Homeostasis-Chapter 4

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

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

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

• STABLE
• EQUAL
• COMPLETE
• CORRECT

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CCSS.RI.8.4

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The microscopic filtering units in the kidney are called …

• Collecting ducts
• Ureters
• Nephrons
• Urethras

What substance is produced from the liver and sent to the kidney to be filtered out of the body.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Urea

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.HS-LS1-3

Which of the following is not a means by which the body retains heat?

• Adipose tissue
• Hairs stand up
• Blood capillaries constrict
• Sweat is released

Urea would leave the collecting duct and move directly into __________

• 1-Kidney

• 2-Ureters

• 3-Bladder

• 4-Urethra

A cell with an equal amount of solutes inside and outside of the cell is in a(n) ______ environment, while a cell with a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell is in a(n) _____ environment.

• isotonic, hypertonic

• isotonic, hypotonic

• hypertonic, hypotonic

• hypotonic, hypertonic

Using what you have learned about the prefixes, hypo-, hyper-, and iso-, which of the following would be the best explanation of a condition called hypothyroidism?

• A condition where the thyroid gland produces enough of the hormone.

• A condition where the thyroid gland produces too much of the hormone.

• A condition where the thyroid gland stops working altogether.

• A condition where the thyroid gland produces not enough of the hormone.

What was the purpose of using chemical indicators in the creation of the cell model?

• to determine which substances were used

• to determine which substances passed through the cell membrane

• to determine which chemicals to avoid putting in your body

• to determine where the cell membrane is located