Part F Explain scientifically whether humans and humpback whales share a close evolutionary relationship. Here are some ideas
to consider as you structure your response:

1.Do they have any body structure similarities that suggest an evolutionary link?

2.How do scientists classify each organism? What is their kingdom, phylum, class order, and so on? Does this tell you
anything about their evolutionary lineage?

3.Does their embryology hold any clue to their evolutionary relationship?

The kidney filters potentially toxic substances in the blood, and thus “clears” the blood of those substances. this clearance function is dependent upon and proportional to the diffusion gradient of the substance across filtering capillaries, i.e. if the concentration of the substance is doubled, twice as much will be cleared from each ml of blood that is filtered. suppose that the body produces a constant amount of a substance x per unit of time. the kidneys eliminate substance x at a rate directly proportional to the concentration of the substance and the volume of blood cleared each minute (c): elimination = c × [x], where [x] is the steady-state concentration of substance x. imagine an individual with an initial concentration of x equal to [x]0 who develops kidney disease. her baseline clearance c0 drops to one half of the original (½c0). what is the new steady state concentration of x? (for simplicity, assume that substance x is 100% filtered by the kidney).