Homeostasis 2

Which type of tropism?

• hydrotropism
• thigmotropism
• phototropism
• geotropism

Which situation best describes the act of maintaining homeostasis?

• An organism sweating when their body temperature begins to rise

• A plant on a window sill growing towards sunlight

• A bear hibernating in the winter months

• All of the above

Identify the stimulus....."Birds flock to shelter when it starts to hail outside

• Birds flock to shelter

• It starts to hail outside

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Identify the stimulus..."A loud noise causes you to cover your ears"

• A loud noise

• You cover your ears

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Jackson is around his friend who is constantly sick. Jackson begins coughing and sneezing the next day at school. What is the possible stimulus and response?

• Internal stimulus is coughing, the response is getting sick
• External stimulus is coughing, the response is getting sick
• Internal stimulus is germs/bacteria, the response is coughing
• External stimulus is germs/bacteria, the response is coughing

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is the excretory system responsible for?

• Moving your muscles

• The elimination of waste in order to maintain homeostasis

• To receive stimuli from inside and outside of the body

• To control the thought that goes through the brain

Failure to maintain homeostasis could result in:

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

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Maintaining body temperature is an example of a:

• negative feedback loop
• positive feedback loop

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Biodiversity is

• not having any type of differences between nonliving organisms

• having any type of differences between nonliving organisms

• having different types of living organisms in an area

• having different types of non-living organisms in an area

What is the main function of the heart ? 

• The heart circulates blood, oxygen, and nutrients throughout the body.
  
• The heart is the control centers for all body activities.
• The heart gets rid of the wastes in your body produced by homeostasis. 
• The heart transports , protection and regulation. Blood transports the following substances: