Homeostasis

The "cause" for something to happen is the

• response
• effect
• stimulus
• homeostasis

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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

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

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

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What do you think homeostasis is?

• Keeping your body systems stable

• Staying at home

• Making body systems unstable

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This feedback system increases a change until the body is stable again

• positive feedback system

• negative feedback system

• neutral feedback system

• self-monitoring feedback system

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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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What is another word that can be used to describe "homeostasis"?

• STABLE
• EQUAL
• COMPLETE
• CORRECT

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Labor during pregnancy is an example of a ____________ feedback loop

• positive

• negative

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This feedback loop decreases a reaction to change until the body is stable again.

• positive feedback loop

• neutral feedback loop

• essential feedback loop

• negative feedback loop

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True or False. Homeostasis is important for our survival

• true

• false

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