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Warm-blooded creatures, like mammals and birds, try to keep the inside of their bodies at a constant temperature. They do this by generating their own heat when they are in a cooler environment, and by cooling themselves when they are in a hotter environment. To generate heat, warm-blooded animals convert the food that they eat into energy. They have to eat a lot of food, compared with cold-blooded animals, to maintain a constant body temperature. Only a small amount of the food that a warm-blooded animal eats is converted into body mass. The rest is used to fuel a constant body temperature.

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Are animals keep steady body temperature?

Horses can control their temperature about as much as we can. The terms warm-blooded, hot-blooded and cold-blooded have nothing to do with the actual temperature of that breed of equines. It is simply a term to divide breeds into; cold-blooded, the heavier, bigger draft horses; warm-blooded, most riding breeds; and hot-blooded, Arab and Thoroughbred horses.


How do humans keep warm?

Warm-blooded creatures, like mammals and birds, try to keep the inside of their bodies at a constant temperature. They do this by generating their own heat when they are in a cooler environment, and by cooling themselves when they are in a hotter environment. To generate heat, warmblooded animals convert the food that they eat into energy. They have to eat a lot of food, compared with cold-blooded animals, to maintain a constant body temperature. Only a small amount of the food that a warmblooded animal eats is converted into body mass. The rest is used to fuel a constant body temperature. =========================== They also cover themselves in insulated, warm clothing and heat their dwellings with fire.


Does a spider keep its body temperature constant?

No. A spider has no mechanism to maintain its body temperature.


What is the difference between warm and cold blooded animals?

Warm blooded animals have internal mechanisms that regulate their body temperature, making them less dependent on the ambient temperature. Cold blooded animals do not have this mechanism and so are more directly influenced by the temperature of the space around them. A warm blooded animal can be highly active in the cold, but requires much more food to maintain such an active metabolism. Cold blooded animals slow down in the cold and become more active when it is warm. Their slower metabolism requires less food, so they can go for longer between meals.


What is a bird endothermic?

A bird is endothermic, meaning it can regulate its body temperature internally through metabolic processes, maintaining a constant body temperature independent of external environmental conditions. This ability allows birds to adapt to a wide range of habitats and survive in diverse climates.

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What is warmblooded or coldblooded?

warm blooded creatures, like mammals try to keep a constant body temperature. Cold blooded creatures, like lizards take on temperatures from their surroundings.


Warmblooded animals avoid the cold by staying active hibernating or?

Warmblooded animals will avoid the cold by staying active, hibernating, or migrating. This is to keep their bodies in a heated environment.


Which group of vertebrates have changing body temperatures?

The term for animals that have varying blood temperatures based on the environment is cold blooded. Animals who keep a constant temperature is called warm blooded.


How do warm-blooded animals stay warm?

warmblooded animals keep warm by generating their own heat when they are in a cooler environment.


Why do animals need warmth?

Yes. Even a warmblooded animal is capable of freezing to death, and needs heat to survive. However, because of their better regulated internal body temperatures, warmblooded animals can survive for a longer time than cold-blooded animals in a cold place.


Are animals keep steady body temperature?

Horses can control their temperature about as much as we can. The terms warm-blooded, hot-blooded and cold-blooded have nothing to do with the actual temperature of that breed of equines. It is simply a term to divide breeds into; cold-blooded, the heavier, bigger draft horses; warm-blooded, most riding breeds; and hot-blooded, Arab and Thoroughbred horses.


Are cold-blooded or warmblooded creatures?

Mammals are considered to be warm blooded, as the need to keep their body temperature at a constant rate and do so via internal means.


What happens when a warmblooded animal is cold?

Endothermy (the state of being warm blooded) is not absolute. A warm blooded animal is an animal that has some ability to keep its internal body temperature constant, but extreme outside temperatures can overpower this ability. If a warm blooded animal is in cold enough surroundings, it will fail to keep its internal temperature constant. It will develop hypothermia, and may freeze to death. If its surroundings are not quite as cold, it will probably be able to keep its internal temperature constant, as long as it eventually enters warmer surroundings (or its present surroundings warm up).


How does your body keep a constant heat?

The body keep a constant heat because f the blood running through the body. The body temperature does not change even if the temperatures of our surroundings change.


What is homeothermic?

warmblooded animal species that able to keep their body temperature.


Which mammal has a constant body temperature?

All mammals are classified as endotherms, which means they have some ability to keep a constant body temperature. However, endothermy is not complete, so a disease or extreme outside temperatures could overpower the mammal's ability to keep its body temperature constant.


How does a snake keep warmblooded?

cold blooded reptiles absorb heat from the sun