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Homeostasis and Stimulus-response

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define stimulus.

a)

Change in an organism’s environment that causes it to react.

b)

How the organism reacts to the stimulus.

2.
What is the name of the receptor that detect the rise and fall of body temperature?
a)
Thermoreceptor
b)
Osmoreceptor
c)
Baroreceptor
d)
Chemoreceptor
3.

When the body temperature drop below normal ranges, arterioles in the skin will

a)

dilate to allow less blood to flow to skin surface

b)

constrict to allow less blood to flow to skin surface

c)

dilate to allow more blood to flow to skin surface

d)

constrict to allow more blood to flow to skin surface

4.

This graph shows an example of...

a)

Blood sugar regulation

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Negative feedback

d)

Positive feedback

5.

Which of the following is not regulated by homeostasis?

a)

body temperature

b)

blood sugar

c)

blood pH

d)

body movements

6.

Which of the following is an example of positive feedback?

a)

Thermoregulation

b)

Blood Pressure

c)

Childbirth

d)

Blood Sugar Levels

7.
Homeostasis
a)
allows for a wildly fluctuating internal environment
b)
is impossible in vertebrates
c)
is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation
d)
is the maintenance of a relatively stable external environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation
8.
When you get cut, your skin cells release hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. Platelets then release more hormones that signal even more platelets to help stop bleeding. The hormone signals continue until the cut is closed.
a)
Positive Feedback Response
b)
Negative Feedback Loop 
9.

Which body system controls the body to maintain homeostasis?

a)

excretory

b)

nervous

c)

circulatory

d)

skeletal

10.
Maintaining body temperature is an example of a:
a)
negative feedback loop
b)
positive feedback loop
11.

Negative feedback is when changes occurring,

a)

return the body to the original condition

b)

return the body to a different condition

c)

make the body feel bad

d)

make the body move

12.

Things in the human body that need to stay the same

a)

Glucose

b)

Temperature

c)

Blood Pressure

d)

All of the above

13.

Which of the following detects a change in the internal environment?

a)

Control Centre

b)

Receptors

c)

Effectors

d)

Stimulus

e)

Response

14.

In the stimulus-response model, recall which part performs the body's response.

a)

Control Centre

b)

Receptors

c)

Effectors

d)

Stimulus

e)

Response

15.

Mike is exercising and carbon dioxide is building up in his blood. This is detected by chemoreceptors in his blood vessels which send a message to the hypothalamus in the brain. This signals the heart rate and breathing rate to increase. What is the receptor?

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Increase in carbon dioxide in the blood

c)

Chemoreceptors

d)

Increase in heart and breathing rate