Homeostasis hustle
What does homeostasis mean?
Maintaining internal balance
What organ pumps blood through the body?
Heart
Which organ allows oxygen to be transferred to the blood and CO2 to be transferred out?
Lungs
What does AI stand for?
Artificial Intelligence
What is the largest mammal on Earth?
Blue whale
Name one thing that the body needs to keep stable
e.g., temperature, blood sugar, pH, heart rate
What is the name of the vessels that carry blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What muscle helps you breathe by contracting and relaxing?
Diaphragm
True or False: Scientists have grown meat in a lab?
True
Which bird cannot fly but runs very fast?
Ostrich/Emu
If your body is too hot, name one way it cools down
Sweating / Vasodilation
Which part of the blood carries oxygen?
Red blood cells/Haemoglobin
What is the main gas that we breathe out?
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Which renewable energy source uses power from the sun?
Solar
This animal lives in the ocean and has 5 points
Starfish
How does your body remove carbon dioxide?
Breathing out
How many chambers does the heart have?
4
What tiny sacs in the lungs allow oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange?
Alveoli
What is NASA’s rover currently exploring Mars called?
Perseverance
This snake has the most powerful venom of any snake in the world
Inland taipan
In a negative feedback loop:
Stimulus -> _________ -> Response
Process in the brain
When it is hot what happens to blood vessels?
They vasodilate (expand out)
What tube carries air from the throat into the lungs?
Trachea (windpipe)
Chlamydia
Which Australian animal has fingerprints almost identical to humans?
Koalas