Hello
I'm kind of confused by the sample answer for this question (2011 HSC Biology Q.30 b. -- sorry if the screenshot doesn't appear, it would not appear on preview):
"If the temperature of the animal is determined only by the ambient temperature, the animal would lose temperature at a similar rate to which it gained the temperature, rather than retaining the heat" - Success One | HSC Biology 2013 ed.
My own answer was basically: Body temp. is not controlled by ambient temp as the avg. body temp of the reptiles, shown in the graph, correlates with the day's temperatures where it is often highest during the early afternoon.
I can see flaws in my answer as I don't fully have evidence for the change in temperature(weather) during the day and that correlation does not always imply causation, but yeah I wasn't really sure how to answer this question + sample answer was a little confusing haha. Thankyou in advance to whoever replies!
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Also, general question for all science exams, can we abbreviate words in the exam i.e. temperature to temp., environment to enviro., generation to gen.? It just helps to save time