Name and briefly define the four routes by which heat is transferred between an animal and its environment

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Conduction is the transfer of thermal energy from one region of an object or fluid to another. Convection is the transfer of thermal energy between an object and a moving external fluid. Radiation, usually in the form of infrared radiation, is either absorbed by or emitted from an animal. Lastly, evaporation of water molecules from the surface of an object absorbs thermal energy from the object during the phase change.

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