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As body size increases in animals, there is ...?
As body size increases in animals, there is
A) a decrease in the surface-to-volume ratio.
B) a greater challenge to maintaining body warmth in cold environments.
C) the tendency for larger bodies to be more variable in metabolic rate.
D)no further reproduction in aqueous environments.
E) an increase in migration to tropical areas.
Which letter is the answer?.....
As body size increases in animals, there is a decrease in the surface-to-volume ratio.
"...if an object grows larger, but its shape remains the same, it will decrease in surface area relative to volume. This is because surface area increases by the square of its length, while volume increases by the cube of length. Thus, volume grows much more rapidly than surface area. Functions that depend on surfaces—such as heat dissipation, oxygen respiration, flight, and so forth—must serve the entire volume."
