Scenario To Study the Effect of Ambient (Environmental)temperature on the Metabolic

question 37

Multiple Choice

Scenario
To study the effect of ambient (environmental) temperature on the metabolic rate of animals, a scientist takes a small animal and puts it in a sealed chamber with oxygen. The scientist measures the amount of oxygen used by the animal at different temperatures, as oxygen is consumed during the process of cellular respiration. The temperatures selected are those that the animal normally encounters in nature. The data from this experiment are in the table below.

-At high temperatures this animal loses water rapidly. To prevent dehydration, this animal's nephrons should ________.

• A)increase reabsorption
• B)decrease reabsorption
• C)increase secretion
• D)decrease secretion

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