Temp relations

Question 1

Microclimate

Answer 1

Really local weather, climate variations across a few km, m, cm

Question 2

What influences microclimates

Answer 2

altitude
aspect- temperatre differnce created by shading
vegetation
ground color
boulders and burrows
terrestial vs aquatic

Question 3

Thermoregulation

Answer 3

May organisms have mechanism/behiviors that compensate for variation in environmental temp and allows then to maintain internal remoereatrure within a toolerable range

Question 4

Endotherms

Answer 4

Bodies warmed by heat generated bu metabolis, high energy strategy permits instance activity (most mammals?)

Question 5

Hemeothermms

Answer 5

Try to body keep temperature constant (animals that function at best at a specific temp)

Question 6

Poikliotherms

Answer 6

Allows body temperature to fluctuate (animals that function no matter the temp)

Question 7

Ectotherm

Answer 7

Body temps rely on heat from envirment. Do not produce enough metabolic heat, less energy required, less active (cold blooded?)

Question 8

Convection

Answer 8

Transfer of heat movement of air or liquid past surface (constant replacement of air/liquid increases rate of conduction)

Question 9

Radiation

Answer 9

Transfer of heat between 2 bodies that don’t touch

Question 10

Evaporation

Answer 10

removal of heat from surface as a liquid is loosing molecules as gas

Question 11

Conduction

Answer 11

direct transfer of heat between 2 bodies in direct contact (water conducts more than air)

Question 12

Thermal neutral zone

Answer 12

Range of temperature. Ofer which the metabolic rate of a homeothermic animal does not change