AQA Homeostasis and Response

Which of the following detects a change in environment (stimulus)?

• Receptors

• Effectors

• Muscles & Glands

• Brain & Spinal Cord

Which of the following responds to the output message from the Control Center?

• Effector

• Receptor

• Sense Organs

• Brain & Spinal Cord

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which parts of the body are usually Effectors?

• Sense Organs

• Muscles & Glands

• Control Center

• Arms & Legs

What is meant by homeostasis?

• Controls and coordinates body activities through chemical

• controls and coordinates body activities through electrical impulses

• Maintaining a constant internal environment

• remove metabolic waste products from the cell

• Transferring electrical impulses/ releasing hormones

Which internal condition is NOT controlled by homeostasis?

• body temperature

• water content of the body

• number of red blood cells

• blood glucose concentration

What is a disease where sufferers cannot control their blood glucose levels?

• Diabetes
• Influenza
• Cholera
• Cystic fibrosis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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

• STABLE
• EQUAL
• COMPLETE
• CORRECT

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The term for maintaining internal temperature is: 

• Thermoregulation
• Thermometer
• Homeothermal
• Homeostasis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which system sends electrical messages that helps control the body's responses to internal and external changes?

• nervous
• endocrine
• reproductive
• integumentary