Feedback Loop
Feedback loop II
All things Unit One
Miscellaneous I
Miscellaneous II
100

The maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment is called...

What is Homeostasis?

100

This feedback loop brings counterbalances the original stimulus.

What is the negative Feedback Loop?

100

This begins the process of scientific method.

What is observation?

100

A basic unit of all living things.

What is a cell?

100

_______is the basic unit of all things.

What is an atom?

200

This feedback loop brings the body back to homeostasis.

What is negative feedback loop?

200

Which organ in your body is referred to as the control center?

What is the brain?

200

The letter A identifies which part of the respiratory. system?

What is the alveoli??

200

Negative/Positive is the most common feedbacks  loop in our body.

What is negative?

200

The gland that produces ADH.

What is the posterior pituitary gland?

300

In negative feedback loop, the ________detect changes in the variable. 

What is the receptor/sensor?

300

This Feedback loop intensifies the original stimulus and takes the body further away from the homeostasis.

What is the positive feedback loop?

300

When graphing, the ___________ variable goes on the x-axis.

What is the independent variable?

300

A high school freshman, after running 5 miles, produces urine that is dark yellow.  The student is most likely _____________.

What is dehydrated?

300

What system is described below?

What is the Skeletal System?

400

You take a trip to Burger King and purchase a two for one deal of double Whoppers.  The ________ level was found to be elevated.  As a result, pancreas produced insulin to counteract the large consumption of food. 

What is glucose?

400

When there is a break or tear in the blood vessel wall, ________ adhere to the site to plug the tear.  

What are Platelets?

400

The master gland of the endocrine system.

What is the pituitary gland?

400

The function of a anti diuretic hormone is ___________.

What is retaining water?
400

The function of the enzymes in the digestive system is ____________.

What is to break down large molecules so they can transported into the blood stream?

500

This stimulus causes the body's blood vessels to dilate.  

What is body temperature rising?

500

The muscular and circulatory systems respond to the body this way when the body temperature falls below 98.6oF.

What is shivering and blood vessels narrowing?

500

The plant that grew 5 cm in the experiment above.

What is plant B?

500

A high school freshman, after running 5 miles, produces urine that is dark yellow.  The student is most likely _____________.

What is dehydrated?

500
A __________ is an essential item when camping outside on a cold night.  It keeps you warm by preventing heat loss from the head.  
What is a hat?
600

The hormone that is produced when the kidney needs to reabsorb water. 

What is ADH?

600

This picture describes what kind of feedback loop?

What is a positive feedback loop?

600

Fill in the blanks, O2 diffuses in to the ______ from the _______.  

What are capillaries and alveoli?

600

Refer back to the chubby bear demonstration in class.  Fill in the blanks.  The Water molecules from a ____ _________ of water outside of the bear to _______ concentration of water inside the bear. 

What are high concentration and low concentration?

600

These two organ systems are involved in the process below.  

What are digestive and circulatory systems?

700

Explain how fruit ripening is a positive feedback loop.

A ripened fruit produces ethylene and more fruit become ripened as a result of absorbing the gas.  

700

The gas that is produced during fruit ripening.

What is ethylene gas (C2H4)?

700

This would happen if your body did not vasoconstrict and shiver on a very cold day.

What is hypothermia or body temperature below the norm?

700

The production of ________ help break down bigger molecules in food.

What are enzymes?

700

Place these in order of  large to small.

organ system, cells, atoms, organisms, tissues, organs, molecules

What are organisms, organ system, organs, tissues, cells, molecules, atoms?

800

The urine produced by a student after drinking 40oz of water is very very pale yellow.  Explain this negative feedback loop.

800

The hormone produced during child birth and the glad that produces it.  Be specific.

What is oxytocin and posterior pituitary gland?


800

Complete the blanks.  The ____________ system is composed of network of glands that secrete __________ as a part of regulating body's function.  

What are endocrine system and hormones?

800

There is a higher concentration of O2 in the _______ than the ______________.

What are alveoli and capillaries?

800

Place the following terms from small to large.

biome, population, ecosystem, organism, biosphere, community

What are organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere