Which of the following is a false statement?

a. pollution, ultraviolet radiation, and parasites have been implicated in the developmental abnormalities observed in amphibians.
b. commercial extinction is permanent
c. genetic diversity is important for agriculture
d. the present extinction rate is 10,000 times the background rate.

d. The present extinction rate is 10,000 times the background rate.

Explanation:

Extinction takes place at a natural “background” amount of closely one to five species per year. The present estimatation is that species are been lost at up to 1,000 times the background rate, with considerable dozens going extinct each day

it has to be understood that the sea water contains a huge amount of sodium and chlorine ions and if they enter the cell of the atlantic cod fish, the cell will shrivel and the fish will die. to avoid such a condition, the fish uses active transport for the purpose of removing the ions against the gradient.

explanation:

the atlantic cod is not a maritime osmoconformer. its native application of salts is less than that of the seawater it lives in. it is continually falling water from the gills to the ocean via osmosis.

countering that, the fish is going to be swallowing seawater. but since its internal collection of salts is lower than seawater, the fish will want to go free of excess salt, and since that's going upon a gradient, then active transport, requiring energy, must be used to pump out the salt. much marine fish use the organs to filter out the salt and these fish discharge very straight urine.