Use the graph to answer the following question.

What can you determine from the graph?
A) A smaller animal would consume less food per gram of tissue.
B) An animal with a larger mass has a lower metabolic rate per gram of tissue relative to an animal with smaller mass.
C) An elephant uses more energy than a shrew.
D) A shrew uses more energy than an elephant.

Question

Use the graph to answer the following question.

What can you determine from the graph?
A) A smaller animal would consume less food per gram of tissue. 
B) An animal with a larger mass has a lower metabolic rate per gram of tissue relative to an animal with smaller mass. 
C) An elephant uses more energy than a shrew. 
D) A shrew uses more energy than an elephant.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The graph shows that as the mass of the animal increases, the metabolic rate per gram of tissue decreases, indicating that larger animals have a lower metabolic rate relative to their body mass compared to smaller animals. Therefore, option B is correct. Option A is incorrect because the graph does not provide information about how much food an animal consumes relative to its tissue mass. Option C and D are incorrect because the graph only shows the relationship between an animal's mass and its metabolic rate, and it does not compare the metabolic rate between different animal species.

Use the Graph to Answer the Following Question