At the end of this activity, students should be able to define homeothermy and the mechanisms of heat exchange between organisms and their environment, present the relationship between the metabolic rate and the temperature of the environment in ectotherms and endotherms, explain the concept of thermogenesis and its regulation, name the elements of the thermoregulatory system, describe the reactions that take place in the thermoregulatory system in response to an increase or decrease in the temperature of the environment and define hypothermia, hyperthermia and fever.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.