Endotherms, such as birds and mammals, use metabolic heat to maintain a stable internal temperature, often one different from the environment. Ectotherms, like lizards and snakes, do not use metabolic heat to maintain their body temperature but take on the temperature of the environment.
The options provided for the question above are as follows:
A. Respiratory tract illnesses
B. Skin infection
C. Acute infectious diaherea
D. Intestinal infections.
The correction option is A.
Respiratory tract illnesses account for the majority of sickness that occur in child care settings. Such infection include those that affect the lower and the upper respiratory tracts; examples include: otitis media, sinusitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, etc. Children who attend out of home child care has greater risk of contacting these diseases.
