Exam 40: Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function

For a non-hibernating squirrel, the daily expenditure of metabolic energy is

If you gently twist your ear lobe it does not remain distorted because it contains

An overheated and sick dog has an impaired thermoregulatory response if it

In mammals this response is known as fever, but it is known to raise body temperature in other bacterially infected animals, including lizards, fishes, and cockroaches:

A moth preparing for flight on a cold morning warms its flight muscles via

Seasonal changes in snake activity are explained by which statement?

Hibernation and estivation are both examples of

The cells lining the air sacs in the lungs make up a

An organism that has only behavioral controls over its body temperature is the

Panting observed in overheated birds and mammals dissipates excess heat by

Compared with a smaller cell, a larger cell of the same shape has

An example of a connective tissue is the

Which of the following animals uses the highest percent of its energy budget for homeostatic regulation?

All skeletal muscle fibers are both