Homeostasis Vocabulary

The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

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

Maintenance of a stable body temperature

• Homeostasis

• Thermoregulation

• Regulation

• Thermometer

diabetes is a disease that affects your body's ability to produce or use ___.

• energy
• insulin
• oil

The organ responsible for producing both insulin and glucagon is...

• Liver
• Heart
• Pancreas
• Gallbladder

What is the function of insulin?

• diagnose diabetes

• turn glucose into energy

• help glucose enter the cells of the body

• all choices

Blood glucose is regulated by what hormone?

• Lipase
• Pancrease
• Prolactin
• Insulin

What is the main organ of the circulatory system?

• small intestine

• bone

• lungs

• heart

The job of the heart is to . . .

• pump blood around the body.

• send food to the small intestines.

• break down food.

• give energy to the body.

What is the main function of the respiratory system?

• to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body
• to bring oxygen to the body
• to break down food and absorb nutrients
• to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide