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Which statement is true?(1 point) Responses Ectotherms can insulate (stop heat loss from) their bodies and can only control their body temperature by choice. Ectotherms can insulate (stop heat loss from) their bodies and can only control their body temperature by choice. Endotherms cannot insulate (stop heat loss from) their bodies and can only control their body temperature involuntarily. Endotherms cannot insulate (stop heat loss from) their bodies and can only control their body temperature involuntarily. Ectotherms cannot insulate (stop heat loss from) their bodies and can only control their body temperature by choice. Ectotherms cannot insulate (stop heat loss from) their bodies and can only control their body temperature by choice. Endotherms can insulate (stop heat loss from) their bodies but can only control their body temperature by choice.

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The correct statement is: Ectotherms cannot insulate (stop heat loss from) their bodies and can only control their body temperature by choice.

Ectotherms, such as reptiles, rely on external environmental conditions to regulate their body temperature, and they do not have the physiological mechanisms like fur or fat that endotherms (warm-blooded animals) possess to insulate body heat. Endotherms are able to maintain their body temperature internally and can also insulate their bodies to minimize heat loss.