Homeostasis and Digestive System Review

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

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

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

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

Which of the following is an appropriate response to cold weather?

• sweating
• shivering
• sleeping
• wearing shorts

A stimulus type that occurs within the organisms body is 

• external
• inside
• within
• internal

A stimulus type that occurs outside the organisms body is 

• external
• inside
• within
• internal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What internal stimulus most likely drives a lioness to search for prey?

• hunger
• thirst
• stomachache
• headache

What internal stimulus most likely drives a lioness to seek water?

• hunger
• thirst
• stomachache
• headache

The tendency of an organism to maintain a balanced state in order to stay healthy.

• Stimuli
• Response
• Tropism
• Homestasis

What type of stimuli is pictured here?

• Internal
• External
• Response
• Tropism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8