Science and environment and Basic needs of living things B:

Uncertain about the best way to keep his new lizard alive, Jerome places a heat lamp at one end of the long lizard cage. Over several days, Jerome notices that the lizard tends to sit in a certain place when the lamp is on. The lizard's selection of a particular place to stay represents its

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Jude Phelps

14 August, 04:27

Science and environment and Basic needs of living things B:

Uncertain about the best way to keep his new lizard alive, Jerome places a heat lamp at one end of the long lizard cage. Over several days, Jerome notices that the lizard tends to sit in a certain place when the lamp is on. The lizard's selection of a particular place to stay represents its

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Science and environment and Basic needs of living things B:

Uncertain about the best way to keep his new lizard alive, Jerome places a heat lamp at one end of the long lizard cage. Over several days, Jerome notices that the lizard tends to sit in a certain place when the lamp is on. The lizard's selection of a particular place to stay represents its?

Answer; Temperature Optimum

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Lizards like most reptiles are ectothermic, ectothermy is the reliance on external heat source to increase body temperatures. thus lizard gains heat principally from their environment. to achieve optimum body temperature lizard perform different thermoregulatory behavior. thermo regulation is a well documented aspect of reptile biology.

The use of thermo regulation to achive and maintain optimum body temperature has contributed to the great diversity of lizards and even allowed colonization of temperate regions.