Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane

What type of feedback loop is shown?

• Positive
• Neutral
• Negative

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The reaction/effect of a given stimulus is the...

• response
• stimulus
• cause
• result

The event that causes something to happen is the

• response
• effect
• stimulus
• homeostasis

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What type of feedback loop is shown?

• negative
• neutral 
• positive

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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

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

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

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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

When glucose levels in the blood rise, your brain sends a signal to your pancreas. The pancreas releases insulin, which opens channels in cell membranes to allow glucose to enter the cell, lowering blood sugar levels. 

• Positive Feedback Response
• Negative Feedback Loop 

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What is the point of a feedback loop?

• To provide the body with more energy

• To provide the body with more food

• To make sure the conditions in the body are always changing

• To make sure the conditions in the body remain stable

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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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