Body Systems And Cells

Question 1

What is Homeostasis

Answer 1

When the internal conditions are kept steady

Question 2

Why is homeostasis important

Answer 2

Because this is when our cells work best

Question 3

What is the temp of our bodies

Answer 3

37

Question 4

Changes in the body when the external temp is high

Answer 4

Sweating - when sweat evaporates it cools us down

Question 5

Changes in the body when the external temp is low

Answer 5

Shivering - contracting muscles generate heat

Question 6

What organ is responsible for maintaining a constant level of water in the body

Answer 6

Kidney

Question 7

What does our kidney filter

Answer 7

Glucose some salts and some water

Question 8

What does insulin remove

Answer 8

Any extra glucose the body doesn’t need from the blood and stores it in the liver

Question 9

What is innate behaviour

Answer 9

Learned / known from birth

Question 10

What is learned behaviour

Answer 10

Learned from experience

Question 11

Where do woodlice live

Answer 11

Damp dark places such as under logs and stones

Question 12

What is habituation

Answer 12

Happens when an animal learned to stop responding to a related harmless stimulus

Question 13

Things about mitosis

Answer 13

Equator in the middle
Poles at either side
Spindle poles
2 identical daughter cells

Question 14

What are the names of stem cells

Answer 14

Adult and embryonic

Question 15

Where are embryonic cells found

Answer 15

In humans and have the ability to become any type of cell in the human

Question 16

Where are adult cells found

Answer 16

I’m small numbers in adult tissues such as bone marrow