Homeostasis Quiz

Which of the following animals has a body temperature that doesn't change depending on the weather outside?

• Snake
• Chameleon
• Dog
• Shark

Endothermic creatures maintain fairly consistent body temperatures. Ecothermic creatures do not. What are the best synonyms for "Endothermic" and "Ectothermic?"

• Warm-blooded and cold blooded
• Land-dwelling and water dwelling
• Mammalian and reptilian
• Vertebrate and invertebrate

What can you infer about the prefix "thermo-" from the word "thermoregulation?"

• It refers to the brain
• It refers to temperature
• It refers to feedback
• It refers to nerves and hormones

Place the following events in sequence: A) Your body begins to overheat; B) Nerves and hormones communicate with the hypothalmus; C) You begin sweating

• B, C, A
• A, B, C
• A, C, B
• B, A, C

What is the major difference between positive and negative feedback?

• Positive feedback is controlled by the hypothalmus; negative feedback is controlled by the endocrine system
• Positive feedback causes bodily process to continue; negative feedback causes bodily processes to start or stop
• Positive feedback shuts down bodily systems; negative feedback starts up of bodily systems
• Positive feedback occurs when you get too hot; negative feedback occurs when you get too cold

The maintenance of constant internal conditions in the body is called

• negative feedback
• positive feedback
• homeostasis
• heterostasis

When you eat a high carbohydrate meal the glucose levels in your blood increase. This causes your pancreas to secrete

• insulin
• glycogen
• glucagon

10 is

• epidermis
• dermis
• adipose tissue

3 is a

• nerve
• sweat gland
• capillaries

5 is a

• nerve
• sweat gland
• capillary