Multicellular Organisms

Which of the following is an example of positive feedback?

• Thermoregulation

• Blood Pressure

• Childbirth

• Blood Sugar Levels

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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

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

The group of organisms that use the process of homeostasis includes

• mammals, only

• animals, only

• plants and animals

• all living things

Name the levels of organization in the human body in order from smallest to largest:

• Tissue, organ, organ system
  
• Organ system, tissue, organs, cells
  
• Cells, tissue, organs, organ system
  
• Cells , organs, tissue, organ system

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Which of the following is not regulated by homeostasis?

• body temperature

• blood sugar

• blood pH

• body movements

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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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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What are the constant variables?

• what we are changing or testing

• what we are observing or measuring

• what we keep the same to make the experiment fair

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The higher the temperature in an oven, the faster a cake will bake.
What is the independent variable?

• Cake flavor
• Temperature
• Time
• Type of oven

Students measured the temperature of the water at different depths in Lake Skywalker and found that the temperature varied.
What was the dependent variable?

• Time
• Temperature
• Student taking the measurement
• Water depth