Intro to Biology
Homeostasis
100

The study of life

What is biology?

100

Homeostasis means this.

What is balance? 

200

All living things show an orderly structure, or this.

What is organization? 

200

PROBLEM: OVERHEATING

COUNTERACTION: This.

What is sweating? 

300

All living things are able to produce offspring, also called this.

What is reproduction? 

300

PROBLEM: DEHYDRATION

COUNTERACTION: This.

What is feeling thirsty?

400

All living things store genetic information in the form of this.

What is DNA? 

400

This is a controlled regulation where your body reverses a change in its environment to keep internal levels at a set point.

What is a negative feedback loop? 

500

This is any inherited structure, behavior, or process that allows an organism to respond to their environment and survive

What is adaptation? 

500

These 2 organs help remove carbon dioxide from acidic blood.

What are the lungs and kidneys? 

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