Thermoregulation
the body's ability to maintain internal body temperature
This term refers to the body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in the outside world.
What is Homeostasis?
This is the primary molecule broken down during cellular respiration to produce energy.
What is Glucose?
This green pigment, found in chloroplasts, is responsible for absorbing light energy.
What is Chlorophyll?
While humans breathe out carbon dioxide, plants "breathe" it in through these tiny pores on the surface of their leaves.
What are Stomata?
This is the average core body temperature of a human
What is 98.6 degrees?
When you are too hot, your body produces this liquid to cool the skin through evaporation.
What is sweat?
Cellular respiration primarily takes place in this organelle, often called the "powerhouse of the cell."
What is the mitochondria?
Photosynthesis primarily takes place in this part of a plant.
What are the leaves?
In cold conditions, the body undergoes these rapid, involuntary muscle contractions to generate internal heat.
What is shivering?
Animals that DO NOT rely on external heat sources (such as the sun) to regulate body temperature.
What is warm blooded?
To allow heat to dissipate (release) from the body, blood vessels undergo this process, where they expand to bring heat towards the skins surface.
What is vasodilation?
This is the abbreviation for the main energy molecule produced by the cell.
What is ATP?
These are the two primary "ingredients" (reactants) a plant needs to start photosynthesis.
What is Carbon Dioxide and Water?
This bean-shaped organ plays a major role in homeostasis by filtering waste from the blood and balancing water levels.
What are Kidney's?
Animals that DO rely on external heat sources (such as the sun) to regulate body temperature.
What is cold-blooded?
This scale, ranging from 0 to 14, measures how acidic or basic a person's blood is.
What is the pH scale?
These two substances are the primary waste products breathed out or excreted by humans after cellular respiration.
What is Carbon Dioxide and Water?
Plants release this gas as a byproduct of photosynthesis.
What is Oxygen?
This is a condition where the body's temperature rises too high fora prolonged period causing possible illness and organ failure.
What is heatstroke?
When you are too hot, your sweat glands produce moisture; as this moisture turns into vapor, it carries heat away via this process.
What is evaporation?
Most homeostatic control systems operate on this type of "loop".
What is a feedback loop (or mechanism)?
* Will take positive or negative if included in answer for full points.
This is the full name for the molecule of energy produced by mitochondria in cells.
What is Adenosine Triphosphate? (ATP)
This is the chemical formula for the Glucose plants and animals use for cellular respitation.
What is C6H12O6?
This is a group of body sensors that trigger the negative feedback mechanism to regulate body temperature.
What are "Sensors"?
*Can also take Thermosensors