Question

Your friend (an endotherm) adopts a 50 kg snake (an ectotherm) as a pet. Your friend also weighs 50 kg. a) Given what you have learned in lab, which of these statements is TRUE? (1 point) Both your friend and their pet snake need to eat several meals every day to stay healthy and active. Given that they weight the same, your friend will need to eat more calories than the snake. If your friend has two large heated blankets, only their snake can use a heated blanket to keep warm. If your friend turns down the temperature in their apartment, both your friend and the snake will need to eat fewer calories. b) Explain your choice. (3 points)

Answer 1

Friend (endotherm) will need to eat more calories than snake (ectoderm) to maintain constant body temperature.

To generate heat endotherms convert the food they eat into energy through the process called metabolism. Most of the food that the endotherms eat is converted into fuel to maintain a constant body temperature. Endotherms need to eat more food than ectoderms of the same size to maintain their constant body temperature.

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