SELF QUIZ: DESERT ADAPTATION CONCEPTS
Questions

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1. Why is it bad to get too hot or cold?

2. What is Van't Hoff's Rule? How is it important?

3. Describe the concept of the energy pie?

4. What are the 5 ways plants and animals gain and lose heat?

5. Differentiate between Ectotherms and Endotherms.

6. How does behavioral thermoregulation work?

7. How does physiological thermoregulation work?

8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of ectothermy and endothermy?

9. What affects rate of heat gain and loss?

10. Which has greater surface area to volume ratio… a mouse or a coyote? What difference does this make to the animals?

11. How do animals gain water? 3 ways.

12. Define torpor.

13. What are the four types of torpor?

14. What are the 5 adaptive values of torpor?

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