Bones - Episode 4, Season 3 "The Secret in the Soil" In no particular order, find the answers to these questions in the episode. Answer all questions in complete sentences. 1. What techniques were used to identify the remains? 2. Why was the presence of a rare insect significant in the case? 3. Why was the irregular shape to the sternum of the two victims significant in the case? 4. What caused the rapid decomposition of the bodies? 5. What caused the puncture marks on the victim's bones? 6. How did the scientists determine that there was a second victim? 7. Why did the murderer move the body to the V. A. hospital where it was found by the police? 8. What does "organic" mean (in reference to farming)? 9. Why did they originally suspect the tobacco farmer?

homeostasis is the tendency towards a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes. and this is how it applies to the integumentary system. back to top. skin functions in homeostasis include protection, regulation of body temperature, sensory reception, water balance, synthesis of vitamins and hormones, and absorption of materials. when body temperature falls, the sweat glands constrict and sweat production decreases.

the nitrogen cycle provides nitrogen to the ecosystem from the atmosphere, ground and oceans. nitrogen is an important component of complex molecules such as amino acids and nucleotides, which lead to the creation of proteins and dna, the building blocks of all life. plants absorb nitrogen in the form of ammonium, nitrate ion and, on rare occasions, as amino acids. animals receive nitrogen necessary for biological processes from feeding on living or dead organic matter.