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Ectotherms (from Latin for outside heat) are animals whose body temperature is controlled by their behavior or by their external environment. The term is generally applied to "poikilotherms" whose temperature fluctuates directly with the ambient temperature of their surroundings.
Formerly referred to as "cold blooded", ectotherms include reptiles, fish, and amphibians. "Warm-blooded" animals are also called "homeotherms" (Latin same temperature) and use their metabolism to heat and cool themselves.
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What is the opposite of ectotherms?
The opposite of ectothermic is endothermic. Ectotherms maintain their body temperature by behavior rather than metabolism. Endotherms maintain a warm, consistent body temperature with the use of energy.
Are ants ectotherms?
Ectotherms are cold-blooded animals, including insects, whose body temperature is controlled by their outside environment or surroundings. Ectotherms can release their heat or be affected by their environment. Although insects do not let a large amount of heat out to their environment, they let some out and they are affected by their environment, fitting all the criteria of an ectotherm.
Why is an ectotherm not a coldblooded animal?
Ectotherms are cold blooded animals. Ectotherms are animals whose outside temperature conducts its inside temperature. That's why a pet lizard has a heat lamp. It has to stay warm by its outside temperature.
Are starfish ectotherms or endotherms?
A starfish is a ectotherm. (ectotherm means cold blooded)
Are fish ectothermic or endothermic?
Fishes Are Actually Ectotherms Because The Live Blow Water And Not On Land.
Can you list ectotherms?
Reptiles (Lizards and Snakes) are ectotherms Amphibians are ectotherms
Are sea turtles endotherms or ectotherms?
Ectotherms their body temperature changes with the environment
Are amphibians endotherns or ectotherns?
Endotherms are warmblooded, ectotherms are coldblooded, so amphibians are ectotherms.
Are all insect ectotherms?
Yes. As a rule of thumb; all animals are ectotherms except for mammals and birds.
Why do ectotherms hibernate?
ectotherms' body temperature change with surrounding climate. hence to avoid exposure to cool temperatures, they hibernate.
Are doves endotherms or ectotherms?
endothermic
Are puffins endotherms or ectotherms?
They are endotherms
Are mice ectotherms or endotherms?
Endotherm.
Are toy poodles endotherms or ectotherms?
All mammals are endothermic (warm blooded). Ectotherms are cold blooded animals like snakes and lizards.
Is a squid a endothermic or ectothermic?
A squid is ectotherm. Any animal except birds and mammals are ectotherms
Is leopard an ectotherm?
no its not, ectotherms are cold-blooded
Would ectotherms be regulators or conformers?
conformer
