Question: How does temperature affect endotherms and ectotherms differently?

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Endothermy and Ectothermy are two strategies that organisms use to generate or maintain their internal body temperature.

 

An ectotherm is an organism that derives very little of its body temperature internally, and relies on the environment for heat.

 

An endotherm is an organism that maintains its own body at a metabolically favorable temperature by internal means.

 
 
 
 
 

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