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Select the correct pair of adaptations to environment in desert lizards:(a) Burrowing in soil to escape high temperature(b) Losing heat rapidly from the body during high temperature(c) Bask in sun when temperature is low(d) Insulating body due to thick fatty dermis

  1. A
    (a), (b)
  2. B
    (c), (d)
  3. C
    (a), (c)
  4. D
    (b), (d)

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Desert lizards are ectotherms. They lack physiological means to regulate body temperature, so they use behavioral adaptations: they bask in the sun to gain heat (c) and move to burrows/shade to escape heat (a).

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Select the correct pair of adaptations to environment in desert lizards:(a) Burrowing in soil to escape high temperature(b) Losing heat rapidly from the body during high temperature(c) Bask in sun when temperature is low(d) Insulating body due to thick fatty dermis
A
(a), (b)
B
(c), (d)
C
(a), (c)
D
(b), (d)

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