Why is there a difference in the rate of breathing between aquatic organisms and terrestrial organisms? Explain.

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Its because aquatic organisms stay in water and terrestrial organisms stay on land.

It's because aquatic organisms inhale the dissolve oxygen in water while terrestrial organisms inhale the oxygen directly present in the air.

It's because they are not same to each other.

Their body structure is different.

answer is B.

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There a difference in the rate of breathing between aquatic organisms and terrestrial organisms because aquatic organisms inhale the dissolve oxygen in water while terrestrial organisms inhale the oxygen directly present in the air.

Since aquatic organisms take oxygen from water, water has very small amount of oxygen dissolved in it as compared to the amount of oxygen present in the air. As a result, aquatic organisms breathe faster than terrestrial organisms in order to obtain more oxygen.

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