Answer:
Explanation:
The complete question is as follows :
Animals that maintain internal body temperature using heat generated by their own metabolism are called:
A)thermoregulators.
B)hibernators.
C)aerophiles.
D)endotherms.
E)dormants.
- An animal that is capable of maintaining a body temperature that is metabolically favorable for the organism is known as an endotherm.
- The body temperature is maintained by an endotherm by using its internal body capacity to generate heat rather than depending on the ambient temperature.
- Some of the mechanisms used by endotherms to maintain a suitable internal body temperature include shivering, uncouple oxidative phosphorylation, sweating, flushing, etc.
- The endotherms include birds and mammals.
- The ability to perform endothermy is owed to the presence of a large number of mitochondria that enables the organism to increase the rate of metabolism to generate heat as and when required.
