Homeostasis & Metabolism (H)

Homeostasis relates to _

• Survival

• Reproduction

• Both answers are correct

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The maintenance results in organisms having a _

• Stable internal environment

• Fluctuating internal environment

• Stable external environment

• Fluctuating external environment

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

_ are structural features involved in the maintenance of homeostasis. Select 3

• Sensors

• Control centers

• Effectors

• Stimuli

• Feedback mechanisms

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What are sensors?

• Receptors that detect changes in organisms

• Structures that process sensory information in organisms

• Structures that allow for appropriate responses to detected changes

• Molecules that reduce the likelihood of survival

• Tissues that reduce the likelihood of reproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What are control centers?

• Receptors that detect changes in organisms

• Structures that process sensory information in organisms

• Structures that allow for appropriate responses to detected changes

• Molecules that reduce the likelihood of survival

• Tissues that reduce the likelihood of reproduction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

_ organisms contain control centers

• Complex

• Simple

• Both answers are correct

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What are effectors?

• Receptors that detect changes in organisms

• Structures that process sensory information in organisms

• Structures that allow for appropriate responses to detected changes

• Molecules that reduce the likelihood of survival

• Tissues that reduce the likelihood of reproduction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which of the following are key examples of effectors? Select 2

• Muscles

• Glands

• The brain

• Thermoreceptors

• Heat

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Muscles in organisms allow for _ (most direcly)

• Movement

• Secretion of substances

• Immune defense

• Regulation of metabolism

• Transport

Glands in organisms allow for _ (most direcly)

• Movement

• Secretion of substances

• Immune defense

• Regulation of metabolism

• Transport