Metabolism and Adverse Conditions

Question 1

What does adverse mean?

Answer 1

harmful or unfavourable

Question 2

State 4 things that decrease during dormancy.

Answer 2

heart rate, breathing rate, metabolic rate and temperature

Question 3

State the 3 types of dormancy.

Answer 3

Hibernation, daily torpor and aestivation

Question 4

Name the form of dormancy that occurs before the onset of adverse conditions.

Answer 4

Predictive dormancy

Question 5

Name the form of dormancy that occurs after the onset of adverse conditions.

Answer 5

Consequential dormancy

Question 6

What is the advantage of reducing metabolic rate during dormancy?

Answer 6

Less energy expended/more conserved

Question 7

Which animals hibernate?

Answer 7

some mammals

Question 8

What triggers hibernation?

Answer 8

low temperatures/winter conditions

Question 9

What triggers aestivation?

Answer 9

drought or high temperature

Question 10

What do we call it when an organism avoids metabolic adversity by expending energy to relocate to a more suitable environment.

Answer 10

Migration

Question 11

Name the 2 types of behaviour that affect migration.

Answer 11

innate and learned behaviour

Question 12

State 2 specialised techniques used to study long-distance migration.

Answer 12

1. leg rings

2. satellite tracking