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Quantity of Urine passed per day was established in five mammals A, B, C, D and E of the same species in their natural habitats....

Quantity of Urine passed per day was established in five mammals A, B, C, D and E of the same species in their natural habitats. The results are shown below.
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(i) Which of the five Mammals was likely to be excreting Urine very rich in ammonia? Give a reason.
(ii) Which of the five mammals was likely to be living in a desert? Give a reason.
(iii) State two structural differences expected in the nephrons of mammals And D.
(iv) State how antidiuretic hormone (ADH) affect the amount of Urine produced by a mammal per day.

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Kavungya
(i) Mammal C, very toxic therefore requires a lot of water to dilute resulting in large amount of dilute urine;
(ii) Mammal D; Shortage of water in desert; Mammal excrete little amount of Urine to conserve water;
(iii) Loop of Henle of A shorter than D longer than A; Glomeruli more and larger in A than D;
(iv) A lot of anti diuretic hormone result in more water reabsorption in Kidney tubules hence little amount of concentrated lime; little ADH less water reabsorption in Kidney hence larger amount of dilute urine
Kavungya answered the question on September 30, 2019 at 12:19

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