Homeostasis & Variables Review

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

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Homeostasis

• allows for a wildly fluctuating internal environment
• is impossible in vertebrates
• is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation
• is the maintenance of a relatively stable external environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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

• STABLE
• EQUAL
• COMPLETE
• CORRECT

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In cold conditions the blood capillaries in the skin …

• Move up near surface
• Constrict
• Dilate
• None of these

Positive feedback is when the change caused by the stimulus is

• decreased
• non existant
• increased
• changes constantly

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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.

• Positive Feedback Response
• Negative Feedback Loop 

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

When you are cold, you shiver and your blood vessels contract, which warms you up. When you are hot, you sweat and your blood vessels expand, which cools you down.  

• Positive Feedback Response
• Negative Feedback Loop 

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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. 

• Positive Feedback Response
• Negative Feedback Loop 

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

As you get dehydrated, your blood becomes thicker and harder to pump. Your kidneys will respond by stopping urine production, sending the water from urine into your bloodstream to thin your blood back to normal level.

• Positive Feedback Response
• Negative Feedback Loop 

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3