Keeping a constant body temperature in animals
Keeping a constant temp. in birds and mammals. Please rate!
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- Keeping a Constant Body Temperature.
- Much of the energy animals release from their food in cellular respiration is eventually transferred to their surroundings as heat.
- Some of this heat is produced by the muscles as the animals move.
- Energy transfers to the surroundings are particularly large in mammals and birds as they are warm blooded.
- This is to ensure that they can keep themselves warm when it is cold and cool themselves down when it is warm.
- They therefore need to eat a lot more than cold-blooded animals such as amphibians and fish to achieve the same increase in biomass.
- This is to ensure that they can keep themselves warm when it is cold and cool themselves down when it is warm.
- Much of the energy animals release from their food in cellular respiration is eventually transferred to their surroundings as heat.
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