Homeostasis

Which body system controls the body to maintain homeostasis?

• excretory

• nervous

• circulatory

• skeletal

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

• compensating

• homeostasis

• balancing

• routine

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The group of organisms that use the process of homeostasis includes

• mammals, only

• animals, only

• plants and animals

• all living things

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Which of the following could help you maintain homeostasis?

• Going to school

• Sweating

• Taking a test

• All of the above

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Which organ acts as a control center of a homeostasis process?

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A football player perspires during a football game. The sweat is a cooling mechanism. What is this an example of?

• Digestion

• Mitosis

• Homeostasis

• Respiration

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You are growing a tomato plant in your house. Which of the following would the plant probably do to help maintain homeostasis?

• Grow away from the light coming from the window

• Grow toward the light coming from the window

• Growth is not affected by the light coming from the window

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Why does your heart beat faster when you exercise?

• To provide your muscle cells extra oxygen

• To provide your muscle cells extra carbon dioxide

• To heat your body up

• To make you feel more tired

Which of the following resources are NOT needed by ANIMALS to help them maintain homeostasis?

• oxygen

• water

• food

• carbon dioxide

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Which of the following resources are NOT needed by PLANTS to help them maintain homeostasis?

• light

• water

• rocks

• carbon dioxide