Can You Have an Ectothermic Homeotherm?

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Can You Have an Ectothermic Homeotherm?

Thermal Worksheet

1. What four factors affect rate of heat flow? 11. What are some physiological ways of dealing with cold?

2. Can you have an ectothermic 12. Small verts can’t generate homeotherm? heat thru shivering, why?

13. What evolved to help w/this 3. What is produced as food is problem? metabolized?

14. ______is 4. From allometry we learned that generally achieved by water loss. ______increased with ______. 15. What are the three processes for heat transfer? Describe.

5. ______: surface law means ______.

6. What equation demonstrates the relationship between surface area, volume and metabolic rate? 16. ______heat exchange 7. What is the smallest possible can be used to retain heat or lose heat. endotherm? 17. What is the temperature zone in which an animal requires the minimum 8. Can you have a smaller vert? amount of energy for temperature regulation?

9. Can you have a smaller endotherm?

10. Why is there a limit? Visual communication tends to be ______, exaggerated, and ______.

Some fish use ______signals for communication.

REVIEW Migration Dormancy Why do snakes ball up in their dens? Shorebirds tend are transient/residents. (circle one)

Antifreeze in cells is made of a glycerol ______% of NA birds migrate. called ______

Home Range What is the main difference between a How is it that migrations became so long? territory and a home range?

What are some values to a home range?

______is the key in bird migration.

What are the four types of chemical colors, what colors do they produce? ______is usually not used to defend a territory.

Communication

What are the three types of chemical signals? What are the 2 types of structural colors, what color do they produce?

What four things can be used to modify an ______coloring shows organism’s acoustic repertoire? off bright colors to warn of toxicity.

T/F All vert groups have example of protecting eggs.

Seasonal breeders show a(n) ______reproductive strategy. What is sequential hermaphroditism? What are the two types?

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