It is a long duration sleep which animals like frog, polar bear, etc. undergo during tough seasons in which the climate get worsen and there are less no. of prey. Hence the answer is metabolic rate 4.fall to a low level.
It is a time when , due to adverse conditions the organism goes in a state of temporary sleep and low metabolism using its internal fat grabbed during active time. When this occurs during winters it is hibernation. The best eg. is frog.
winter sleep best example in frog we can observe that during winter frog undergoes deep sleep to save energy and survive in winter without eating much and animals body temperature slows down its heartbeat and breathing slows down so that it does not use much energy hope it helps
*an time period of remaining inactive* ..
for eg-an animal like bear spends winter season in a dormant state as being inactive during the whole winter season and this makes the metabolic rate fall to the low level....
It is done by the animals like Polar Bears present in Polar region during Winter season. The animals which are unable to migrate during stressed condition of their environment try to escape their time by doing hibernation. It is a kind of Suspend migration.