metabolism and adverse conditions 2.5

Question 1

structural ways of surving adverse conditions

Answer 1

smaller appendages to stay warm
size: surface area to volume ratio
insulation: fat and feathers
colour of fur

Question 2

behavioural responses to adverse conditions

Answer 2

collective dens
snow roost

Question 3

an organism temporarily stops growing and developing.

Answer 3

dormancy

Question 4

what decreases during a period of dormancy

Answer 4

metabolic rate heart rate breathing rate body temperature

Question 5

predictive dormancy

Answer 5

occurs before the onset of unfavourable conditions

Question 6

consequential dormancy

Answer 6

occurs after being exposed to adverse conditions

Question 7

where does predictive dormancy happen

Answer 7

places with predictable and consistent conditions

Question 8

period of inactivity in mammals associated with physiological changes resulting in a lowering of metabolic rate to conserve energy in times of low temperature extremes

Answer 8

hibrnation

Question 9

a form of dormancy that enables some animals to survive excessively hot and dry conditions. the rate of metabolism drops for weeks or months until conditions are more favourable

Answer 9

aestivation (only consequential)

Question 10

short term reduction in activity, metabolic rate, heart rate, breathing and temperature for part of the 24 hour cycle

Answer 10

daily torpor

Question 11

strategy to avoid adverse conditions

Answer 11

migration

Question 12

ways of marking migratory animals

Answer 12

tagging
ringing

Question 13

innate behaviour

Answer 13

inherited and inflexible
plays a primary role in migration

Question 14

learned behaviour

Answer 14

begins after birth and gained with experience
plays secondary role in migratory behaviour