Levels of Organization, Homeostasis & Musculoskeletal System

Which of the following describes homeostasis?

• keeps variables exactly at the set point

• organism's ability to maintain steady(stable) internal conditions

• acts to keep values outside of a desired range

• operates through positive feedback

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Identify the response.

Scenario: A person begins to exercise which causes their body temperature to increase. The temperature change is noticed (sensed) and the person begins to sweat and their body temperature decreases.

• the person begins to sweat

• the person begins to exercise

• change in temperature

• body temperature increases

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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

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

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

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The "cause" for something to happen is the

• response
• effect
• stimulus
• homeostasis

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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 the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?

• a.  Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system
• a.  Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism
• a.  Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
• a.  Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system

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A group of similar cells that come together to perform a specific function is a/an

• organ
• organism
• organ system
• tissue

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When a group of organs work together to perform a particular function they create a/an

• organ system
• organism
• tissue
• organ

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The smallest level of organization of life in an organism

• tissue
• cell
• organ
• organ system

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