Homeostasis Essentials
This 9-letter word describes the main goal of homeostasis, representing steady internal physical and chemical conditions
What is stability?
Sweating on a hot day is an outward sign that this specific thermal balance process is taking place.
What is thermoregulation?
Seeking shade or putting on a jacket are examples of this type of action used by animals to maintain internal balance.
What is animal behavior?
Known as the "powerhouse of the cell," this organelle generates most of the chemical energy needed to power cellular reactions.
What is the mitochondrion (or mitochondria)
This is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight.
What is a bat?
The body’s internal environment doesn't stay completely static, but rather stays within these specific limits that support life.
What are narrow ranges?
This part of a biological control system detects a stimulus and sends information to the control center
What is a receptor?
In the ship metaphor, a sudden ocean storm represents an external disruption to the body, such as this type of biological invader
What is a virus?
The three main subatomic particles that make up an atom are protons, neutrons, and these negatively charged particles.
What are electrons?
With 88 keys in total, a standard piano has this many black keys.
What is 36?
Long-term disruptions to homeostasis can lead to severe consequences, including the destruction of these body structures.
What are organ systems?
During blood clotting, platelets stimulating the activation of more platelets is an example of this type of feedback loop
What is a positive feedback loop?
In the ship metaphor, the crew keeping the vessel on course despite changing seas represents these systems in the human body.
What are internal control systems?
On the pH scale, any liquid with a value less than 7 is classified as this type of substance.
What is an acid (or acidic)?
This country has the most natural lakes in the world, containing over 60% of all the world's lakes.
What is Canada?
Internal control systems maintain homeostasis in part by regulating this chemical measure of body fluids.
What is pH?
To maintain blood sugar balance, this organ directly helps by storing excess glucose.
What is the liver?
Plants prevent excessive water loss during hot or dry conditions by closing these microscopic pore structures.
What are stomata?
Newton’s First Law of Motion states that an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, a concept also known by this name.
What is inertia?
Invented in 1974 by a Hungarian architecture professor, this popular 3D combination puzzle was originally called the "Magic Cube."
What is the Rubik's Cube?
Organisms maintain homeostasis by responding to both of these two general types of environmental changes.
What are internal and external changes?
Because salt concentrations differ between marine and freshwater environments, fish must use different versions of this regulation process.
What is osmoregulation?
Because body systems are interconnected, a failure in this gas-exchanging system will quickly deprive the circulatory system of oxygen.
What is the respiratory system?
This process in the water cycle occurs when water vapor cools down and turns back into liquid liquid droplets, forming clouds.
What is condensation?
This food item never spoils; edible samples thousands of years old have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs.
What is honey?