
Why are there more conformers than regulators in the animal world?
Important Questions on Organisms and Populations








\nSome animals undergo summer sleep, known as aestivation. It is characterised by a low metabolic rate as a response to high temperatures. Aestivation helps to maintain body temperature by avoiding excessive water loss, and it protects internal organs due to high temperatures.
\nExample- Fish, snails, etc.
\n\n\nSome animals undergo winter sleep, known as hibernation. The hibernation process helps in maintaining the body temperature and helps to avoid any internal body damage due to low temperatures. Animals accumulate fat in their body and move into burrows or other well-protected shelters for winter sleep. Winter sleep is characterised by low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate as a response to low temperature.
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\nExample: Bear
\n\n"},"comment":{"@type":"Comment","text":"Aestivation and hibernation are two processes that different organisms adapt to in different seasons."},"encodingFormat":"text/markdown","learningResourceType":"Practice problem","suggestedAnswer":[],"text":"Different animals respond to change in their surroundings in different ways. Taking one example each, explain “some animals undergo aestivation while some other hibernation”. How do fungi respond to adverse climate conditions?"},"name":"Quiz on Organisms and Populations","typicalAgeRange":"10-17","url":"https://www.embibe.com/questions/Different-animals-respond-to-change-in-their-surroundings-in-different-ways.-Taking-one-example-each%2C-explain-%E2%80%9Csome-animals-undergo-aestivation-while-some-other-hibernation%E2%80%9D.--How-do-fungi-respond-to-adverse-climate-conditions%3F/EM1948705"}The fungi produce thick-walled microscopic biological particles called spores that help them to survive unfavourable conditions. These organisms germinate when suitable environmental conditions are available.
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