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Endothermic animals rely on themselves to produce their own heat. Ectothermic animals, however, must rely on the sun to keep their body heat up.
Lurline McLaughlin
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Are starfish ectotherms or endotherms?
A starfish is a ectotherm. (ectotherm means cold blooded)
Is a sloth a endotherm or ectotherm?
Sloths are endotherms because they're warm-blooded.
Which is better adapted to cold water an endotherm or ectotherm?
Endotherms are significantly better adapted to cold water and cold environments in general than ectotherms. This is because endotherms can operate at a temperature that is maximally efficient for the function of their enzymes.
What animals are both endotherms and ectotherms?
ectotherms, endotherms, warm-blooded, artery, internal, cold-blooded, shivers, calories, maintain, riverbank, environment, contrast, such, control, beaver, shiveringOne trait that distinguishes the major groups of vertebrates from one another is the way in which they control their body temperature. Most fish, amphibians, and reptiles have body temperatures that are close to the temperature of their environment.2 Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are ectotherms. An ectotherm is an animal whose body does not produce much internal heat. Its body temperature changes depending on the temperature of the environment. For example, when a turtle is lying in the sun on a riverbank, it has a higher body temperature than when it is swimming in a cool river. Ectotherms are sometimes called "cold-blooded," but that is misleading. The blood of ectotherms is often quite warm.3 In contrast to the turtle, a beaver would have the same body temperature whether it was in cool water or on warm land. The beaver is an endotherm. An endotherm is an animal whose body controls and regulates its temperature by controlling the internal heat it produces. An endotherm's body temperature usually does not change much, even when the temperature of its environment changes. Mammals and birds are endotherms. They have a stable body temperature that is typically much warmer than their environment. Endotherms are often called "warm-blooded" animals.
An ectotherm is more likely to survive an extended period of food deprivation than would an equally-sized endotherm because?
Ectotherms are cold-blooded, which means they invest less energy than endotherms do to regulate body temperature. They can save their energy, so they don't have to eat as much, or as soon, in order to get energy.
Are starfish ectotherms or endotherms?
A starfish is a ectotherm. (ectotherm means cold blooded)
Is a sloth a endotherm or ectotherm?
Sloths are endotherms because they're warm-blooded.
Which is better adapted to cold water an endotherm or ectotherm?
Endotherms are significantly better adapted to cold water and cold environments in general than ectotherms. This is because endotherms can operate at a temperature that is maximally efficient for the function of their enzymes.
Is a endotherm and a ectotherm a like or differenet?
they are diiferent terms endotherms can maintain there body temprature like for eg humans ectotherms cannot do that like snakes
Are hippopotamus ectotherms?
An ectotherm is an animal whose body temperature depends on external sources. Hippos cannot regulate their own temperature, they live in water during the day and feed at dusk when the temperature is cooler. They are therefore ectotherms
Why did scientists compare dinosaur and mammal bone cells?
Dinosaurs were endotherms
Are you an ectotherm or an endotherm?
Endotherms. We self-regulate our internal temperature, like other mammals and birds. Ectotherms' temperatures are dependent on the ambient environment, like reptiles and fish.
Compare and contrast legally blonde?
Compare and contrast it with what?
What are the steps in a compare and contrast?
1. Compare 2. Contrast
What does it mean to compare to contrast?
compare is when you compare two things that are the same and contrast is when you compare two things that are different.
Compare and contrast lakes and rivers?
compare and contrast the lakes,wetland and rivers?
How do you compare and contrast triangles and a quadrilateral?
compare and contrast between triangles and a trapezoid
