How ectotherms maintain body temperature
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- Created on: 16-03-13 22:36
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- How ectotherms maintain body temperature
- An ectotherm- An organism which relies on external sources of heat to regulate it's body temperature
- ADVANTAGES
- DISADVANTAGES
- When an ectotherm is hot it will change its behavior or physiology to decrease absorption of heat from its surroundings and increase the amount of heat lost
- When its cold it will do the opposite
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