Ectotherm and Endotherm

A snake relies on the sun to keep its body temperature at a safe range. This snake is a(n) _____________.

• Endotherm

• Ectotherm

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

____________ an animal that depends on its environment to warm its body.

• Endotherm

• Metabolism

• Maintain

• Ectotherm

_____________ is an animal that uses energy from their body to keep their body at a steady temperature.

• Ectotherm

• Cellular Respiration

• Endotherm

• Herbivore

Examples of an endotherm are

• Examples of an endotherm are

• reptiles and most fish

• all mammals and birds

• all mammals and snakes

Which of the following best describes this graph?

• The mammal keeps a steady body temperature. The amphibian changes its body temperature.

• The mammal changes its body temperature. The reptile keeps a steady body temperature.

• The mammal keeps a steady body temperature. The reptile changes its body temperature.

• The mammal and the reptile both keep a steady body temperature.

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An animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings.

• endotherm

• ectotherm

• warm-blooded

• cold-blooded

Birds are ​ (a)   , meaning they regulate their own body temperature at a metabolically favorable level.

• endothermic

• ectothermic

Because birds can regulate their body temperatures, they are ____________________.

• endothermic

• ectothermic

• homeothermic

• poikilothermic

Ectothermic means?

• Blooded

• Hot Blooded

• Cold Blooded

• Warm Blooded

Which animal is not using energy from its food to do its activity? (hint: it needs energy from another source)

• A polar bear sleeps when it hibernates.

• A tiger rests as it digests its food.

• A lizard sits in the sun to get warmer.

• A crocodile lays eggs in a nest.

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