Thermo-Words Quiz #1

Choose one answer for each number that correctly matches the definitions or statements in the questions.

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  1. Without heat, no heat; not hot.
    (a) athermobiosis (b) diathermy (c) eurythermophily
    (d) autothermy (e) athermal

  2. A reference to organisms that maintain a comparatively high body temperature by basking in sunlight.
    (a) hemathermous (b) heliothermy (c) homothermy
    (d) megathermy (e) homeothermy

  3. The ability to tolerate a wide range of temperatures.
    (a) pantothermal (b) photothermy (c) stenothermal
    (d) stenothermophily (e) philothermy

  4. Thriving in, and preferring, a warm climate.
    (a) photothermy (b) poikilothermy (c) philothermy
    (d) monothermia (e) mesothermy

  5. Relating to reduction of body heat.
    (a) hyperthermoesthesia (b) hygrothermia (c) homothermy
    (d) hypothermia (e) heterothermal

  6. Tolerant of (even a fondness for) a wide range of relatively high temperatures.
    (a) ectothermal (b) hyperthermotherapy (c) catathermal
    (d) hygrothermograph (e) eurythermophily

  7. The condition of having a body temperature substantially above the normal either as a result of natural causes or artificially induced (e.g. for therapeutic purposes).
    (a) hyperthermoesthesia (b) hypothermy (c) hyperthermia
    (d) megathermy (e) meiothermy

  8. A warm-blooded animal.
    (a) heliothermia (b) hematothermia (c) heterothermal
    (d) hydromegathermy (e) hydrothermia

  9. Extreme sensitiveness to heat.
    (a) hypothermia (b) megathermia (c) hyperthermoesthesia
    (d) meiothermy (e) philothermy

  10. Thriving and favoring boreal regions (cool or cold temperate regions of the northern hemisphere).
    (a) monothermia (b) synthermal (c) stenothermia
    (d) microthermophilous (e) philothermia


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The words in this quiz are located at this thermo-, -thermy unit.

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