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HOMEOSTASIS QUESTION BANK, QUESTIONS THAT MAY INCREASE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIRD BLOCK
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50+ Homeostasis questions and answers1.) Name 5 systems that work in the body.
2.) Name the parts of the integumentary system.
3.) Provide two functions of the integumentary system.
4.) Distinguish between the intercellular environment and extracellular environment.
5.) Define the term ‘interstitial fluid’.
6.) Define homeostasis.
7.) Fill in the blank.
All the __________ work together to maintain homeostasis.
8.) Explain the importance of homeostasis.
9.) Account for the need to maintain normal body temperature in animals.
10.) List three conditions that a cellular environment
11.) And describe the characteristics of these environments.
12.) Name the two parts that the feedback control loop is divided into.
13.) Distinguish between the two parts provided in 12.
14.) what type of circuit is homeostasis dependent on?
15.) Give an example of a system regulated by negative feedback.
16.) Give an example of a system regulated by positive feedback.
17.) Distinguish between receptors and effectors.
18.) Give the name of the chemical messenger produced by a gland that travels in the
blood to its target organ.
19.) What is the thermoregulatory center?
20.) Vasoconstriction and vasodilation occur in response to body temperature as a
negative feedback control system.
Define vasodilation and vasoconstriction.
21.) Define the term set point range.
22.) How does the body use osmoregulation to maintain homeostasis in the body?
23.) Define osmotic pressure.
24.) Define osmolarity.
, 25.) Explain how the body uses osmosis to reduce osmotic pressure.
26.) Tabulate two differences between diffusion and osmosis.
27.) Give one similarity between diffusion and osmosis.
28.) What system do vertebrates use to maintain water balance.
Complete the following table.
Animal: Excretory Toxic/non- Water Metabolically
substance: toxic: efficiency? cheap/
expensive?
mammals 29.) 30.) 31.) 32.)
aquatic 33.) 34.) 35.) 36.)
animals
Some 37.) 38.) 39.) 40.)
amphibians
Birds 41.) 42.) 43.) 44.)
Bony fish 45.) 46.) 47.) 48.)
Insects 49.) 50.) 51.) 52.)
Reptiles 53.) 54.) 55.) 56.)
Land snails 57.) 58.) 59.) 60.)
61.)why is it unsafe to consume seawater?
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