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6. As major animals groups evolved they have become ---, more complex, able to occupy increasingly hostile environments and are increasingly --- of environmental change

  • smaller, dependent
  • larger, independent
  • larger, dependent
  • smaller, independent

7. Cells of a shrew consume oxygen how many times faster than those of an elephant?

  • 25x
  • 75x
  • 100x
  • 50x

8. How do most animals obtain their energy?

  • Through consumption of food by carbonation respiration that requires oxygen
  • Through oxidation of food by cellular respiration that requires oxygen
  • Through oxidation of food by muscular respiration that requires potassium

9. Animals use what compounds to store short term chemical energy needed for respiration?

  • Glycogen
  • Adenosine and Triphosphate
  • Lipids

10. Animals use what compounds to store medium term chemical energy needed for respiration?

  • Adenosine and Triphosphate
  • Glycogen
  • Lipids

11. Oxygen consumption depends on body mass

  • True
  • False

12. The worlds ecosystem are defined in terms of --- availability

  • money
  • mineral
  • water
  • food

13. Energy metabolism per unit time =

  • Reproductive rate
  • Metabolic rate
  • Basal metabolic rate
  • Oxygen consumptive rate

14. Generalists...

  • can't maintain a constant body temp
  • can maintain a constant body temp

15. Iguanas use what method to keep warm when diving?

  • Vasoconstriction
  • Colour change
  • Shuttling

16. Elephant body mass = ? , Total O2 consumption = ?, O2 consumption per kg = ?

  • 2383, 0.007 litres, 268 litres
  • 2383, 0.700 litres, 2.68 litres
  • 3833 kg, 268 litres, 0.007 litres
  • 3833, 2.68 litres, 0.700 litres

17. Shrew body mass = ?, Total O2 consumption = ?, O2 consumption per kg = ?

  • 0.012 kg, 0.355 litres, 0.074 litres
  • 0.004 kg, 7.40 litres, 0.035 litres
  • 0.004 kg, 0.035 litres, 7.40 litres
  • 0.012 kg, 0.035 litres, 0.074 litres

18. Animals use what compounds to store long term chemical energy needed for respiration?

  • Lipids
  • Glycogen
  • Adenosine and Triphosphate