Biology: Concepts and Investigations
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780078024207
Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 32.1, Problem 2MC
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The three factors that affect an animal’s metabolic rate.
Concept introduction:
The quantity of energy utilized by the body of an animal over a given time is known as the metabolic rate of the animal. The measurement of metabolic rate is done as oxygen consumption per unit time or carbon dioxide produced per unit time or energy produced per unit time.
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Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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