“Once they move over cold water or over land and lose touch with the hot water that powers them, these storms weaken and break apart.”
“As long as the base of this weather system remains over warm water and its top is not sheared apart by high-altitude winds, it will strengthen and grow.”
1. How do the metabolic rates of ectotherms compare with those of endotherms of similar mass?
At a given mass, resting metabolic rates of endotherms are higher than those of ectotherms.
2. How do the metabolic rates of both ectotherms and endotherms vary with mass?
For both ectotherms and endotherms, animals with larger mass tend to have higher resting metabolic rates.