Quiz - Homeostasis

Question 1

What is the major difference between positive and negative feedback?

Answer 1

Positive feedback causes bodily processes to continue; negative feedback causes bodily processes to start or stop.
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Question 2

Your body temperature during an illness is controlled by which of the following?

Answer 2

Positive feedback

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Question 3

The body system that consists of the skin, hair, nails, and sweat glands and provides protection and regulates body temperature is the

Answer 3

integumentary
hormones
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Question 4

Endothermic creatures maintain fairly consistent body temperatures. Ectothermic creatures do not. Which of the following are the best animal Classes to represent “endothermic” and “ectothermic” animals?

Answer 4

Avian and Osteichthyes

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Question 5

Within five minutes, all of your blood is filtered by your kidneys. Without properly functioning kidneys, what would occur?

Answer 5

Homeostasis would not be maintained

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