Reptiles dont use enough metabolic energy to keep their body temperature constant. They cool off at night
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Reptiles don’t use enough metabolic energy to keep their body temperature constant. They cool off at night and must warm up in the morning sun. Suppose a 2.9-m-long, 60-cm-wide, 350 kg alligator is basking in the sun. If the sun’s intensity on the back of the alligator is 500 W/m2, and if energy losses can be ignored, how long will it take the alligator to warm up from 23°C to a more favorable 30°C? The average specific heat of body tissue is 3400 J/kg K.
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Physics For Scientists And Engineers A Strategic Approach With Modern Physics
ISBN: 9780321740908
3rd Edition
Authors: Randall D. Knight
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