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What is meant by aestivation?
It's the summer equivalent of hibernation. Animals who have a period of inactivity in the winter - they hibernate. If they do that in summer - they aestivate.
What is aestivation?
Aestivation is a state of dormancy or inactivity that some animal species enter during hot or dry periods to conserve energy and water. It is similar to hibernation but typically occurs in response to high temperatures or lack of water rather than cold temperatures. During aestivation, animals may reduce their metabolic rate, seek shelter, and limit their activity until conditions are more favorable.
What is a period of inactivity that some animals experience in summer?
Type your answer here... it is hibernation
How much daylight is there during the summer months compared to the winter months in Antarctica?
Generally, the sun doesn't set during the summer period and generally, the sun doesn't rise during the winter period. The precise period as to the number of days, weeks or months of these phenomenon depends on where you are on the continent between the Antarctic Circle -- one 24-hour period, and the South Pole - six month period.
What do you call the hibernation during summer?
The term you are looking for is estivation. Estivation is a state of dormancy or inactivity that some animals enter during hot and dry summer months to conserve energy and survive through harsh conditions.
Were do frogs live in summer?
they have a period of inactivity in the summer and winter. estivation is in the summer. hibernation is in the winter.
During what months of 1787 was or constitution written?
It was written during the five hot summer months in 1787...
For how much time period summer schools are?
there usually about 2 months
Why are hurricanes only seen in the summer months?
Hurricanes form over warm ocean water which is during the summer months.
During which months is summer in France?
as France is in northern hemisphere so it is summer during June July and august
When are wasps active?
Wasps are active during the summer months and during the day.
Is there more daylight time during the summer or winter months?
There is always more daylight during the summer months, which is what makes them summer months. Note, of course, that when it is summer in one hemisphere, it is winter in the other. Total daylight on earth overall varies little from day to day or season to season.
