As it gets colder, the metabolic rate of an endotherm typically goes ____ and the metabolic rate of an

ectotherm typically goes ____.



a. down; down
b. up; down
c. down; up
d. up; up
e. it depends on the particular endotherm or ectotherm, so all of these are possible


B

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