Which outcome occurs when terrestrial insects close their spiracles?

💡 Explanation

Closing spiracles minimizes water loss through transpiration, but it also limits gas exchange; therefore, reduced oxygen uptake occurs within the tracheal system, because diffusion slows, rather than CO2 absorption optimization, under these constrained diffusion dynamics.

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