Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
Name the response of each organism to the stress, using the words regulate, conform, migrate or suspend. Where it is a suspension, name its kind.
A regulator keeps its body temperature steady, and a conformer has the temperature of its surroundings. Beyond its limits, a regulator conforms. A bear hibernates in winter. Some snails and fish aestivate in summer. Zooplankton enter diapause. Cranes migrate. A very small body loses heat fast.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. (a) Migrate. The crane moves to a better place and comes back.
Step 2. (b) Suspend, by hibernation, the winter sleep.
Step 3. (c) Suspend, by dormancy of the seeds.
Step 4. (d) Suspend, by diapause.
Step 5. (e) Regulate. Sweating keeps the body at about .
Step 6. (f) Suspend, by aestivation, the summer sleep.
Answer: (a) migrate; (b) hibernation; (c) dormancy; (d) diapause; (e) regulate; (f) aestivation.
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