Biological Feedback

Multiple Choice

The two types of feedback systems that help organisms maintain homeostasis are:

• positive and negative 
• receptor and effector
• static and dynamic
• minor and major

Multiple Choice

Maintaining body temperature is an example of a:

• negative feedback loop
• positive feedback loop

Multiple Choice

When glucose levels in the blood rise, your brain sends a signal to your pancreas. The pancreas releases insulin, which opens channels in cell membranes to allow glucose to enter the cell, lowering blood sugar levels. This is an example of a:

• Positive Feedback Loop

• Negative Feedback Loop

Multiple Choice

When you get cut, your skin cells release hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. Platelets then release more hormones that signal even more platelets to help stop bleeding. The hormone signals continue until the cut is closed. This is an example of what type of feedback?

• Positive Feedback Response

• Negative Feedback Loop