Homeostasis
Body's ability to maintain its proper equilibrium
Homeostasis
When Dehydrated your urine gets darker. Why?
Urine is more concentrated & less water is mixed
What is an example of a Positive Feedback "Response"
The Flight or Fight response
What Homeostasis Mechanisms activate when you get COLD
Shivering/Narrower blood Veins/Goosebumps
What part of a cell determines your genes
DNA
what is the internal temperature of your body
98.6 degrees Fahrenheit/37 degrees Celsius
body starts shivering and starts getting goosebumps
What happens when you get cold
What is an example of Positive Feedback during a Foot Race
Body releases hormones to be able to keep running
What Homeostasis Mechanisms activate when you get HOT
Sweat/Wide blood Veins
What is an organelle
A structure inside the cell that performs specific functions.
Negative feedback loop
Body's way to regulate its equilibrium
body start releasing insulin
What happens when sugar in the body starts getting high
What is an example of Positive Feedback while Giving Birth
Mother releases hormones to help push the baby & endure the pain
What Homeostasis Mechanisms activate when you get LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
Blood Vessels Constrict
What shape is a DNA strand
Double-Helix
Positive Feedback Loop
Body's way to keep on doing an action
body starts sweating/blood vessels start getting wider
What happens when you get Hot
What is an example of Positive Feedback during Breast Feeding
Mother releases hormones to the breast to create more milk
What Homeostasis Mechanisms activate when your BLOOD SUGAR RISES
Pancreas releases insulin to lower blood sugar
WHat are the letters of DNA
Asinine, Thymine, Cytasine, Guanine OR A,T,C,G
Flight or Fight Response
A response that is part requires Homeostasis
What is a Negative Feedback Loop
where the body response is to "shuts off" or "turns on" a system when it varies from a set value
What is a Positive Feedback Loop
Body sends hormones to keep the body doing something
What Homeostasis Mechanisms activate when your BLOOD PRESSURE DROPS
Pancreas releases glucagon, which signals your liver to break down the stored glycogen
What does DNA stand for
Deoxyribonucleic Acid