Thermal Relations - Animal Physiology

Course

Animal Biology

Study Pack

Set 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage

Set 2: Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology

Set 4: Physiological Development and Epigenetics

Set 5: Transport of Solutes and Water

Set 6: Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion

Set 7: Energy Metabolism

Set 8: Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism

Set 9: The Energetics of Aerobic Activity

Set 10: Thermal Relations

Set 11: Food, Energy, and Temperature at Work: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places

Set 12: Neurons

Set 13: Synapses

Set 14: Sensory Processes

Set 15: Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks

Set 16: Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology

Set 17: Reproduction

Set 19: Control of Movement

Set 20: Muscle

Set 21: Movement and Muscle at Work: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse

Set 22: Introduction to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Physiology

Set 23: External Respiration: the Physiology of Breathing

Set 24: Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Body Fluids With an Introduction to Acid- Base Physiology

Set 25: Circulation

Set 26: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport at Work: Diving by Marine Mammals

Set 27: Water and Salt Physiology: Introduction and Mechanisms

Set 29: Kidneys and Excretion With Notes on Nitrogen Excretion

Set 30: Water, Salts, and Excretion at Work: Mammals of Deserts and Dry Savannas

Set 28: Water and Salt Physiology of Animals in Their Environments

Set 10 Thermal Relations

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Set 10 Thermal Relations

Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

Free

An ectotherm is also called a

A) thermoregulator.
B) thermoconformer.
C) homeotherm.
D) poikilotherm.

Answer

Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

Free

A homeotherm is a

A) nonthermoregulating poikilotherm.
B) thermoregulating ectotherm.
C) nonthermoregulating endotherm.
D) thermoregulating endotherm.

Answer

Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Most animals are _______. Most endotherms are _______.

A) endotherms; thermoregulators
B) ectotherms; thermoconformers
C) endotherms; nonthermoregulators
D) ectotherms; thermoregulators

Answer