E: 02/03 Win David Attenborough DVDs and Books

mariajose

In the UK we're definitely feeling the winter. While we avoid getting cold at all costs, one group of organisms are entirely unaffected by freezing. According to OpenLearn study unit Surviving the winter, who are these hardy creatures? A clue: try the Self Assessment Questions (SAQ's).

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Subject: OpenLearn Winter 2008/9 competition
Answer: Tardigrades

Please thank catowen and sandstormer for the correct answer.

mariajose

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comping_cat

While freezing is lethal for most organisms, one group of organisms is unaffected by it. Water-bears or tardigrades (phylum Tardigrada) are tiny creatures, measuring only 0.05–1.5 mm in length (Figure 1). They live in very small water bodies that are liable to dry up in summer and winter. In dry conditions, tardigrades lose most of their water, shrivel up and transform into barrel-shaped ‘tuns’, in which state they can survive for ten years or more. In experiments, tardigrade tuns have survived being chilled to −272°C for eight hours and being heated up to 150°C.

I think the answer must be Water-bears or tardigrades

sandstormer

I think the answer might be tardigrades
found here
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=171869&direct=1

While freezing is lethal for most organisms, one group of organisms is unaffected by it. Water-bears or tardigrades (phylum Tardigrada) are tiny creatures, measuring only 0.05–1.5 mm in length (Figure 1). They live in very small water bodies that are liable to dry up in summer and winter. In dry conditions, tardigrades lose most of their water, shrivel up and transform into barrel-shaped ‘tuns’, in which state they can survive for ten years or more. In experiments, tardigrade tuns have survived being chilled to −272°C for eight hours and being heated up to 150°C

just posted and realize catowen got in first looks like we agree

Dalkirst

Sorry not sure who sent it now but someone asked me in a PM to move this to game over.As i usually do i deleted the PM before this got a chance to load so i'm going to have to ask here whoever it was why this should be moved to game over?

TheKiss

Sorry dalkirst, that was me .... to many windows open and not paying attention to what I was copying and pasting. Have requested the RIGHT comp now