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| how are metabolic rate and weight related? |
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| as body wieght increases, MR decreases exponentially. |
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| what are the differnt modes of heat exchange between an animal and the environment? |
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| conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation |
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| what part of the body produces the most heat in humans? |
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| what body part helps to regulate body temperature? |
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physiological setpoint for body temp of:
mammals
monotremes
birds |
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place the following terms in a graph:
resting metabolic rate
thermoneutral zone
lower-critical temperature
upper-critical temperature |
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| basal metabolic rate of humans (range) |
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| what is the effect of body size/BMR on weekly food requirements? |
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| proportionate to their weight, small animals eat WAY more than larger animals to accomodate their high metabolic rates |
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| maximum o2 consumption during exersize |
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| why does metabolic rate increase with body temp? |
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more kinetic enercy increase the chance of substrates hitting enzymes
higher energy molecules more frequently collide and with greater force than low energy molecules.
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| if an organism who usually lives in cold temperature acclimates to slightly warmer temperatures what does it do to its metabolic rate? |
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| it deacreases the metabolic rate to save energy |
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| what orgnisms can be described using basal metabolic rate? |
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| what term is used to describe the metabolic rate of ectotherms? |
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| what types of animals sunbatha dn what are the phases of warming they experience? |
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snakes and turtles
warming phase, plateau phase, cooling phase |
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| when is a body temp in the thermal neutral zone? |
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| which mammalian organ generates the most heat on a heat per gram basis? |
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