Homeostasis

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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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

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

• STABLE
• EQUAL
• COMPLETE
• CORRECT

Which of the following is not regulated by homeostasis?

• body temperature

• blood sugar

• blood pH

• body movements

Homeostasis

• allows for a wildly fluctuating internal environment
• is impossible in vertebrates
• is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation
• is the maintenance of a relatively stable external environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation

Which body system controls the body to maintain homeostasis?

• excretory

• nervous

• circulatory

• skeletal

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

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

The group of organisms that use the process of homeostasis includes

• mammals, only

• animals, only

• plants and animals

• all living things

The ultimate cause of death

• Over Heating

• Diabetes

• Bad Hair

• Loss of Homeostasis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The term for maintaining internal temperature is: 

• Thermoregulation
• Thermometer
• Homeothermal
• Homeostasis

These two body systems regulate feedback mechanisms.

• Skeletal & Muscular
• Skeletal & Endocrine
• Muscular & Nervous
• Endocrine & Nervous