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MUSCLE:  Blood flows in a capillary past exercising muscle tissue.  What will be TRUE about the blood on the venous side of the capillary?

An ectotherm’s metabolic rate always increases with increasing ambient temperatures.

HEAT TRANSFER:   Which equation describes the resistance to heat transfer between two substances?

THERMONEUTRAL ZONE:  An endotherm’s Lower Critical Temperature is 10℃, and its Upper Critical Temperature is 20℃.  At 19℃, what types of thermoregulation frequently occur?

TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS The next block of questions are true/false. Each question is worth 1.5 points.   There is no penalty for guessing, so you should attempt every question. 

The lower critical temperature of the ducks is approximately -25℃.

The value of UCT-LCT (Upper Critical Temperature minus Lower Critical Temperature) will INCREASE.

INSECTS: Two insects have the same maximum metabolic rates.  Both are ectotherms, but one is a stenotherm and the other is a eurytherm. Which of the following will always be greater in the stenotherm than in the eurytherm?

FEVER: Which of the following is the correct order for the events that occur when a fever ends? 

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