LAB # 10:

METABOLIC
RATES

By Kyion S. Roebuck
Objectives
Learning

Understand how metabolic rates can be measured.

Understand how factors such as size and sex affect metabolic

rates

Skill-Building
Measure metabolic rate through production

Use od data acquisition software to calculate metabolic rates

Question
1. What is metabolism?

2. What is metabolic rate?

Answer
Metabolism the sum of an organisms chemical
reactions that acquire and use energy

Metabolic Rate the rate at which an organisms

metabolism takes place
Question
1. What is an ectotherm? What type of metabolic
rate is associated with these organisms?

2. What is an endotherm? What type of metabolic

rate is associated with these organisms?
Answer
Standard Metabolic Rate (SMR) the metabolic rate
of a resting ectotherm with an empty stomach

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) the metabolic rate of

a resting endotherm with an empty stomach
Principles of Metabolism
The
rate of a reaction depends on
temperature
As temperature , the speed of the chemical reaction

Animal cells go through thousands of enzyme

reactions
Oxygen ATP + Carbon Dioxide
(Energy) (Waste)

Measuring or will allow you to assess the

overall cellular activity of a body
Weight-Specific Metabolic Rate
How to measure:

Carbon dioxide divided by 1,000,000, then multiplied by flow

rate. This factor divided by weight.
Q10
The temperature sensitivity of a reaction or process

Q10 = /
The rate of a process at a certain temperature divided by the
rate of that process at a temperature 10 C lower.
Questions?