Homeostasis #1

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Who was the first person to create the word “homeostasis?”

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Walter Cannon

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Homeostasis

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the tendency to resist change in order to maintain a stable, relatively constant internal environment

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What is the scientific term for a cold-blooded organism?

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Ectotherm

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What is the scientific term for a warm-blooded organism?

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Endotherm

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What form of feedback uses a counter, or counteracts the variable that changes the system?

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Negative Feedback

Front

Does the negative feedback put the system back into balance or overload the system with the same feedback?

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Negative feedback puts the system back into balance

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Positive feedback intensifies the variable instead of counteracting the variable.

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True

Front

A baby being born is a good example for which type of feedback? Options: Negative, Positive, Neutral

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Positive

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Observing feedback systems and their issues can help solve medical issues before the issues become serious.

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True

Front

Is homeostasis an important part of biology?

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False