Chapter 39.3, Problem 8LO

Summary Introduction

To compare: The costs and benefits of ectotherm and explain the strategies used by ectotherms to adjust their body temperature.

Introduction: In order to survive and function properly animals need to maintain $\text{pH}$ and internal temperature within relatively narrow limits. The state of the balanced internal environment is known as homeostasis. The body temperature is maintained within these narrow limits despite the changes in surrounding temperature through a process called thermoregulation. Ectotherms are those animals, which depend on the environment for their body heat, and it keeps changing with the change of temperature in the surroundings