A cold-blooded animal has no way to regulate it's body temperature and keep it constant as we do. A cold-blooded animal like a fish, depends on it's surroundings to regulate it's body temperature. A fish living in warm, tropical waters has a warmer body temperature than a fish living in the Arctic. A lizard sunning itself on a rock is trying to increase it's body temperature to in turn increase it's metabolic rate. A desert tortoise hibernates during the winter months because of colder temperatures and a slowing of its metabolic functions. Vocabulary - Type your answer in the box.(Correct Spelling Counts) fish externally body temperature gills blood constant cold warm-blooded equal warm 1. Warm blooded animals have a constant ____ . 2. Cold-blooded animals' temperatures are controlled ____ . 3. A ____ is a good example of a cold-blooded animal. 4. A human's temperature is ____ . 5. A fish does have ____ . 6. Fish breathe with ____ . 7. A fish's temperature is ____ to his surroundings. 8. Mammals are ____ animals. 9. The body temperature of a fish living in the Arctic would be ____ . 10. The body temperature of a fish living in the tropics would be ____ . Your score is out of 10.
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