An organism whose body temperature varies with the external environment?

[drobgyn32]

a) coldblooded
b) poikilotherm

Clearly it is an ectotherm/coldblooded animal/poikilotherm...but which would I choose out of the answers?

2017 DAT DESTROYER BIO #65

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[Ant951]

You would choose poikilotherm, I believe that is the scientific term that is coined.

 

[FeralisExtremum]

Either one is fine within the scope of the DAT, honestly. Cold-blooded is more of a broad and less scientific term that encompasses poikilothermy.

 

[DAT Destroyer]

a) coldblooded
b) poikilotherm

Clearly it is an ectotherm/coldblooded animal/poikilotherm...but which would I choose out of the answers?

2017 DAT DESTROYER BIO #65

Poikilotherms, are species that can adapt to the temperature of the environment as well as maintain a steady body temperature if they have been in the constant-temperature environment for a long period of time.

Sometimes they are also referred to as Ectotherms or Ectothermic Poikilotherms.