The table below shows how variation in environmental temperature relate to the body temperatures of two different types of animals A and B.

      

The table below shows how variation in environmental temperature relate to the body temperatures of two different types of animals A and B.

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(a) Using the information in the table above, plot a graph on same axes of body temperatures animals against environmental temperature.

(b) With reference to thermoregulation, state the general name given to animals of the A and B types.
A - type animals
B - type animals

(c) What three advantages do B-type animals have over A-type animals?

(d) Briefly describe how B-type
i) Physiologically respond to heat

ii) Physiologically respond to cold

  

Answers


Martin
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b)
A - type animals poikilothermic/ ectodermic;
B - type animals homeothermic/endothermic

c)
i) active all the time of the day;
ii) respond very fast to stimuli all the time;
iii) can exploit a wide range of ecological habitats;




i) Physiologically respond to heat

-secretion and release of a lot of sweat on the surface of the skin;
-lying flat of hairs on the surface of the skin;
-reduced metabolic activities within the body;
-dilation of blood vessels serving the skin /vasodilation

ii) Physiologically respond to cold

-reduced sweating/no sweating ;
-increased metabolic activities within the body;
-erection of hairs on the skin;
- Constriction of blood vessels serving the skin;
- shivering by humans;
marto answered the question on September 25, 2019 at 09:06


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