Question

To maintain normal body temperature, if an animal is losing heat, the animal must consume more ________ and ______ to produce more heat to make up for what has been lost.

Answer 1

To maintain normal body temperature, if an animal is losing heat, the animal must consume more fats and sugars to produce more heat to make up for what has been lost.

Organisms that are endotherms regulate their own body temperature, through internal metabolic processes. These animals generate heat from normal metabolism, but in case there is increased heat loss, their mitochondria enables them to generate more heat by increasing metabolization of fats annd sugars.