Briefly discuss mechanisms that ectotherms can use to regulate their body temperature. What will be an ideal response?


Mechanisms include burrowing in the soil at night, basking in the sun during the day, orienting one’s
body to absorb (or not) the sun’s rays, migrating to a different climate, and hibernation.

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A) protein B) poly-?-hydroxybutryic acid (PHB) C) lipopolysaccharides (LPS) D) peptidoglycan

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The digestive system of an earthworm is more advanced than that of a flatworm

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Physiological changes in ectotherms that change their temperature tolerance as the seasons change

from winter to summer are called

a. estivation. b. hyperthermia. c. thermal acclimatization. d. hypothermia. e. hibernation.

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