NEET2004BotanyEcosystemActual
A terrestrial animal must be able to:
Options
- Aexcrete large amounts of water in urine
- Bconserve water
- Cactively pump salts out through the skin
- Dexcrete large amounts of salts in urine.
Correct answer
B. conserve water
Step-by-step solution
Terrestrial animals (mammals and semi-terrestrial adult amphibians) cannot use water freely for excretion because of less availability in the environment, so ammonia is converted into a less toxic and easily soluble product, urea. Terrestrial animals must osmoregulate to maintain contant internal osmolarity.