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Chapter 56, Problem 1S
Given that ectotherms do not utilize a large fraction of ingested food energy to maintain a high and constant body temperature (generate heat), how would you expect the food chains of systems dominated by ectothermic herbivores and carnivores to compare with systems dominated by endothermic herbivores and carnivores?
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-both animals require the same amount of energy per unit mass
-the ectotherm requires more daily calories from food than the endotherm
-the endotherm requires less energy per unit mass but more total energy than the ectotherm
-the ectotherm requires less energy per unit mass but more total energy than the endotherm
-the ectotherm could survive a longer period without food relative to the endotherm
Chapter 56 Solutions
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Ch. 56.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 56.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 56.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 56.2 - Describe the different trophic levels.Ch. 56.2 - Distinguish between energy and heat.Ch. 56.2 - Explain how energy moves through trophic levels.Ch. 56.3 - Explain the meaning of trophic cascade.Ch. 56.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 56.4 - Define ecosystem stability.Ch. 56.4 - Prob. 2LO
Ch. 56.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 56.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 56.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 56 - Prob. 1DACh. 56 - Prob. 2DACh. 56 - Prob. 3DACh. 56 - Prob. 4DACh. 56 - Prob. 1IQCh. 56 - Prob. 2IQCh. 56 - Prob. 3IQCh. 56 - Prob. 4IQCh. 56 - Prob. 5IQCh. 56 - Prob. 6IQCh. 56 - Prob. 7IQCh. 56 - Which of the statements about groundwater is NOT...Ch. 56 - Photosynthetic organisms a. fix carbon dioxide. b....Ch. 56 - Prob. 3UCh. 56 - Nitrogen is often a limiting nutrient in many...Ch. 56 - Prob. 5UCh. 56 - Prob. 6UCh. 56 - Inverted ecological pyramids of real systems...Ch. 56 - Prob. 8UCh. 56 - Prob. 9UCh. 56 - The equilibrium model of island biogeography...Ch. 56 - Based on results from studies at Hubbard Brook...Ch. 56 - According to the trophic cascade hypothesis, the...Ch. 56 - At Cedar Creek Natural History Area, experimental...Ch. 56 - Given that ectotherms do not utilize a large...Ch. 56 - Given that, in general, energy input is greatest...Ch. 56 - Prob. 3SCh. 56 - Explain several detailed ways in which increasing...
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