Aquatic Nutrition

Fish and other aquatic animals have body temperature which are similar to their surrounding environment. Which of the following term best describe such characteristic?

• Cold-blooded

• Warm-blooded

• Poikilothermic

• Thermoregulation

Which of the following feeding behaviour best describe animals that prefer to eat plants?

• Plantivorous

• Herbivorous

• Carnivorous

• Planktivorous

Which of the following statements best describe the effects of poikilothermy on nutrition?

• Poikilothermy affects metabolic rate of animals and their energy requirement.

• HIgher temperature leads to lower metabolism and lower energy requirement.

• Lower temperature leads to higher metabolism and higher energy requirement.

• Animals are less active in warmer temperature and more active in cooler temperature.

Which of the following nutritional processes is affected by salinity?

• Thermoregulation

• Osmoregulation

• Absorbtion of nutrients

• Growth

Which of the following feeding behaviour would have the longest gut length?

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Piscivores