A) The amount of food consumed after the reproductive period
B) The difference between the amount assimilated from food and the cost of metabolism
C) The metabolic rate multiplied by the assimilation rate of food
D) All of the above

A) Are conformers with regard to body temperature
B) Are regulators with regard to body temperature
C) Always lose heat to the surrounding sea water
D) None of the above

A) Body temperature of homeotherms decreases
B) Body temperature of poikilotherms always increases
C) Metabolic rate always increases
D) Metabolic rate compensates by decreasing