Locomotion Flashcards
What is locomotion?
how organisms move around and reproduce
what is Max metabolic rate?
absolute max output of power/ energy
energy needed to do a very powerful burst of activity
what are the physiological limitations of energy production?
limit rate of ATP production
delivery of O2 to muscles
What is sustained metabolic rate?
highest level of metabolic rate you can achieve when doing a longer sustained activity
What does understanding max MR help us predict?
reproduction, distribution, range, migration and other constraints on survivorship
What are the metabolic pools in a cell? What are they used for?
ATP and phosphocrestine (PCr)
ATP is used as a instant energy (to do use energy fast)
PCr is used as a backup for the ATP (used after all ATP is gone)
used to allow glycolysis and oxidation phosphorylation to occur
What is oxygen debt?
when you’ve used up cellular pool of ATP/PCr, so now you’ve produced lactic acid
What does recover metabolism do?
clears the lactic acid produced in O2 debt, and replenished ATP and PCr pools
_____ mass organisms are more efficient in moving than ______ mass organisms
higher
small
What is metabolic scope?
Capacity (or scope) of an organism to do an activity at a high level (increase its metabolic rate)
metabolic scope between endo and ecto of the same mass is similar
How do we calculate metabolic scope?
MR max/RMR or MRsus/RMR
_______ RMR is higher than ________ RMR
endotherms
ectotherms
Large organisms spend _____ energy overcoming drag than small organisms
less
what is inertia? Who does it affect more, small or big organisms?
tendency of a mass to resist Change in motion,
small animals have less inertia than large, so inertia affects large organisms more
What is momentum?
tendency of a moving mass to sustain velocity
What is drag?
Drag is force generated in opposite direction of animals movement by the density/viscosity of the animal
(determined by the density of animal)
as mass and velocity increase what happens to drag?
drag increases
more energy goes into overcoming it
What are the forces acting on a runner? Which affects runners most?
gravity
thrust
drag
muscle action (force that supports our mass, normal force)
Gravity affects them the most