Which of the Following Is a True Statement About Body

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a true statement about body size and physiology?

• A) The amount of food and oxygen an animal requires and the amount of heat and waste it produces are inversely proportional to its mass.
• B) The rate at which an animal uses nutrients and produces waste products is independent of its volume.
• C) Small and large animals face different physiological challenges because an animal's body mass increases cubically while its surface area increases as a squared function.
• D) The wastes produced by an animal double as its volume doubles and triple as its surface area triples.

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