Homeostasis
It is hot outside and your body starts to sweat. What is your body trying to maintain?
Body temperature / Homeostasis
If something in your body increases and your body acts to decrease it, what type of feedback is this?
Negative feedback
Which organ system reacts fast and contains nerves to carry out signals?
Nervous System
How do hormones travel through our body?
Blood
A bus driver is driving a bus. At the first stop, 8 people get on. At the next stop, 3 get off and 5 get on. At the next stop, 6 get off and 2 get on. How many are left on the bus?
6 People
Homeostasis keeps conditions in your body within a range instead of a set number. Why?
(Multiple answers accepted)
Allow flexibility, unrealistic to stay at a specific state all the time, to survve environment changes, etc.
If something increases and your body makes it increase even more, what type is this?
Positive Feedback
Which organ system has long lasting effects and releases hormones?
Endocrine system
If blood sugar stays too high, what hormone is released to lower it?
Insulin
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
Stamp
Why is the heart important in homeostasis?
Pumps blood -> Carry hormones, oxygen, sugar, etc.
In a feedback loop, what is the thing called that starts a response?
Stimulus (Will also accept receptor)
When you touch something hot and pull away instantly, which system sensed and caused that?
Nervous system
Nerve signals travel as electrical signals along this tyoe of cell
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
If your body temperature is too high for too long, what can occur?
(Multiple answers accepted)
Organ damage, protein breakdown, cells die, etc.
When a nerve signal reaches a muscle and causes it to contract, the muscle is acting as what part of a feedback loop?
Effector
Which organ system is respsonsible for taking in oxygen and allowing us to breathe?
Respiratory system
What is considered the control center of our nervous system?
Brain (Will also accept Spine)
A man jumps out of a 20-story building with no parachute. He survives without injury. How is this possible?
He jumped from the first floor
If blood pH shifts too far from normal, proteins may lose their shape. What would happen to cells if proteins broke down?
(Multiple answers accepted)
Stop working, enzymes break down, can't take things in/out of the cell
In most daily body regulation, which type of feedback is more common?
Negative Feedback
List 3 organ systems involved in homeostasis
If your spine is damaged, how would this affect your nervous system?
(Multiple answers accepted)
Cannot carry signals, paralysis, homeostasis disruption, etc.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny