Question

The rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than in terrestrial
organisms. Give reasons.



because water contains H2O and there will be pure oxygen to compare terrtial
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Answer 1

Answer:

the rate of breathing in aquatic organism is much faster than in terrestrial organism because the amount of dissolved oxygen is fairly lower in water than air and also the aquatic organisms like the fishes 15 oxygen from water present in the dissolved state.

Answer 2

because the water contains dissolved oxygen which is very little as compared to the atmospheric oxygen. this is why the rate of breathing to more in aquatic animals than terrestrial animals