A Lizard Lives in a Temperate Desert Environment Where the Temperature

question 78

Multiple Choice

A lizard lives in a temperate desert environment where the temperature is cold at night and warm during the day.In order for the lizard to maintain the most stable body temperature, it would most likely

• A) stay in a burrow during the night and shuttle between the sun and shade on the surface during the day.
• B) stay on the surface during the night and move to a burrow during the day.
• C) increase its metabolism and heat production during the night and decrease it during the day.
• D) decrease its metabolism and heat production during the night and increase it during the day.
• E) move into a state of hypothermia during the night and a state of torpor during the day.

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