Question

Organisms use various strategies and adaptations to regulate body temperature and metabolism. Discuss one way in which an organism can help control the exchange of heat with its environment.

Answer 1

Answer:

Organisms use various strategies and adaptations to regulate body temperature and metabolism. The organisms control the exchange of heat by various ways which include physiological, behavioural means  and by insulation.

The factors which play most important role in the heat exchange  regulation between environment and organism are as follows:

• effective temperature difference  between organism and environment
• Exposed surface area
• Evaporatory and circulatory changes

Insulation :Another most common method used for heat exchange.Animals who have furs,feathers and fat layers which play significant role in insulation. They are very much important because they reduce heat exchange amount between environment and organism. The most common example is of Cats. They used to curl up their bodies when they want to sleep in cold environment, they tuck their bodies in their paws and legs, and they wasp their tails around their bodies. When organism uses the food and oxygen the body temperature begins to increase, this method is known as metabolic heat production.