very straight urine.