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WorksheetsHomeostasis
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment
is the maintenance of a relatively stable external environment
With low oxygen levels, your breathing rate will increase. When your oxygen levels rise, what is the appropriate response?
stop breathing
increase heart rate
keep breathing rate high
return breathing rate to baseline
Your body is too hot. What senses your body temperature?
nerve cells
sweat cells
blood cells
muscle cells
How does the body respond when more oxygen is required?
Decreasing heart rate
Increasing heart rate
Decreasing blood pressure
Increasing blood pressure
When you exercise, what gas does your body NEED more of?
Blood
Carbon dioxide
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Homeostasis for living organisms means...
external environment stays the same when internal changes
water diffuses through membrane by osmosis
concentrations move from high to low
internal environment stays the same when external changes
Which body system controls the body to maintain homeostasis?
excretory
nervous
circulatory
skeletal
The balanced 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
Which of the following is not an example of an organism maintaining internal homeostasis?
Shivering when cold
Sweating when hot
Going for a walk
Vomiting - releases toxins and wastes
A correct balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide must be maintained in the human body to survive. Which system is responsible taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide to the external environment to maintain this internal balance?
the respiratory system
the circulatory system
the digestive system
the nervous system
Which of the following could help you maintain homeostasis?
Going to school
Sweating
Taking a test
All of the above
Which organ acts as a control center of a homeostasis process?
A football player perspires during a football game. The sweat is a cooling mechanism. What is this an example of?
Digestion
Mitosis
Homeostasis
Respiration
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
Things in the human body that need to stay the same
Glucose
Temperature
Blood Pressure
All of the above
Homeostasis is the way the body
maintains a stable internal environment
controls blood sugar
controls the brain
controls the endocrine system
Your body shivers to
warm itself up
cool itself down
keep from getting bored
get rid of waste
Your body sweats to
warm itself up
cool itself down
help the skeletal system
What is a stimulus?
Something that causes a response
A response
The effect of a response
Which of the following are in the correct order?
organ system, cell, organ, tissue, organism
cell, organ, tissue, organ system, organism
cell, tissue, organelle, organ system, organism
cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
What is the function of the excretory system?
to take in oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide
to excrete wastes from the body
to pump blood throughout the body
to break down food into useful nutrients
What is the function of the digestive system?
to take in oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide
to excrete wastes from the body
to pump blood throughout the body
to break down food into useful nutrients
What is the function of the respiratory system?
to take in oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide
to excrete wastes from the body
to pump blood throughout the body
to break down food into useful nutrients
What is the function of the circulatory system?
to take in oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide
to excrete wastes from the body
to pump blood throughout the body
to break down food into useful nutrients
The skeletal system and the muscular system work together to do which of the following?
transport nutrients to the rest of the body
transport oxygen to the rest of the body
remove wastes from the body
allow the body to move from one place to another
Which of the following lists includes only structures that are part of the human nervous system?
heart, blood, vessels
nose, trachea, lungs
mouth, stomach, intestine
brain, spinal cord, nerves
Which system carries messages to and from different parts of the body?
the digestive system
the circulatory system
the muscular system
the nervous system
Receives stimuli and transports impulses, coordinates actions and reactions in the body
Integumentary
Nervous
Circulatory
Respiratory
