2.5 - Metabolism and adverse conditions

Question 1

What is dormancy?

Answer 1

The decrease in metabolic rate, heart rate, and body temperature

Question 2

Why would an animal need to go into a state of dormancy?

Answer 2

When continued normal metabolic activity would be too high

Question 3

What are the two types of dormancy?

Answer 3

Predictive and consequential

Question 4

What is Hibernation?

Answer 4

Dormancy during winter/low temperature/drought

Question 5

What is Aestivation?

Answer 5

Dormancy during high temperature/drought

Question 6

What is Daily Torpor?

Answer 6

A period of reduced activity in some animals with high metabolic rates

Question 7

How can Adverse conditions be avoided?

Answer 7

Migration

Question 8

How does Migration avoid metabolic adversity?

Answer 8

Expanding energy to a more suitable environment

Question 9

How does a species know to migrate?

Answer 9

It can be innate or learned

Question 10

What are some specialised techniques to study long-distance migration?

Answer 10

Satellite tracking and leg rings