Investigating Biology Laboratory Manual (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134473468
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Judith Giles Morgan, M. Eloise Brown Carter
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 40, Problem 3TYU
Consider the energy budgets for a human, an elephant, a penguin, a mouse, and a snake. The________ would have the highest total annual energy expenditure, and the____________ would have the highest energy expenditure per unit mass.
- (A) elephant; mouse
- (B) elephant; human
- (C) mouse; snake
- (D) penguin; mouse
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Investigating Biology Laboratory Manual (9th Edition)
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