Temperature and Rates of Development Quiz

• Rates of development are genetically determined and can be considered as species-specific characteristics.
• Temperature can influence rates of development, including size at hatching, efficiency of yolk utilization, time to metamorphosis, behavior, and rates of feeding and metabolic demands.
• In addition to influencing rates of development of eggs, embryos and larvae, temperature may also affect the interactions between growth and differentiation.
• The best-known effect of temperature on rates of development is that on meristic characters.

Test your knowledge on how temperature influences rates of development in organisms, including size at hatching, yolk utilization, metamorphosis time, behavior, feeding rates, and metabolic demands. Explore the effects of temperature on growth, differentiation, and meristic characters.