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How heat explains how big or small an animal is.

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1 If there is a lot of heat from an animal it most likely will be big since according to the NewsELA big animals like the African Elephant produce a lot of heat because of fermanation.2 If there is is little heat that animal is most likely small because we see this with the smallest bat Kitti Hog and according to the NewsELA it is so small that heat gets lost by small gust of wind meaning the Kitti Hog has very small amounts of heat.

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How does heat explain how small or big an animal can be

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How does heat explain how small or big an animal can be

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James
Heat explains how small or big an animal is because in the  article it says {Tiny mammals like this cannot keep enough heat in. They constantly lose heat to the air.} this shows if a animal loses to much heat it's probably a small animal .For a big animal they have a bigger risk of overheating and in the article says{If the mammal gets too hot, it will die. So, it has to release that extra heat. } this show if the large animals get overheated from all the heat they make the will pass away also in the article it shows {But really big herbivores risk generating too much heat}that's why heat explains how big or small a animal is .

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How does heat explain how small or big a animal can be?

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Heat explains how small or big an animal can be because if a lot of heat is created by a animal it is most likely massive. I know this because in the NewsELA the African Elephant can produce loads of heat that they need to use their big ears to flap breeze of wind close to their face and if they don't they can risk dying. I got this information from the text stating "Body modifications can help. African elephants have huge ears. Elephants can even wave their ears back and forth, creating their own breeze to whisk the heat away."
I can also tell that heat is affected depending on size because the text also states that Kitti hog-nosed bats are very tiny and that animals similar to that size cant keep enough heat in their body. I got this information from this part of the text. "One of the smallest mammals in the world is the Kitti's hog-nosed bat, or the bumblebee bat. Tiny mammals like this cannot keep enough heat in. They constantly lose heat to the air. Keeping up their body temperature requires a lot of energy." This explains how heat is effected by the size of a animal is.

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How does heat explain how small or big an animal can be?

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Priscilla
Heat can explain a mammal if its tiny or not, animals that don't receive that much heat would be considered a small mammal in the newsela article it says "Tiny mammals like this cannot keep enough heat in. They constantly lose heat to the air." this can prove that it would be a small mammal. If a mammal gets heat and might overheat would also be considered a big animal, in the newsela article it says " Elephants can even wave their ears back and forth, creating their own breeze to whisk the heat away. They also have very little hair, so heat doesn't get trapped close to their skin." this proves that big animals have some sort of way to whisk the heat away but if they don't they might die from overheating too much.

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Heat explains how small or big an animal can because in the text it says,
"The biggest animals are all herbivores. They get their energy from plants. These plants get their energy from the sun. Big animals have to eat lots of plants. So, they need a huge area of land, Smith said."
The text also says, "Really big herbivores risk generating too much heat. These animals eat lots of tough plant material. Their bodies break down the plant material. This process gives the mammal energy. However, the process also creates heat. If the mammal gets too hot, it will die. So, it has to release that extra heat"
This shows why heat affects how big or small an animal can be.

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How does heat explain how small or big an animal can be?

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Heat explains how small or big an animal can be is because in the Newsela it says "tiny mammals can't keep enough heat in. They constantly lose heat to the air. Keeping up their body temperature requires a lot of energy. "". Another one could be how heat explains how small or big an animal can be is because in the Newsela it states that A big animal could bring out heat cause of fermanation. I go this information in the article where it says "These animals have to break down lots of tough, fibrous plant material. Gut bacteria break down the plants in a process called fermentation. "

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The way heat explains how small or big an animal can be

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The way heat explains how small or big an animal can be

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Itzayana
Heat explains how small or big a animal can be because if its creating lots of heat it is a big animal and if it is not creating so much heat than it is a small animal. I know this because in the article it says "But really big herbivores risk generating too much heat" and "big mammals can't lose enough heat, tiny mammals can't keep enough heat in. They constantly lose heat to the air. Keeping up their body temperature requires a lot of energy". All of this evidence shows that if the animal is big it has to have lots of heat and it has to try not to loose any and if it's a small animal it can only have a bit of heat and not a lot because if it has a lot it will loose it.

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Charlie
1.   Heat explains how big or smaller the animal is going to since because , In the text it talks about how a Animal called Kitti's hog-nosed bat/ Bumblebee Bat and small animals can't keep enough heat in there own bodies because of the small gusts of winds which ( Take away the little amounts of heat they have in their body's ) in the result of them being small and tiny for not having the lack of heat in their bodies.

Text evidence 1. "Tiny mammals cannot keep enough heat in. They constantly lose heat to the air. Keeping up their body temperature requires a lot of energy.

2.   For the bigger mammals ( such as African Elephants ) They mostly have the risk of dying from overheating, If it gets too hot for their bodies they may die. And as well produce a lot of heat in there bodies which makes It worse for them . But this is when their ears come in to play. The Elephants can use their own Ear's to wave back and fourth, Which creates a breeze and cools down the elephants and whisks the heat away. And as well that the heat doesn't get trapped in there skins.

Text evidence 1. "  Really big herbivores risk generating too much heat. "

Text evidence 2. " Body modifications can help. African elephants have huge ears. Elephants can even wave their ears back and forth. This creates a breeze that whisks the heat away. They also have very little hair. So heat doesn't get trapped close to their skin.

And that's how I know why Heat does explain how big or small an animal can be.

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How does heat explains how small or big an animal can be

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Hector
If a mammal is too big it collects too much heat and it can die from it so they reflected the heat like elephants move their ears back and fourth to cool them self's down. And if and mammal is too small it gets very cold and it uses a lot of energy to move and eat

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How does heat explain how small or big an animal can be?

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How does heat explain how small or big an animal can be?

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my reason is That heat is lost from the surface of the body, small mammals lose a greater proportion of their body heat than large mammals. Mammals conserve body heat with their hair or fur. It traps a layer of warm air next to the skin.

the article says "while big mammals can't lose enough heat, tiny mammals can't keep enough heat in. They constantly lose heat to the air. Keeping up their body temperature requires a lot of energy." another reason individual animals of the same species tend to be smaller in hotter environments and larger in cooler ones. My second piece of evidence is "These animals have to break down lots of tough, fibrous plant material. Gut bacteria break down the plants in a process called fermentation. The mammal gets the energy it needs" "Elephants can even wave their ears back and forth, creating their own breeze to whisk the heat away." --Ashly