A heat engine gives greater efficiency when run with a large temperature difference. In the oceans the temperature difference between surface and deep water is greatest in the tropics, although still a modest 20 to 25 Â°C.
A blastocyst is a cellular mass that forms early in the process of embryo development in mammals. In humans, this stage of embryogenesis occurs five days after fertilization, when there are fewer than 100 cells in the mass.
A cnidocyte (also known as a cnidoblast or nematocyte) is an explosive cell containing one giant secretory organelle or cnida (plural cnidae) that defines the phylum Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones, hydrae, jellyfish, etc.). Cnidocyte is also called the stinging cell.