Question

1. to investigate how organisms maintain homeostasis, a student monitors the body temperature of a lizard placed in a warm environment. which response is expected to maintain the lizards homeostasis? increasing its metabolic rate. moving to a shaded area to cool down. expelling excess carbon dioxide. producing more blood cells.

Explanation:

Homeostasis is the maintenance of a stable internal environment. Lizards are ectotherms and regulate body - temperature behaviorally. In a warm environment, moving to a shaded area helps lower body temperature and maintain homeostasis. Increasing metabolic rate would generate more heat, expelling carbon dioxide is related to respiration not temperature homeostasis, and producing more blood cells is not related to temperature - based homeostasis.

Answer:

Moving to a shaded area to cool down.