Sensor Control Effector

Homeostasis mechanisms...

• keep everything exactly the same.

• usually operate by positive feedback systems.

• act to keep the internal environmental conditions outside the normal range

• is the ability to maintain a relatively stable internal environment

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

This is the term used to describe a body part that provides the response needed to influence a change.

• control center

• effector

• sensor

• set point

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

It transmits signals to the control center when it detects a change.

• control center

• effector

• response

• sensor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The reaction of the effector is called..

• response

• sensor

• stimulus

• set point

receives and analyzes information received from the sensors

• coordinator

• effector

• sensor

• response

A noticeable change in an organism's environment.

• control center

• response

• stimulus

• set point

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of feedback system is described above?

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• leofied

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What is the stimulus in the model above?

• body temperature

• increase in body temperature

• decrease in body temperature

• blood vessels dilating

What is the sensor in the model above?

• Hypothalamus

• muscles

• thermoreceptors

• Blood vessels

What is an effector in the model above?

• Hypothalamus

• sweat glands

• thermoreceptors

• sweating