Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 43, Problem 3SQ
An animal that navigates by the stars needs ________.
- a. an ability to sense Earth’s magnetic field
- b. pheromone receptors
- c. an internal clock
- d. an acute sense of hearing
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