A scientist calculated the average metabolic rate of the seven types of animals shown on the graph. He then removed the data related to the elephant and calculated the new average. How does the new average compare to the old average?

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Metabolism describes the rate of the chemical reactions that take place within the body of an organism. An example of a metabolic process is breaking down food for the energy needs of the organism. The metabolic rate of each organism varies from species to species.

Several animals’ relative metabolic rates compared to body weight are shown in the figure: