Explain the correlation between body mass and metabolic rate. be sure to include information and data presented in the lab in your answer.

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16 May, 08:14

Explain the correlation between body mass and metabolic rate. be sure to include information and data presented in the lab in your answer.

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Lia Cannon · Answer 1

In general, the smaller an organism's size, the faster its metabolic rate will be. While this is not a hard and fast rule, it holds true the majority of the time. Take an elephant and a rate for example. Elephants, on average, have a metabolic rate that is 10 times slower than that of a rat.