Homeostasis Lesson - Anatomy

Multiple Choice

What is another word that can be used to describe "homeostasis"?

• BALANCE

• EQUAL
• COMPLETE
• CORRECT

Multiple Select

What are some things in the body that need balance? ​ ​

• pH
• Temperature
• Water

Open Ended

Provide one example of a gland that secretes hormones

Multiple Choice

If the environment gets cold, we will often shiver in order to:

• keep body temperature the same as the external temperature
• decrease body temperature
• increase body temperature
• regulate blood pressure

Multiple Choice

Maintaining body temperature is an example of a:

• negative feedback loop
• positive feedback loop

Multiple Choice

What is the point of a feedback loop?

• To provide the body with more energy

• To provide the body with more food

• To make sure the conditions in the body are always changing

• To make sure the conditions in the body remain stable

Multiple Choice

The heater kicks on and the house warms up, so it kicks off. Then the house cools a bit and the heater kicks back on. This continues all day. It's a _____________ loop.

• positive

• negative

Multiple Choice

Blood clotting is an example of a ____________ feedback loop

• positive

• negative

Multiple Choice

Blood sugar regulation is an example of a ______________ loop

• positive

• negative

Multiple Choice

The kinds of chemicals that control feedback loops

• hormones

• homeostasis

• disease

Multiple Choice

What type of feedback loop is shown?

• negative
• neutral 
• positive

Multiple Choice

When blood glucose levels get too high, the pancreas stimulates the release of

• glucose

• glycogen

• insulin

• glucagon

Multiple Choice

Homeostatic Mechanisms

• keep living systems at a static point

• help to keep a relatively constant internal environment in organisms

• usually operate by positive feedback

• allow organisms to operate under extreme conditions

Multiple Choice

Failure to maintain homeostasis could result in:

• lack of internal balance
• eventual death
• difficulty carrying on metabolism 
• all three